一位住台美國公民給法國防止虐待動物協會理事長Uta
Seier-Maltz的回應:
I am an American citizen who finds home here in
Taiwan but cannot return to USA because of my self-imposed commitment to abused
animals here. Animal abuse is rampant, and among common people there
is an eerie, morbid fear or hostility against strays or even dogs in general,
which I find hard to comprehend. The fault lies with the government
officials as I know from my personal experience that they do not care about the
plight of abused animals and know only to write "polite" letters to people like
you who raise questions and show concern for the problem that is supposed to be
their responsibility. Very perfunctory, very lackadaisical, very
indifferent, indeed.
我是一名在台灣定居的美國公民，但卻因我自覺對此地受虐動物義無反顧，
而無法率爾返回美國。虐畜在此，如家常便飯，而且一般民眾對流浪犬，
或甚而一般的狗，懷有一種詭異、病態的恐懼或敵意，是我迄今難以理解的。
錯，是錯在政府官員，依據我的親身體驗，他們並不關心受虐動物的境遇，
而且對像您這類提出質疑和表現關懷的人們，
他們只知道回些「禮貌」性的公函，而你們所關懷的問題，
根本就是他們的職責所在。確實，很敷衍塞責，很懶怠輕忽，很漠不關心。
It is especially ironic when this island
is prosperous economically. Here, there
is not a day when one walks out his or
her door without seeing suffering animals
but people are indifferent, and the
officials are indifferent. You had
requested animal traps be banned in Taiwan
in your letter to one Taiwanese official.
Well, they are not banned here.
I too am at a loss about what to do with the situation.
I wish I could just walk away from it but
there are quite a number of animals who
rely on me. All I can think of
saying is, Dear Uta, let us pray
for the day when indifferent people will
awaken to animals' misery taking place right
in front of their eyes.
特別諷刺的，是台灣是一個富庶之島。在這裏，
你沒有一天步出家門而看不到動物在受苦，但是人民無動於衷，
官員也無動於衷。您曾寫信給一名台灣官員，要求他取締捕獸鋏。
唉，捕獸鋏尚未被禁，無法取締。如何改善動物境況，我也一樣地一籌莫展。
我真希望我能離開台灣這個地方，可是這裏有不少動物仍仰賴我。
親愛的Uta，我能想到的，只有我們多祈禱，盼望那一天能夠儘速到來，
冷漠的人們能夠意識到動物正在他們眼皮底下受苦。
