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英闻天下——431 Activists Urge Better Wildlife Protection

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   Animal rights activists2 here in China are issuing new calls for an amendment3 to this country's wildlife protection law.

 
  CRI's Alexander Blucher explains.
 
  China's wildlife protection law was passed in 1989 with the aim of sustaining wildlife as a resource.
 
  Now academics and animal rights activists are pushing to reform the law.
 
  The draft proposal outlines four main amendments4 to the law.
 
  These include an increase in the animal species covered under the law and more involvement by NGO's and the public in wildlife protection.
 
  Harsher punishments for law breakers and stronger legal support for animal rights activists are also major recommendations.
 
  But Animals Asia's China representative, Toby Zhang, says that while the current draft proposal is an important step in the right direction, it doesn't go far enough.
 
  "We really hope that China should have animal welfare law. It's not only about wild animals but about all animals and regulate the behavior of people when they deal with animals, no matter if the animals are wild or not. If that law is in place a lot of problems will be solved."
 
  Those problems include the repercussions5 for animal rights activists who choose to put themselves at risk when protecting animals.
 
  Three weeks ago animal rights activists stopped a truck loaded up with over 900 dogs on a busy highway in Chongqing.
 
  The dogs were headed to China's southern Guangdong province to be sold to restaurants to be served as food.
 
  In that incident an animal activist1 Peng Tao who leads the group told the China Daily the driver attacked him and the police had to be called.
 
  Xie Zheng is the founder6 of Don't Eat Friends, a Beijing-based animal protection awareness7 organization.
 
  He was there in Chongqing to stop the truck and recently stopped three illegal shipments of dogs that were being delivered to restaurants.
 
  "I thought of this as an opportunity. I didn't feel nervous or fearful. I wanted to expose the delivery of dogs to the public, and let the people know that it's immoral8 and illicit9."
 
  Xie and other animal rights activists chose to put themselves at risk even though they were not protected under any animal welfare protection law.
 
  Zhang says that a new, more general animal protection law would not only benefit the animals but the people who protect them as well.
 
  "But without this kind of law we cannot have these people carry out their protective actions very legally, very properly while there are so many people who can attack the group of people for their behaviors like stopping the trucks in the highway and they can be easily challenged. I think that's a problem."
 
  But Zhang says that a more general animal welfare law is not going to happen any time soon and the movement must take one step at a time.
 
  For CRI I'm Alexandra Blucher

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1 activist gyAzO     
n.活动分子,积极分子
参考例句:
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
2 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 amendment Mx8zY     
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
参考例句:
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
4 amendments 39576081718792f25ceae20f3bb99b43     
(法律、文件的)改动( amendment的名词复数 ); 修正案; 修改; (美国宪法的)修正案
参考例句:
  • The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
  • Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。
5 repercussions 4fac33c46ab5414927945f4d05f0769d     
n.后果,反响( repercussion的名词复数 );余波
参考例句:
  • The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
  • Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者,缔造者
参考例句:
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
7 awareness 4yWzdW     
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
参考例句:
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
8 immoral waCx8     
adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的
参考例句:
  • She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
  • It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。
9 illicit By8yN     
adj.非法的,禁止的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
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