You Can't Buy That Doggie in the Window|放开那只狗狗！

You Can't Buy That Doggie in the Window

by Leigh Goldberg

Los Angeles has joined 27 cities in the US and Canada to ban the selling of bred pets.

　　Where do you think all the cute, furry puppies and kittens found in pet stores come from? A good percentage is from breeders with good _(1)_ that provide healthy and loving environments for their pets. However, it's safe to say that the majority are supplied by puppy mills and kitten factories, _(2)_ the animals are bred and raised in horrible conditions. The pens are extremely small and dirty, which leads _(3)_ less than healthy pets. According to the Humane Society of the US, two to four million dogs are born in American puppy mills every year, with most of them ending up in pet stores.

　　Tragically, many of the cats and dogs that are _(4)_ from stores end up in animal shelters because people have a hard time with the responsibility of caring for them. Sadly, the abandoned animals have very little hope for _(5)_ in the shelters and most are eventually put to sleep. In the US alone, one cat or dog is put _(6)_ every eight seconds, totaling four million deaths each year.

　　This is a hard statistic to swallow, but fortunately Los Angeles, California, is doing something about it. In October 2012, the city adopted a ban that _(7)_ pet stores from selling commercially bred cats, dogs, and rabbits. The new law requires all pet stores to sell only rescued animals, and anyone violating it will be _(8)_ US$250 for the first offense, double that for the second time, and double that for the third. This is sure to reduce the number of killings the city performs while promoting the benefits of adopting rescued animals, many of _(9)_ came from pet stores in the first place. Hopefully, this _(10)_ will become popular and more cities in the US and around the world will do the same.

(A) to (B) prohibits (C) movement (D) reputations (E) down

(F) where (G) which (H) purchased (I) fined (J) adoption

 

 

放开那只狗狗！

洛杉矶已经加入了全球二十七个城市禁止贩卖人工养育宠物的行列。

　　你觉得所有在宠物店里发现的那些毛茸茸的小狗和小猫是哪里来的呢？有些比较幸运的是来自那些以提供健康及爱的环境而获得好名声的饲主。然而，可以肯定的是，大多数都是由狗狗工厂和小猫工厂所提供，在那里动物们被饲养在很恶劣的环境。牠们被关在很小又很脏的地方，导致宠物们的健康状况都很差。根据美国人道协会统计，每年有两百万至四百万只小狗出生于美国的狗狗工厂，而牠们最后大部份都被送到宠物店。

　　悲惨的是，许多从宠物店被买走的猫和狗最后都被送到动物收容所，因为人们不太会负起照顾牠们的责任。而令人伤心的是，这些被遗弃的动物在收容所里很少有希望会被领养，大多数最后都被处以安乐死。光是在美国，每八秒钟就有一只猫或狗被处以安乐死，一年下来总共造成了四百万只动物死亡。

　　这是一个令人难以置信的统计数字，但还好加州洛杉矶市正针对这一点展开行动。2012 年十月，该市采取一项禁令，禁止宠物店贩卖以商业用途饲养的猫、狗和兔子。这项新法要求所有宠物店只能贩卖被营救的动物，任何人如果违反规定，初犯会被处以两百五十美元的罚金，第二次罚金就加倍，第三次罚金再加倍。这项做法肯定可以减少该市杀害动物的数量，同时也可以推广领养被营救动物的好处，而这些动物之中有许多最初都是来自宠物店。希望这项行动会变得广受欢迎，而美国更多城市及世界各地也都能效法此举。

 

答案： 1. D 2. F 3. A 4. H 5. J

6. E 7. B 8. I 9. G 10. C