Quora：英国人和中国人一样喜欢狗吗

Is the UK as dog-friendly as China?

英国人和中国人一样喜欢狗吗？

以下是Quora网友的评论：

Christine Scott

A lot of people have dogs and walk them regularly. Most prople carry plastic bags too to pick up,after their dog. I havd never been to China so can't compare.

很多人养狗，经常带狗狗散步。大多数人会带着塑料袋跟在他们的狗后边收拾。我没去过中国，所以无从对比。

Dick A Wolf

Most of China is not dog friendly, they soon stab, cut, beat, abuse, torture and kill a dog to eat then to have it as a pet. No matter if it is a puppy or adult. Not many dogs are safe in China. They will eat mostly anything, dead or alive. No sense in a pathetic human ever being like that, but they are.

大多数中国人对狗不好，他们会鞭打、虐待、折磨狗狗，甚至杀狗来吃，并不是把狗当做宠物。不管是小狗还是大狗。只要是在中国，狗都不安全。中国人几乎什么都吃，死的活的都来者不拒。

Misinterpreted Questions

They love dogs in China like nowhere else. Lightly seasoned and grilled, stewed, roasted and many other ways.

中国人对狗的喜爱是其他地方都没法比的。稍微调味一下，煎炸炖煮，花样百出。

Misinterpreted Questions

Absolutely!

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Gill Bullen

What are some places that dogs aren't welcome in the UK?

Dogs working as assistance dogs, for people who have problems with such things as sight and hearing, are normally exempt from all restrictions, including everything mentioned below. But apart from guide dogs and so on:

Dogs are not normally allowed in food shops of any sort, and it isn't usual to take dogs into restaurants, although it's normally fine in pubs, even pubs that do food. On public transport they are usually okay; you used to have to buy a ticket for the dog on a bus or a train, though this didn't entitle them to a seat, but I don't think this happens now.

英国哪些地方不欢迎狗狗？

为视力和听力有问题的人提供帮助的狗，通常不会受到任何限制，包括下文提到的所有情况。但导盲犬等除外：

通常情况下，食品店是不允许带狗入店的，允许带狗进入餐厅的情况也不常见，但是酒吧，有供应餐食的酒吧，通常可以带狗入店。公共交通工具基本允许让狗搭乘；过去带狗乘坐公共汽车或火车，必须为狗买票，但不能占位，不过现在应该不这样了。

In rented accommodation, whether short-term, holiday let or long-term, and including places like campsites, there are often restrictions on whether or not you can have dogs there. Not everyone likes the smell of dogs, even dogs that were there several weeks ago, and other families staying there simply may not want your dog around. Don't argue; you're not the owner, so you don't make the rules. In the same spirit, most tax drivers are fine about carrying dogs, but a very few (who are mainly Muslim) may raise objections. It's probably quicker and easier to find a different cabbie than to change his mind, and if it's his car then presumably he can make his own rules.

对于出租房，无论是短租房、度假房还是长租房，包括露营地，通常都对养狗有限制。不是每个人都能接受狗的味道，甚至几周前的味道，其他住户可能就是不想让你的狗出现在那里。不接受反驳；你不是房东，所以不能自己定规矩。大多数出租车司机对载狗没有意见，但少数人(主要是msl)可能会反对。换一辆车可能比改变他的观念更快更容易，如果那是他的车，那么他大可以自己说了算。

It isn't usual to take dogs with you to church, to the theatre or cinema, to work, to the doctor's surgery or to visit someone in hospital. Some places do allow this (my son has done some work at their head office for Pets at Home, for instance, and practically everyone had their dog with them), and schools are begng to like the idea of having pets, especially dogs, on school premises, as an aid to good mental health, but that's pretty new, and not yet general. Where it does happen, it means an “official” school dog; it doesn't mean all the kids can bring the family dog. And dogs are not normally allowed in children's play areas.

带狗一起去教堂、剧院或电影院，不管是工作、看病或去医院看望病人的情况比较少。有些地方确实允许这样做(例如，我儿子曾为宠物在家工作过，几乎每个人都会带上他们的狗)，学校也开始喜欢在学校里养宠物，尤其是狗，作为保持学生心理健康的手段，但这是新潮流，还不普遍。狗通常不得进入儿童玩耍区。

In the countryside, don't let your dog run loose anywhere near livestock. If a farmer even suspects a dog of chasing his animals, he can just shoot it on the spot. Keep your dog on a lead, there and anywhere you see signs about ground-nesting birds, deer, and so forth.

