双语新闻：西班牙埃博拉患者宠物狗被安乐死

2014-10-15 14:29:57来源：可可英语

　　MADRID — A dog named Excalibur who belonged toan Ebola-infected nurse was euthanized onWednesday, even as protesters and animal rightsactivists surrounded the Madrid home of the nurseand her husband. A online petition calling for thedog's life to be spared had drawn hundreds ofthousands of signatures.

　　马德里——周三，一名感染埃博拉病毒的护士的狗被实施了安乐死，尽管抗议者和动物权益活动人士包围了这名护士及其丈夫在马德里的住所。这条狗名叫埃克斯卡利伯(Excalibur)。网上一封呼吁放这条狗一条生路的请愿书，目前已获得了数以万计的签名。

　　The furor came amid questions about whether dogs can get and transmit the disease.

　　群情激奋之时，有人质疑狗是否会感染以及传播这种疾病。

　　In the United States, a spokesman for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Thomas Skinner, said Wednesday that studies had shown that dogs can have an immuneresponse to Ebola, meaning that they can become infected. But he said there had been noreports of dogs or cats developing Ebola symptoms or passing the disease to other animals orto people.

　　美国疾病控制与预防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention，简称CDC)发言人托马斯·斯金纳(Thomas Skinner)周三表示，研究表明，狗能对埃博拉病毒产生免疫反应，这意味着它们可能也会受到感染。但是他说，目前尚无狗或猫出现埃博拉病症或者把这种疾病传播给其他动物或人类的报告。

　　The death of Excalibur, a 12-year-old rescue dog, was confirmed to reporters by JavierRodríguez, an official from Madrid's regional government, and the body is expected to becremated.

　　埃克斯卡利伯是一条12岁的搜救犬，马德里地区政府官员哈维尔·罗德里格斯(Javier Rodríguez)向记者证实了它的死亡，它的尸体将被火化。

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