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進入中英對照讀新聞》Cats to be put on leashes to protect wildlife? EU says No 給貓咪繫上繩子保護野生動物？歐盟說不
飼養在唐寧街10號首相府的英國「第一貓」賴瑞。（路透資料照）
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Put domestic cats on a leash to better protect threatened birds and the environment? The European Union says that would deny mankind’s furry friend its unalienable right to roam.
給家貓繫上繩子來加強保護受威脅的鳥類和環境？歐盟說，這麼做會使這個人類的毛朋友無法享有自由散步的不可剝奪權利。
The EU’s executive said that it is ``a strong defender of free movement rights _ including of cats’’ and ``categorically’’ denied it would ever force cats to be kept indoors or on a leash, as one scientific study suggests.
歐盟行政單位說，該組織「堅定捍衛自由移動的權利─包括貓的」，「明確地」拒絕依照一份科學研究所說，強制將貓限制在室內，或者拴繩子。
Tilburg University scientists wrote in Oxford’s Journal of Environmental Law that free-ranging domestic cats ``impact biodiversity through predation, disturbance, competition, disease and hybridization,’’ and added that the predatory impact is worse than often assumed.
堤爾堡大學科學家在牛津大學出版社出版的「環境法期刊」撰文指稱，自由四處活動的家貓，「因掠食、干擾、競爭、疾病和雜交等因素，影響生物多樣性」，還說這種掠奪性的影響，比通常所認為的還嚴重。
They argued that EU laws and directives could effectively force owners to keep them indoors or on a leash outdoors.（AP）
研究者主張，歐盟法規應該有效地強制飼主將貓限制在室內，或者在戶外繫上繩子。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
put/keep/have someone on a leash：片語，字面意思為把某人、物繫上鏈子，衍生為控制之意。例句：You really keep your boyfriend on a short leash.（你真的管你男友管很嚴。）
unalienable：形容詞，不可剝奪、不可分離的。The girl has an unalienable right to education.（這名女孩有不可剝奪的受教權。）
range：動詞，四處活動，閒逛。free-range：形容詞，放養的。如：free-range chickens（土雞）。