It comes down to a mixture of hygiene and manners, really. Don't let your dog create a mess (you have a legal duty to clean up after your dog), don't create a health hazard for anyone, and don't allow your dog to create a nuisance or inconvenience for other people. In short, be considerate of others, which is the first rule of being British!

在乡下地区，不要让你的狗在牲畜附近乱跑。如果农夫怀疑狗在追赶他的动物，他是可以当场击毙那只狗的。在能看到在地面筑巢的鸟、鹿等迹象的地方，都要用绳子牵住你的狗。

这其实是卫生和礼仪的问题。不要让你的狗制造混乱(你有法律义务收拾狗的排泄物)，不要给任何人的健康造成危害，也不要让你的狗给其他人带来麻烦或不便。总之，为别人着想，这是英国人的为人第一准则！

Mark Weldon

Why are dogs so special for British people?

I don't know if it is a peculiarly British thing for dogs to be loved and cherished as family members.

Our dog is the profile photo on our family WhatsApp group. Other western countries are similar it is not unique to the British.

Dogs are amazing animals that can read human emotions and can be truly loving and loyal and naturally attach themselves to their human family/pack.

为什么狗对英国人来说如此特别？

我不知道英国人是不是都把狗当成家庭成员来爱护珍惜。

我们的狗狗是我们WhatsApp聊天群的头像。其他西方国家也差不多，英国不是独一份。

狗是一种神奇的动物，它们能读懂人类的情感，它们是真正有爱、忠诚，自然依附于人类家庭/群体的。

I have just yesterday lost my lovely chocolate labrador aged 9 after a short illness following an injury. Despite all our efforts and the vet hospital ICU he succumbed to sepsis.

I felt I owed it to him to give him a chance. Luckily we were insured. He was always so loving and loyal. When we adopted our 3 youngest at age 4 , 5 and 7 almost five years ago he has been wonderful. He adopted them too. They were his children and despite them disrupting his hitherto quiet life he loved them dearly and even used to shepherd them when we were out to keep them safe. His loving calm presence helped the children through their traumas. We all dearly miss him and haven't yet had the strength or courage to move his stuff.

我昨天刚刚痛失9岁的可爱的巧克力拉布拉多犬，它受伤后染病了。尽管我们已竭尽全力，尽管也入住重症监护室，它还是死于败血症。

我觉得我对它十分亏欠。它总是那么依恋、忠诚。五年前，我们收养了三个最小的孩子，一个4岁，一个5岁，一个7岁。他们也成了它的孩子，尽管他们扰乱了它平静的生活，他还是非常爱他们，甚至在我们出门时保护他们的安全。他充满爱的平静帮助孩子们度过了心理创伤。我们都非常想念它，没有勇气收拾他的东西。

Carl Johnson

Is it safe to be a dog in China?

Another of these questions. It’s really not that different from a dog in the US. Chinese love having dogs as pets here. And they pamper them just as much as they do in the west.

狗在中国安全吗？

这种问题有完没完呀。跟美国的狗能有什么区别呢。中国人喜欢把狗当做宠物。他们对狗子们的宠爱和你们西方人一样多。

Chris Price

What countries do not like dogs?

Japan allegedly carries out mass executions of dogs and cats

China torture and slaughter 2 million dogs each year to eat them

South Korea allegedly also kill and eat 2.5 million dogs per year

In Muslim countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, dogs are despised and calling someone a ‘dog’ is one of the worst insults

哪些国家不喜欢狗？

据称，日本曾大批屠杀猫狗。

中国每年折磨、屠杀200万只狗，吃狗肉。

据称，韩国每年也会杀死并吃掉250万只狗。

在埃及和沙特阿拉伯等国家，狗的地位很低，把某人称作“狗”是最严重的侮辱之一。

Johannes Sulistyo

What is China’s current attitude concerning dogs?

First and foremost, in China, and greater Asia included, dogs are animals.

Animals are sentient creatures. From the Indian spiritual texts like Buddhism, we get the concept of reincarnation, and someone who is being born as a dog might be one of our past ancestors. Who knows? But in the greater picture of things, we must respect and show compassion to every sentient beings.

