从南美洲引进的河狸鼠在意大利北部泛滥成灾,而当地一名市长想出了消除鼠患的新点子,那就是把它们吃掉。看看这些形似大老鼠的啮齿动物,你有胃口吗?其实据市长和一些网友亲自尝试,河狸鼠肉的味道比兔肉更好。但这个主意也招致了动物保护者的批评。
As Italy struggles to deal with burgeoning populations of an introduced giant rodent, a mayor has come up with a novel solution – eat them.
从国外引进的一种体型较大的啮齿动物河狸鼠泛滥成灾,意大利正疲于应对,而此时一名市长想出了一个新办法,那就是,吃掉它们。
Coypu were introduced to Italy a century ago from their native South America to be farmed for their fur.
大约一个世纪前,意大利从南美洲引进河狸鼠用于养殖,以获取其皮毛。
But many escaped or were deliberately released after wearing fur fell out of fashion and the species is now thriving.
但随着河狸鼠皮毛的衣饰不再流行,很多河狸鼠逃脱或被故意放生,现已泛滥成灾。
They have fared particularly well in the flatlands of the Po valley in northern Italy, where farmers complain that they devour crops and destroy levees and embankments by digging burrows.
它们在意大利北部波河流域的平原上大肆繁殖,农民抱怨它们毁掉了庄稼,它们打的洞穴还破坏了防洪堤和路堤。
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