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Abandoned panda adopted by a cat 貓媽媽哺養被拋棄的小貓熊
Thursday, Jul 17, 2008,Page 14
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In this image provided by Artis Zoo, a Dutch tabby cat nurses an orphaned red panda cub in Amsterdam on July 9, 2008. 本月九日在阿姆斯特丹，一隻荷蘭虎斑貓給一隻孤苦無依的小紅貓熊餵奶；照片由阿提斯動物園提供。 照片：美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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A baby panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a cat. The cat is suckling the animal along with its own young, Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo said last week.
“The young panda is doing well in the circumstances. For it to survive, it is very important that it gets enough food and grows. We will see if this is the case over the next few weeks,” the zoo said in a statement.
The animal, an endangered red panda, would need to be suckled by the cat for at least a few weeks. The zoo said that it is not strange for a wild animal to be adopted by a domestic one.
The panda and another sibling were initially accepted by their mother but a day later were found to have been abandoned. They were very sick.
“A cat belonging to one of the zookeepers had just given birth, so we decided to try to get it to suckle the pandas,” the statement said.
The second panda, already weak when it was placed with the cat, did not survive.
Red pandas, which are only slightly larger than domestic cats, are an endangered species. They’re found mostly in the eastern Himalayas. (STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
阿姆斯特丹的阿提斯動物園上週表示，一隻被貓熊媽媽拋棄的小貓熊被一隻貓收養，這隻貓一起哺育小貓熊和牠的小孩。
「這隻小貓熊適應得很好，牠存活的關鍵就是獲取足夠的食物才會慢慢長大。接下來幾週我們會仔細觀察。」
這是一隻瀕臨絕種的紅貓熊，牠至少還需要貓媽媽提供奶水數週。園方表示，這並不是被飼養的動物餵養野生動物的特例。
貓熊媽媽一開始還給這隻小貓熊和牠的另一名手足餵奶，但一天後就拋棄了牠們，當時牠們非常虛弱。
園方發佈的聲明上提到：「園內一名管理員養的貓才剛產下小貓，所以我們決定嘗試讓牠為這隻小貓熊餵奶。」
另一隻小貓熊在放到貓媽媽身旁時就已相當虛弱，後來仍無力回天。
瀕臨絕種的紅貓熊體型比一般家貓大一點，多半出現在喜馬拉雅山東麓。
（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY’S WORDS 今日單字 |
1. reject v.t.
拒絕 (ju4 jue2)，丟棄 (diu1 qi4)
例: "I can't believe he rejected the offer," Ted said.
(泰德說：「我不敢相信他回絕了那個機會。」)
2. suckle v.i./v.t.
哺乳 (bu2 ru3)
例: She's suckling two babies at the same time.
(她同時幫兩個嬰兒餵奶。)
3. sibling n.
手足 (shou3 zu2)
例: Louis has three siblings.
(路易斯有三個兄弟姊妹。)
4. abandon v.t.
拋棄 (pao1 qi4)
例: The iguana was abandoned in the park.
(那隻鬣蜥蜴被遺棄在公園裡。)
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