Everyone would save a sibling, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog versus people less connected with them -- a distant cousin or a hometown stranger -- votes in favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist. This makes Parisians' treatment of American tourists look good in comparison.

每个人都会救自己的兄弟姐妹、爷爷奶奶或亲密好友，而不会救一只陌生的狗。但在自己的宠物狗和关系不那么紧密的人――比如远房表亲或陌生的同乡人――之间，很多人都选择了救狗。令人震惊的是，40%的参与者都选择救自己的狗而不会救外国游客，包括46%的女性。这样一对比，巴黎人对待美国游客还算是不错的。

What does a finding like this mean? First, that your odds aren't so good if you find yourself in another country with a bus bearing down on you and a cute dog. But it also points to something deeper: our unprecedented attitude toward animals, which got its start with the birth of humane societies in the 19th century.

这样的研究结果说明什么？首先，如果你在另一个国家发现自己和一只可爱的狗快要被一辆巴士压到，你被救的几率不会太大。但同时也表明一个更深层次的问题：我们对动物前所未有的态度，这种态度始于19世纪动物保护组织的诞生。

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