Thursday, November 13, 2008

People Abandon Their Pets on the Street 人们对动物的遗弃

Why do people abandon their pets?
Sometimes people can't do the hard work of caring for pets. Maybe at first they only think the dog or cat is so cute and interesting, that without thinking about anythings else, they take it home. But after that, they find it's hard to keep the pet fed and clean; after some days, they don't want to do the work anymore. Feeling no real sense of responsibility for the poor little pet, the owner kicks it out of the home.
This could be one reason why there are so many abandoned dogs and cats in some animal care shelters. The main thing shelter orgnizations do is to find stray dogs and cats on the street and give them temporary care, and find new homes.
If we can't increase pet owners' sense of responsibility and reduce the number of abandoned pets, no matter how much shelter orgnizations try to do, there will still be too many stray dogs and cats.

中文翻译:
为什么人们要遗弃他们的宠物呢?
有时是他们承担不了照顾动物的责任。或许一开始他们仅仅只是觉得很有意思很可爱,没有考虑太多就把它们抱回家了。之后,他们发现对这些小家伙的日常照顾特别困难,又是要喂食,又是要洗澡。不出几天,他们就厌烦了这些照顾的工作。然后没有任何责任心地将这些小家伙赶出了家门。
这就是为什么动物救助中心或者庇护所有着那么多的被遗弃的猫狗。这类组织的主要任务,就成了救助流浪的猫狗,为他们提供临时的避难所,并且为他们找到一个新家。
如果我们不能提升主人们的责任心来减少流浪宠物,那么不管庇护所付出多少努力,那也是徒劳。

1 comment:

bobtail said...

Arousing "Responsibility" for pets is not reliable in China. We definitely need a hard way, a law.