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The woman is seen throwing the cat in the wheelie bin before walking away.(bbc.co.uk) |
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A British woman who sparked an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin was charged Monday with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal. Mary Bale, a 45-year-old bank worker, has also been charged with failing to provide the cat with a suitable environment, a spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said. Bale will appear before magistrates in Coventry, central England, on October 19 to answer the charges. Both offences can carry a prison sentence and a lifetime ban from keeping animals. The cat, Lola, was believed to have been stuck in the plastic wheelie bin for 15 hours until her owners Darryl and Stephanie Mann heard her miaowing. They found out what happened after checking footage from a closed-circuit television camera they had installed at their house after their car was repeatedly bumped by other vehicles. The video was posted on video sharing site You Tube and a Facebook campaign was launched with some contributors making death threats against Bale. (Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a journalist at the China Daily Web site.) (Agencies) |
因被攝像頭拍下把一只小貓丟進(jìn)垃圾桶而遭到網(wǎng)友聲討的英國(guó)“虐貓大嬸”本周一遭到起訴，罪名為虐待動(dòng)物。 英國(guó)防止虐待動(dòng)物協(xié)會(huì)的一位發(fā)言人表示，肇事者、45歲的銀行職員瑪麗?貝爾面臨的另一項(xiàng)指控為未能為小貓?zhí)峁┦孢m的環(huán)境。 貝爾將于10月19日在英格蘭中部考文垂出庭，接受當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T的質(zhì)詢。 每項(xiàng)罪名都足以把她送進(jìn)監(jiān)獄，并終身禁養(yǎng)動(dòng)物。 這只名為蘿拉的小貓據(jù)稱被困在塑料移動(dòng)垃圾桶里長(zhǎng)達(dá)15個(gè)小時(shí)，直到它的主人達(dá)里和斯蒂芬妮?曼恩聽到它的叫聲才獲救。 貓主人在自家安裝的視頻監(jiān)控錄像中發(fā)現(xiàn)了“虐貓大嬸”的行徑。由于愛車屢次被其它車輛刮蹭，他們安裝了監(jiān)控系統(tǒng)。 這段虐貓視頻被上傳至YouTube視頻分享網(wǎng)站，并在Facebook網(wǎng)友中引起公憤，部分網(wǎng)友還威脅瑪麗?貝爾的人身安全。 相關(guān)閱讀 My cat sitting adventure 我的貓保姆經(jīng)歷 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Julie 編輯：馮明惠） |
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Vocabulary: magistrate: a civil officer charged with the administration of the law（地方官員） wheelie bin: a large container for rubbish, esp one used by a household, mounted on wheels so that it can be moved more easily（帶蓋子和底輪的大垃圾桶） closed-circuit television: 閉路電視 |
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