| 簡介：街頭無家可歸的流浪動物主要是人類棄養所致，而你我都能夠協助減少流
浪動物，或幫助牠們不再流浪。
A Dog's Life
Many of us have probably passed by stray dogs on our way to school or work. However, few of us stop to think about how these animals ended up in the streets or whether they need help. Taiwan has around sixty thousand homeless dogs, and most of these animals are simply the result of human abandonment.
Some buy puppies without considering the long-term responsibilities. Owning a puppy seems like fun, but with time, puppies become more difficult to manage, especially for people living in apartments. Puppies may start chewing on slippers or damaging furniture. When the owners aren't home and their pets bark, neighbors might complain. Some owners want to avoid medical fees when their dogs get sick. For these and other reasons, many owners abandon their dogs.
Once on their own in the streets, dogs reproduce quickly, giving rise to new strays. Every day, homeless dogs face death or injury in traffic, or they may catch diseases. Some are caught and placed in government shelters, where they're soon killed if nobody adopts them. Lastly, people may not think about it, but dogs suffer a great deal emotionally from being abandoned.
關懷流浪狗 需要你幫忙
我們很多人很可能在上學或上班途中都曾經過流浪狗身邊。然而，我們很少人會停下來想這些動物最後怎麼會流落街頭，或是牠們需不需要幫助。台灣約有六萬隻無家可歸的狗，其中大多數純粹是人類棄養所導致。
有些人未考慮到長期責任就購買小狗。擁有一隻小狗似乎很好玩，但經過一段時間，小狗會變得更難管教，尤其是對住在公寓的人而言。小狗可能會開始啃咬拖鞋或毀損家具。當飼主不在家而寵物吠叫時，鄰居可能會抱怨。有些飼主在狗狗生病時不想付醫藥費。由於這些及其他的原因，許多飼主就棄養他們的狗。
狗一旦在街頭獨立生活便會快速繁衍，產生新的流浪狗。居無定所的狗每天在車陣中面臨死亡或受傷的危險，或者牠們可能會染病。有些狗遭到捕捉、被安置在政府收容所中，如果沒有人領養牠們，牠們很快就會被處死。最後，人們可能沒想到這件事，但狗狗遭到棄養後情緒上會承受極大的痛苦。
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