英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

When French film actress Brigitte Bardot began a campaign to spare the thousands of stray dogs in Romania’s capital from being put down, she did it with a $150,000 donation scheme.

當法國女影星碧姬．芭杜展開一場讓羅馬尼亞首都數以千計的流浪狗免遭撲殺的運動時，她的經費來自於一項15萬美元的捐款計畫。

A similar campaign is being waged by Ana-Maria Ciulcu, a 13-year-old schoolgirl with braces on her teeth who uses Facebook to appeal to dog lovers all over Europe - and to make sure the dogs go to the right homes.

安娜–瑪莉亞．丘爾庫正進行類似的行動，這位戴著牙套的13歲女學生利用臉書，求助於全歐洲的愛狗人士，並確定狗狗被送到適當的家庭。

Ciulcu was a baby when Bardot started her sterilisation campaign in 2001. Now she speaks fluent German and has a grasp of the Internet, and she’s used both to rescue 150 strays and ship them to Germany, Austria and Belgium since September.

當芭杜於2001年展開她的流浪狗絕育行動時，丘爾庫還是個嬰兒。現在她說得一口流利的德語，並熟諳網路，她利用這兩項優勢從去年9月起，搭救了150隻流浪狗，將牠們送到德國、奧地利與比利時收養。

But Bucharest’s state-funded wards now hold 2,800 dogs, and 2,000 dogs have been euthanised in the past two months, according to Romania’s Authority for Animal Surveillance and Protection. Some 60,000 strays roam Bucharest.

然而，據羅馬尼亞動物監控與保護管理局統計，布加勒斯特的國營收容所現在有2800隻流浪狗，而過去2個月有2000隻被安樂死。約有6萬隻狗在布加勒斯特流浪。

Ciulcu collects strays on the street. They go to a temporary private shelter, or to the backyard of her home. She has a veterinarian vaccinate them and give them microchip identification tags and eventually gets international passports for them.

丘爾庫接走街上的流浪狗。牠們被安置在臨時的私人收容所，或她家後院。她讓一名獸醫師給牠們打疫苗，植入識別晶片，最後為牠們取得國際護照。

All costs, from medicines, vaccines and neutering to identification chips and passports, are covered by Ana-Maria’s family - about 150 euros per dog. Transporting the animals to their destinations is covered by the new owner.（Reuters）

所有的費用，從醫療、疫苗、結紮到識別晶片與護照，皆由安娜–瑪莉亞的家人支付—每隻狗約150歐元。運送這些動物到目的地的費用則由新飼主負擔。（路透）

新聞辭典

put down：動物的撲殺、使安樂死。例句：The dog was seriously ill so its owner had it put down.（這隻狗病得很嚴重，所以牠的飼主讓牠安樂死。）

wage：從事、進行、開始。例句：The people are waging campaign against nuclear power plant. （人民發動反核電廠運動。）

have/get a grasp of：領會、理解、掌握。例句：She has a good grasp of the issue. （她對該議題知之甚詳。）