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Pop culture main reason Calif has Chihuahua crisis
流行文化引起加州芝华华狗危机


LOS ANGELES – California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle, and it has Hollywood to blame.


There are so many Chihuahuas at shelters in Oakland, they have started shipping the dogs out of state, said Megan Webb, director of Oakland Animal Services. They have sent about 100 to Washington, Oregon and Arizona, she said, "and as soon as they get them, they are ready for new ones."


Chihuahuas make up 30 percent or more of the dog populations at many California shelters. And experts say pop culture is to blame, with fans immitating Chihuahua-toting celebrities like Paris Hilton and Miley Cyrus, then abandoning the dogs.


"We never have enough supply for the huge consumer demand for small dogs," she said.One of Webb's biggest problems is a lack of money to fly the dogs to other states.


Chihuahuas are the most popular breed of dog in Los Angeles, so it makes sense it is the most abandoned breed, said Madeline Bernstein, president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles. In Oakland, some days, they get 10 of the 5-pound dogs a day, Webb said.


The problem is so bad that shelters all over California that were built for big dogs had to remodel to accommodate the little guys.


Chihuahas are cute, but vulnerable, Frangipane said. "People think nothing of kicking a small, yappy dog. And they can be abused by people of all sizes. A toddler can snap a Chihuahua's leg in a second," he said.



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在洛杉矶－加州，有太多的芝华华狗已经超出可以控制的范围，这全怪罪于好莱坞。

在奥克兰的庇护所，有很多的芝华华狗，庇护所人员已经打算用船将他们运出州外，来自奥克兰动物服务部的主管美恩●韦博说道。他们会送大约100只到华盛顿，俄勒冈州，亚利桑那州，美恩说：“那些州收到这批之后，很快就有下一批的要接受。”

在加州的庇护所里，芝华华狗的数量占全部狗类的百分之三十。同时专家指责流行的趋势——很多追随者都模仿巴黎●希尔顿，米莱●塞勒斯带芝华华狗出入，然后就抛弃那些狗。

“我们一直都不够供应给食量超大的小型狗犬。”韦博说道。她面对最大的一个问题就是——缺乏资金空运那些狗到其他州。

在洛杉矶，芝华华狗是繁殖最快的一种狗，所以它也是理所当然抛弃率最高的一种狗，来自洛杉矶防止虐畜动物会主席——艾德琳●伯恩斯坦说道。在奥克兰，有时候，一天会收到十只5磅的狗，韦博说道。

现在的情况十分严峻，因为加州全部的庇护所都是用来安置大型狗类的。他们必须改造屋型来适应这些小狗。

芝华华狗虽然十分可爱，但是也十分脆弱。Frangipane说到“人们很容易就踢打这些喜欢叫嚷的小狗，而且无论身材大小的人们都能欺负他们。一个小婴孩就有能力抽打芝华华的腿”。


Useful Expression

• shelters [‘ §eltE]

     n.掩蔽处, 身避处, 掩蔽, 保护, 庇护所, 掩体

• accommodate [e’kCmEdeit]
  vt.
  供应, 供给, 使适应, 调节, 和解, 向...提供, 容纳, 调和

• toddler[’tCdlE] n.
  初学走路的孩子

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