原文Under the bridge 橋下(說明:橋下是殺狗之處)
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress,can be judged by the way its animals are treated".
- Mahatma Gandhi.
國家偉大之處與道德進步能用對待動物的方式來衡量。These pages are about the cruel treatment of dogs and cats in the republic of South Korea. .... Our goal is to prevent this cruelty mainly through public awareness and political pressure.
本網站所討論的是有關南韓殘酷對待貓狗這方面…我們的目標是藉著公眾醒覺與政策施壓兩方面來預防殘酷之事繼續發生。No doubt, humans have some spiritual, intellectual and moral advantages over animals. This does not give us greater rights than animals or permit us to abuse them. All humans and animals have equal rights to a quality in life just as they have at least a similar capacity for suffering.
無疑的,人類在心靈智能道德方面優於動物,但這並未賦與我們比動物更大的權力或允許我們去虐待牠們。人與動物對獲取相當品質的生活條件,擁有相同的權力,就如同他們最起碼對痛苦的忍受度也相似。The editor accepts the futility of asking South Korea to stop eating dog and cat. We therefore will not condemn them, if, the killing is at least HUMANE and done with accordance to the health and animal laws of that country. This is not happening and is the reason for these pages. It does not mean we condone the eating of Dog, Cat, Bear, Tiger etc.
編者已接受了無法勸說南韓人不吃貓狗的挫折,因此在這裡,對於吃貓狗這件事,我們的態度是:只要採行人道方式宰殺,而且遵守該地政府對動物健康福利的法規即可。但由於這樣也做不到,因此我們設立了這網站,但這並不表示我們寬恕吃貓狗熊虎這些行為。
LYS註:
我想,由於吃食何種生物是各民族習性,因此網站主要目的在「反對殘酷對待」動物。對於吃貓狗熊虎這些動物,網站主人本身雖不贊成,但不會加以譴責。...Sensible people realize this is an anti animal cruelty site. It is NOT... an "anti Korea" site.
…理智的人會明瞭這是「反對殘酷對待動物」的站,而不是「反韓國」的網站。Every topic discussed in these pages relates to the anti cruelty cause in some form. South Korea\Asia is not condemned in any other way but from this point of view.
這些網頁所討論的每個標題,都是針對各種對待不同方式所引起的痛苦,加以反對抗議。南韓/亞洲只有在這方面才被譴責。