Chadwick the African Lion gets up slowly from a late morning nap in a spot of warm sunshine that's become somewhat of a rarity in these often smoke-filled days here at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

在早晨溫暖的陽光中,，非洲獅查德威克慢慢從沉睡中醒來,，這種陽光天氣在經(jīng)常霧氣籠罩的圣芭芭拉動物園可是難得一見了。

The thick-maned lion is among the 500 residents of the zoo which are part of an elaborate effort to prepare for evacuation should the flames from the massive Thomas Fire get close to the zoo. 

假如托馬斯大火逼近動物園,，這只長著厚重鬃毛的獅子連同五百只動物園的其他動物一起,，都是需要細(xì)心準(zhǔn)備撤離的對象。

That plan involves about 150 species — from gorillas and otters to an alligator and tamarins — and lots of tranquilizers, crates and donated trucks.

這一計劃包括了150個動物品種—從大猩猩和水獺到短吻鱷和絹毛猴—很多鎮(zhèn)定劑,，籠子還有捐贈的卡車,。

The fire has already neared the zoo once since it began on December 4.

從12月4號開始之后，大火就在向動物園逼近,。

After that  some scared animals, including two visiting reindeers, endangered condors, and an infant anteater, were already moved.

大火之后,，被驚嚇到的動物，包括兩只來訪的馴鹿,，瀕危的鷹,，還有一只食蟻獸都已經(jīng)被送走了。

Others — including an elderly pair of elephants who are not crate trained, and giraffes who would not fit under freeway underpasses — would have to remain at the zoo if others left.

其他的動物—包括一對沒有住過籠子的老象,，還有太高過不了公路橋的長頸鹿—只有留守在動物園里,。

Among the evacuees still in-waiting are: several fennec foxes; a rambunctious baby gibbon and her foster mother, two silverback Western lowland gorillas, Asian small-clawed otters, golden lion tamarins and a rather petite Chinese alligator who, it turns out, is pretty easy to capture.

要被撤離的動物還有：幾只大耳狐，一只好動的長臂猿寶寶和她的養(yǎng)母,， 兩只銀背西部洼地大猩猩,，亞洲小爪水獺，金獅絹毛猴還有一只體型較小還比較好抓的亞洲短吻鱷,。