If you buy a pet from a pet store, it’s likely that puppy and kitten mills will benefit. These are places that produce baby animals just like products. The parents are usually kept in small cages and made to produce as many babies as possible. What’s more, pets from pet stores are usually much more expensive than adopted ones. The former may cost tens of thousands of Taiwanese dollars depending on the breed, while the latter can cost just a few hundred. Do the right thing and adopt your next pet.
如果你從寵物店買寵物，可能獲利的便是幼犬及幼貓繁殖場。這些地方繁殖動物寶寶就像做產品一樣。父母通常被放在狹小的籠子內，且被迫盡可能地生越多的寶寶。尤有甚者，寵物店的寵物通常比領養的要貴得多。前者根據不同品種可能會要價上萬臺幣，而後者只需幾百塊。做正確的決定，然後領養你的下一隻寵物吧。
生活必備字詞：
benefit vi. 獲益
produce vt. 生產
cage n. 籠子
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見三月號。
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