中国目前对狗是什么态度？

首先，在中国，包括大亚洲地区，狗就是一种动物。

动物是有知觉的生物。在佛教这样的印度精神典籍中，我们知道了轮回的概念，以狗的身份出生的人可能是祖先之一。但谁知道呢？但我们必须尊重和同情一切生命。

Dogs are typically human companions, societies from Africa all the way to the new world has been living together with dogs since thousands of years. They are primarily working animal, and then pets or companions for the elites who can afford to feed extra mouth(s).

In the past, most Chinese who are not royals or wealthy dog enthusiast don't normally keep dogs, unless they need them for work like hunters or guard dogs. Other than that, the other role that a dog fill is simply a source of protein: food. Dogs has been eaten almost in every part of the world, China included. At one point in time, dogs occupy the 2nd most popular meat after pigs.

狗是典型的人类伴侣，从非洲到新大陆，数千年来人们一直与狗生活在一起。它们最初是工作动物，然后才变成精英们的宠物和伙伴，因为这些人才有能力养活更多活物。

在过去的中国，除非需要狗来捕猎或看门，否则只有皇亲国戚和富裕的爱狗人士才会养狗。除此之外，狗扮演的另一个角色是蛋白质的来源：食物。几乎在世界各地都有食用狗肉的现象，中国也不例外。在某个时期，狗肉是仅次于猪肉的第二大最受欢迎的肉类。

However, like most companion animal, dogs do command a lot of respect among Chinese. There are multiple legends and folk tales that put dogs as messenger from the gods. If you strike a dog at it ran away whimpering, the dog might report your bad deeds to its god, and the angered god might take your fortune away. It is generally forbidden to be extra cruel to any animal, even if you eat them. This is the same as rooster chicken, which are also prized pets in ancient China. They are delicious, but also a beloved companion. To be mischievous with animals is like to be “children": rascal, naughty, ignorant — not wise, not knowing any better.

但像大多数伴侣动物一样，中国人对狗也十分尊重。有许多传说和民间故事都把狗作为神明的信使。如果你打了一只狗，它会呜咽着跑开，可能就把你的恶行报告给神，神明发怒可能就会没收你的财富。所以人们通常不会对动物太过残忍，即便要吃也是如此。狗和鸡一样，都是中国古代珍贵的宠物。它们的肉都很美味，但它们也是一个可爱的伴侣。伤害动物就像“孩子”的行为：淘气、顽皮、无知——既不聪明、也不懂事。

Dog meat is becoming lesser and lesser popular. Dogs in traditional Chinese medicine is considered as “heat" producing intake. Eating too much of dog food will gets you bad “heat" related ailments like fever, headache, or in repurposed modern terms, high cholestrol, risk of stroke, cardiac problems, and so on.

People who own dogs as pets or family members are ever increasing in China and the rest of the world.

Yes, these trends are clearly more of a sign of China emerging as wealthy and developed economy rather than anything else.

狗肉现在越来越少人吃了。中医认为狗肉是“上火”的食物。吃太多狗肉会让你出现“上火”症状，比如发烧、头痛，或者用现代术语来说，出现高胆固醇、中风、心脏问题等等风险。

在中国和其他地区，把狗当做宠物或家庭成员的人也越来越多了。

是的，这些趋势显然更多地是中国慢慢变成富裕发达经济体的迹象。

And yes, dogs are still eaten in the less wealthy part of China, or where it is traditional such as the deep south like Yulin, Guangx, the southernmost province of PRC.

同时在中国不太富裕的地区，或者在有吃狗肉传统的地方，如中国最南端的广西玉林等南方腹地，人们仍然会吃狗肉。

Dogs in movies.

电影中的狗狗。

Patricia Parson

What is the most dog friendly country in the world?

Here in Manzanita Oregon, United States, we take our pets on vacation, treat them to stays at pet resorts and spend lots of money to pamper our little loves. But we’re not alone.

There are many other countries that treat their animals like the important members of the family that they are, too.

全世界对狗最友好的国家有哪些？

在美国俄勒冈州的曼萨尼塔，我们会带宠物去度假，让它们住宠物度假村，花很多钱来宠爱我们的小宝贝。但我们并不孤单。

还有许多其他国家也把这些动物当作重要的家庭成员。

I am giving you the most dog friendly country in the world:

France

Switzerland

Italy

USA

Canada

Great Britain

Germany