文字稿
澳大利亞相關(guān)部門為其宰殺野貓的決定做出辯解說野貓威脅到當?shù)匚锓N的存活。英國歌手莫里西（ Morrissey ）和法國影星碧姬·芭鐸 (Brigitte Bardot) 指責此宰殺行為。以下是 Jon Donnison 的報道。
The proposed cull will involve the killing of two million feral cats that the Australian government says are decimating many threatened species which the cats prey on.
Earlier this year Brigitte Bardot, a prominent animal rights campaigner, described the cull as 'animal genocide'. Morrissey has called the cull 'idiocy', adding that wild cats are smaller versions of Cecil, the Lion, which was killed amid much publicity and outrage by an American hunter in Zimbabwe earlier this year.
Now Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews has written to both – Bardot and Morrissey – explaining the policy. He says feral cats are an invasive species, not native to Australia, and that they've already led to the extinction of at least 27 Australian mammals, including the desert bandicoot and long-eared hopping mouse.
詞匯表
cull （為減少數(shù)量）宰殺
feral 野生的
decimating 大量殺死
prey on 捕食
animal rights campaigner 保護動物權(quán)利人士
(animal) genocide （動物）滅殺，大屠殺
outrage 義憤
policy 政策，行動
extinction 滅絕
測驗
請聽報道并回答下列問題。
1. Are all kinds of cats affected by the policy?
2. Who's compared cats to a lion?
3. True or false? Commissioner Gregory Andrews has written to Bardot and Morrissey explaining that the cats killed other animals in the country.
4. Are feral cats originally from Australia?
答案
1. Are all kinds of cats affected by the policy?
No. Only feral cats are affected.
2. Who's compared cats to a lion?
British musician Morrissey compared the killing of Australian feral cats to that of Cecil, the Lion in Zimbabwe by an American hunter.
3. True or false? Commissioner Gregory Andrews has written to Bardot and Morrissey explaining that the cats killed other animals in the country.
True. Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews says feral cats are an invasive species, not native to Australia.
4. Are feral cats originally from Australia?
No. The cats are not native to Australia.
