中英對照讀新聞》Pets are being abandoned, surrendered amid Trump’s immigration crackdown 寵物在川普的打擊移民措施下被遺棄

全美各地動物收容所本就面臨缺人與領養率低等問題，如今還得接收大被移民主人棄養的寵物。圖為今年7月31日德州奧斯汀的動物收容中心內等待領養的幼貓。（法新社）

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From California to Tennessee, the effects of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have reached a place most wouldn’t think to look: the kennels of overcrowded animal shelters.

從（美國）加州到田納西州，川普政府的打擊移民措施的影響，已延伸到大多數人意想不到之處：本就塞爆的動物收容所的籠舍。

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Animal welfare groups across the country say they’re fielding a surge of calls about pets left behind when their owners are detained or deported, or self-deport in fear.

全美各地的動物福祉團體說，他們接到大量關於寵物被遺棄的來電，這些寵物的主人若非被拘留或被驅逐出境，就是因恐懼自行離境。

That heightened need is colliding with a shelter system already stretched thin by post-pandemic overcrowding, chronic staffing shortages and plummeting adoptions — leading to longer stays for animals, difficult choices about space and growing fears that more pets could be euthanized simply because there’s nowhere for them to go.

此等需求大增正與本就飽受疫後過度擁擠、長期缺人，與領養量暴跌等問題所苦的收容所系統發生衝突－－導致動物在收容所待的時間更長、空間選擇困難，以及讓人日益擔心會有更多寵物僅因無處可去而被安樂死。

新聞辭典

leave something/someone behind：片語，丟下，撇下，忘了帶。例句：He missed the flight because he left his passport behind.（他因為忘記帶護照而錯過航班。）

collide：動詞，碰撞。例句：She collided with a stranger on the sidewalk.（她在人行道上與1名陌生人相撞。）

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