河狸鼠泛滥成灾意大利市长提议吃掉它们_BEC初级作文

河狸鼠泛滥成灾意大利市长提议吃掉它们

One enthusiastic backer of the idea wrote on social media: “Coypus are very clean animals and they are herbivores. I’ve tried them a few times. They should be cooked in a stew with onions or baked in the oven. I agree with the mayor – it’s better than rabbit.”

一名热情的支持者在社交媒体上写道：“它们是干净的食草动物，我已经吃过几次，应该和洋葱一起炖，或者用烤箱烤。我同意市长所说的，比兔肉味道更好。”

Animal lovers were less enamoured of the idea. “Here’s another genius who thinks he can resolve a problem by killing defenseless animals. And they elected him mayor,” wrote one critic.

动物爱好者们对这个提议有些不快。一位批评者写道：“又有一位天才认为可以通过捕杀毫无防备的动物来解决问题。人们还选他当市长。”

Coypu breed prolifically, with a female capable of giving birth to up to a dozen young at a time.

河狸鼠繁殖能力很强，一只雌性河狸鼠一次最多可以生育12只小鼠。

No one knows how many coypu there are living wild in Italy.

没人知道意大利到底有多少只野生河狸鼠。

In the region of Emilia-Romagna alone there are believed to be around one million, while Lombardy has a population of around 1.3 million, with the regional government calling for 300,000 to be culled each year.