欧盟:把猫拴在皮带上是剥夺它的权利

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.

给家猫系上皮带，更好地保护濒危鸟类和环境?欧盟表示，这将剥夺人类这个毛茸茸的朋友不可剥夺的漫步权。

The EU’s executive said Thursday 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.

欧盟执委会周四表示，他们是“包括猫在内的自由行动权利的坚定捍卫者”，并“坚决”否认会像一项科学研究显示的那样，强迫猫待在室内或用皮带拴着。

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.

蒂尔堡大学的科学家们在《牛津环境法杂志》上撰文称，自由放养的家猫“通过捕食、干扰、竞争、疾病和杂交等方式影响生物多样性”，并补充说，这种掠夺性影响比人们通常认为的还要糟糕。

They argued that EU laws and directives could effectively force owners to keep them indoors or on a leash outdoors.

他们认为，欧盟的法律和指令可以有效地迫使业主把他们关在室内或拴在户外。