加泰羅尼亞貓收容所幫助新冠孤兒_風聞

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Overflowing with aging cats who lost their owners to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barcelona’s cat sanctuary El Jardinet dels Gats has launched an online campaign to get them adopted.

巴塞羅那的貓收容所擠滿了因新冠疫情而失去主人的老貓，他們發起了一項在線活動，希望能讓這些貓被收養。

As cats of all colours, shapes and sizes basked in autumn sunshine in the courtyard, shelter owner Alex Salvador was shooting an advertisement for “Whatever you can afford” donations on a smartphone, broadcast live on Instagram.

當各種顏色、體型和大小的貓咪在院子裏沐浴秋日的陽光時，收容所老闆亞歷克斯·薩爾瓦多正在用智能手機拍攝一個“你能負擔得起”捐款的廣告，並在Instagram上直播。

“The COVID situation has brought us older cats, cats in quite severe physical states, from elderly people who had not taken them to the vet for a long time, so the costs are very high,” the 43-year-old Salvador told Reuters.

43歲的薩爾瓦多對路透社記者説：“新冠疫情的情況讓我們收容了一些老貓，它們的身體狀況非常糟糕，它們原來的主人都是那些很久沒有帶它們去看獸醫的老人，所以治療費用非常高。”

The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of onsite fundraising events and cut the incomes of existing donors, but the online drive has been a success, Salvador said, a restyled World War Two “We Can do It” poster with a cat in overalls hanging behind her.

新冠疫情迫使現場籌款活動取消，並且還導致現有捐贈者的收入鋭減，但在線籌款活動取得了成功，薩爾瓦多説，她身後掛着一張重新設計的二戰海報“我們可以做到”，上面是一隻穿着工作服的貓。

“We have adapted everything, the interviews for the adoptions, the interviews for the foster homes, the interviews for volunteers,” said Salvador, whose late parents founded Jardinet 12 years ago.

“我們已經調整了一切，收養採訪，寄養家庭採訪，志願者採訪，”薩爾瓦多説，他已故的父母在12年前創建了Jardinet（譯註：貓咪收容所名字）。

The epidemic has also brought in new volunteers.

“Since I’m working from home, I work remotely in sales, I need to get out a little bit. Coming here to Jardinets helps a lot,” said Andreas Schaedler, 33, a Swiss who lives in Barcelona.

疫情還帶來了新的志願者。

“自從我在家工作後，我進行遠程銷售，就需要出去走走，所以就來這裏幫忙。”安德烈亞斯·舍德勒説，33歲的他是住在巴塞羅那的瑞士人。

Some cats also like to help with the integration process, like four-year-old street-born Zipi who shows new arrivals how to respond to stroking and offers of food.

某些貓也喜歡在融合過程中提供幫助，就像4歲的出生於街頭的Zipi，教新來者如何回應撫摸和提供食物。

“He has become the king of Jardinet, we are all in love with him,” Salvador said.

“他已經成為了Jardinet之王，我們都愛他，”薩爾瓦多説。