他把小兔耳袋狸、荒漠袋狸、新月甲尾袋鼠和大耳弹鼠等已灭绝的物种称作“可爱的生物,指它们“在澳大利亚土著文化中极为重要,以前在我国的生态环境里也扮演了重要的角色。我们不希望再失去这样的物种。
The Australian Department of the Environment says that feral cats are the biggest threat tothe country’s mammals, ahead of foxes and habitat loss. The government plan would usepoison and traps to kill the cats.
澳大利亚环境保护部称,野猫是该国哺乳动物物种的最大威胁,比狐狸和失去生境造成的威胁更大。政府计划用毒药和诱捕装置来杀野猫。
In announcing the plan in July, Greg Hunt, the environment minister, said that he wanted tosee two million feral cats culled by 2020. Australia has an estimated 20 million feral cats, whichare an invasive species brought by European settlers. Calls to exterminate the cats havebeen floated before, including one in the 1990s that called for killing all feral cats by 2020.
环境保护部长格雷格·亨特(Greg Hunt)在今年7月公布这项计划时说,希望到了2020年的时候捕杀的野猫数量可达两百万。澳大利亚目前估算存在两千万只野猫,是以前欧洲移民引入的入侵物种。根除野猫的倡议以前就一直有,其中包括90年代的那次呼吁在2020年前杀光所有野猫的提议。
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