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German lawmaker wants DNA testing on dog poo 德國議員要求檢測狗糞DNA
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009,Page 13
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A dog plays in the snow on the banks of a lake on Jan. 9, 2009 in Luedenscheid, western Germany.
元月九日，一隻小狗在德國西部盧登榭德某湖岸邊的雪地上玩耍。照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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A German lawmaker last Monday proposed a new and high-tech way of dealing with the menace of dog poo on the streets: DNA testing to identify the culprit and fine its owner.
Peter Stein, a conservative politician in eastern Germany, told AFP that, under his proposal, officials would test the excrement and then match it up to the dog using a DNA database of all dogs.
German dog owners are fined 30-40 euros (NT$1,330 – NT$1,776) if they fail to clean up after their pets, but very few are caught. Only four fines were given out in Stein’s hometown of Rostock — human population 200,000 — last year.
“Just saying ‘it wasn’t my dog’ will not do any more,” Stein said.(AFP)
德國一位國會議員上週一提議採取高科技的新方法來解決街上討厭的狗大便：檢測DNA找出「肇事者」，再對飼主開罰。
德國東部保守派國會議員彼得．史坦對法新社表示，根據這項提案，官方人員將檢測狗糞，然後從資料庫中比對所有犬類DNA找出元兇。
德國飼主若不清理寵物糞便，會被處以三十至四十歐元（新台幣一千三百三十元至一千七百七十六元）的罰金，但受罰者少之又少，史坦的家鄉、擁有二十萬人口的羅斯塔克市，去年只開出了四張罰單。
史坦說：「『那不是我的狗』的藉口已不管用了。」
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY’S WORDS 今日單字 |
1. lawmaker n.
立法者 (li4 fa2 zhe3)
例: The lawmakers were interviewed before the election.
(選前國會議員都接受訪談。)
2. culprit n.
罪犯 (zui4 fan4)
例: A window was smashed, but the culprit still hasn't been found.
(打破窗戶的罪犯一直沒有抓到。)
3. database n.
資料庫 (zi1 liao4 ku4)
例: All the information is kept in a central database.
(所有的資料都存放在一個中央資料庫中。)
4. population n.
人口 (ren2 kou3)
例: The population has been increasing
steadily.
(人口持續穩定成長。) |
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In Germany, owners are responsible for their dog’s behavior. If a dog runs in front of a cyclist and knocks him off his bike, the owner is responsible.
在德國，飼主必須為所養的狗負責。如果一隻狗跑到一輛腳踏車前害騎士跌倒，這隻狗的飼主就必須負責。 |
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