The pig in the picture is called Alaina Templeton. She is a mixed breed, part potbellied pig. But she isn't very well.
Her owner, Michelle Schmitz, had hurt her ankle. So she asked a co-worker to look after Alaina Templeton. But the co-worker let the pig become too fat. Her weight tripled in the nine months that she was away.
She normally weighs 23kg but had gone up to 68kg.
The co-worker says that Alaina Templeton foraged for chicken feed and cat food at her farm. She became so fat that a collar on her neck became stuck. She had to have surgery to take it off.
The police have filed an animal cruelty charge against the co-worker.
"I want her to be held responsible for what she did and what she didn't do," Schmitz said.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
照片中的豬名叫阿萊娜．甜普頓，是一隻混種的大肚母豬，不過牠身體微恙。
牠的主人蜜雪兒．史密慈因為腳踝受傷，把牠託給同事照顧，但是這位同事卻把牠養得太胖了。牠的體重在女主人不在的九個月當中，足足變了三倍重。
牠原本重二十三公斤，後來卻增加到六十八公斤。
這位同事說，阿萊娜會在農場裡找雞飼料或是貓飼料來吃，結果變得太胖，脖子上的項圈還因此卡在肉裡，必須動手術才能取下。
警方已控告這位同事虐待動物的行為。
「我要她對她的行為和不作為負責任，」史密慈說。
（美聯社／翻譯﹔楊鴻泰）
1. breed n.
品種 (pin2 zhong3)
例: That's a tiny dog! Which breed is it?
(那隻狗好小喔！牠是什麼品種的？)
2. co-worker n.
同事 (tong2 shi4)
例: Sam is my co-worker.
(山姆是我的同事。)
3. forage v.t.
搜尋 (sou1 xun2)
例: The horse foraged for nuts in the forest.
(那匹馬在森林裡找尋果仁吃。)
4. cruelty n.
殘酷 (can2 ku4)
例: Taiwan has strong animal cruelty laws.
(台灣有很嚴格的防止動物虐待法。)
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