美公益組織發(fā)起防“負鼠墜落”行動

A movement is growing in North Carolina to prevent the act of so-called “opossum dropping.”

北卡羅來納州正在開展一項運動，以防止所謂的“負鼠墜落”事件。

The practice involves suspending an opossum in a transparent box on New Year’s Eve and slowly lowering it the ground as people count down to midnight.

這種做法包括在除夕夜把負鼠吊在一個透明的盒子里，當人們倒數(shù)到午夜時慢慢地把它放在地上。

The Raleigh News & Observer reported Monday that a western North Carolina town had conducted opossum drops for 24 years.

《羅利新聞與觀察家報》周一報道說，北卡羅來納州西部的一個小鎮(zhèn)已經(jīng)進行了24年的負鼠跌落實驗。

Brasstown in Clay County dropped its last opossum in 2018. But the organization Animal Help Now wants to prevent anyone from doing it elsewhere. That will require a change to state law that allows people to do anything they want to opossums for five days each year.

克萊郡的布拉斯敦在2018年失去了最后一只負鼠。但是動物救助組織現(xiàn)在想阻止任何人在其他地方這樣做。這就需要修改州法律，允許人們在每年5天內(nèi)做任何他們想做的事情。

The group started a petition and gathered almost 160,000 signatures before the petition closed. The group says it’s continuing its legislative efforts.

該組織發(fā)起了一項請愿，并在請愿結(jié)束前收集了近16萬人的簽名。該組織表示，正在繼續(xù)向立法努力。