比利时清除猫行动 对猫进行阉割手术(双语)

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  2010年09月08日 10:57   环球时报

比利时清除猫行动 对猫进行阉割手术
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比利时清除猫行动 对猫进行阉割手术
　　According to the Daily Telegraph of September 3, the Belgian government has come up with a radical way to deal with the burgeoning cat population – to sterilise all but a select few of the animals within five years。

　　The feline population in Belgium, a country of 11 million people, has increased to an estimated 1.7 million, and the culling of cats has become a daily routine. According to the health ministry, more than 13,000 were killed in animal refuges last year, more than one in three of the country's 37,000 strays。

　　"We are confronted with a dramatic situation," said Jan Eyckmans of the Belgian health ministry. "So our minister asked the animal welfare council to come up with ideas."

　　The result is the Multi-annual Cat Plan 2011-2016, which says sterilisation is necessary "to halt the increase in the numbers of strays and cats collected in shelters"。

　　Initially, all cats in shelters will be sterilised. The next phase imposes neutering on cats from breeders and sellers. Finally, all cat owners will be obliged to have their pets sterilised and registered, costing about

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"We don't want the cat to vanish from the earth," said Ann De Greef, "A cat can have one pregnancy every six months and 36 offspring in less than 16 months."

安妮•德•格里夫说 “我们也不希望把猫这种动物从地球上清除出去，但是一只猫每六个月就可以怀孕一次，不到16个月就能产下36个后代。"