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Animals Are Not Ours to Abuse in Any Way
动物不是我们虐待的对象
 
                              
 
 
Animal Exploitation
动物的利用
 
Every year, more than 3 million dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and other animals are euthanized because they were born into a world that does not have enough homes for them. For every one companion animal who lives indoors with a human family and receives the attention, health care, and emotional support that he or she needs, there are thousands just barely surviving. Millions of domestic animals never know a kind human touch and live hard lives on the street before dying equally hard deaths.</STRONG>
每年，都超过300万的无家可归的狗，猫，鸟，兔子和其他动物被安乐死。只有少部分伴侣动物能和人类家庭在同个屋檐下生活，接受人类的关心和照顾，并成为他或她的精神支柱，剩下的只能苟且偷生。数百万的驯养动物从来没受过人类友善的对待，直到死前，一直在街头过着艰难的生活。
 
Others suffer at the hands of an unfit guardian who deprives them of veterinary care and other basic necessities: Social birds are left alone in tiny, barren cages for years as decorations; rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters are kept in filthy cages and only paraded out as a source of entertainment now and then; cats are left outside and often become victims of cruel people; dogs are left chained outside or kept in waste-strewn pens with only a metal barrel to protect them from the elements.
还有一些，在不负责任的监护者手中承受着痛苦——缺乏必要的医疗和基本必需品：有群体生活习性的鸟儿被单独关在极小的笼子里，被当成装饰品；兔子，天竺鼠和仓鼠被关在肮脏的笼子里，只有时不时作为娱乐时，才会被拿出来炫耀；猫被关在门外，并时常成为残忍的人的牺牲品；狗被绑在屋外，或圈养在四处都是排协物的围栏里，只留了个铁桶供它们挡风遮雨。
 
Every animal deserves a chance to thrive in a responsible and permanent home. Sadly, breeders, pet stores, and people who fail to sterilize their companion animals have created a tremendous overpopulation problem that forces animal shelters to put millions of dogs and cats to death every year.
每只驯养动物都应该生活在有责任心和安全感的家庭中。遗憾的是，培育者，宠物店，和没有给他们的伴侣动物节育的主人，导致了巨大的动物数量过多的问题。因此，每年，动物收容所不得不处死数百万的猫狗。
 
PETA and other animal protection groups cannot end the animal-overpopulation crisis alone. We need everybody to pitch in! To learn how to help homeless dogs and cats, please visit HelpingAnimals.com.
PETA和其他的动物保护组织不可能独自解决动物数量过多的危机。我们需要大家的力量！学习怎样帮助流浪动物，请浏览HelpingAnimals.com.
 
What You Can Do
你能做些什么
                           SNIP Cruelty to Animals in the Bud!
                           阻止萌芽状态的虐待动物行为！
                           Sponsor a Billboard in Your Area
                           在你所在的社区主办一场布告宣传
                           Lobby for Animal-Friendly Legislation
                           进行善待动物法的游说
                           Try This Month's Great Idea for Helping Animals
                           想个这个月如何帮助动物的好主意
                           Support Our Monthly Leafleting Event
                           支持我们每个月的传单活动
                           Shop PETACatalog.com!
                           在PETA的网站上购物！
 
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