劍橋大學禁養狗 院長指狗爲貓

The master of a Cambridge University college that banned dogs from accommodation has been allowed to keep his canine companion after persuading officials it was "a very large cat".

劍橋大學塞爾文學院禁養狗，而院長卻經過一番努力，得以將其愛犬以“大貓”的身份留下。

YoYo the bassett hound lives at Selwyn College with Roger Mosey.

悠悠和她的主人羅傑·摩西（Roger Mosey）現住在劍橋大學塞爾文學院。

Mr Mosey said cats were allowed but dogs were "technically" banned.

摩西說，這裏“原則上”禁止養狗，但是可以養貓。

However, after a past master set a "dog-owning precedent" decades ago, the college "tongue-in-cheek agreed YoYo could stay as a large cat", he said.

他還補充道，幾十年前，這裏的一位院長開了“養狗的先例”，所以學院現在只好“睜一隻眼閉一隻眼地讓悠悠以貓的名義存在”。

Mr Mosey, former editorial director of the BBC, became master of Selwyn College in October.

摩西曾是BBC（英國廣播公司）的編務總監，自2013年10月起任劍橋大學塞爾文學院院長一職。

After settling in he asked permission from the college council to have a dog, despite the rules.

儘管知道學校有禁止養狗的制度，他還是在就職之後向校務委員會提出了在學校養狗的申請，

'Love your cat'

“愛你的貓”

"Many former masters have kept cats but the greatest master, Professor Owen Chadwick, did keep dogs during the 1950s, 60s and 70s," he said.

“歷任院長有許多養過貓，但歐文·查德威克（Owen Chadwick）這位大師的確在上世紀50年代至70年代間在此養過狗。”摩西說。

Permission was granted by the council, and duly noted in the minutes: "i. College Animal - Noting precedent under the mastership of Professor Chadwick, Council approved the Master's request to adopt a Very Large Cat in the Master's Lodge."

摩西提出的申請得到了許可，但是校務委員會註明：“鑑於查德威克在任期間開了先例，校務委員會特此批准羅傑·摩西院長在院長宿舍收養一隻體型較大的貓。”

For a while, Mr Mosey said, when he left the lodge with YoYo, he was greeted with calls of "hey, I love your big cat".

摩西說，曾經有一段時間，他帶着悠悠在外時，大家都跟委婉地對他說“嘿，我真喜歡你的大貓”。

YoYo, a rescue dog, has now featured in publicity material for a veterinary course and other college material.

悠悠是一隻搜救犬。如今她還常常出現在學校印發的獸醫學宣傳資料及其它學校資料上。

"Students call her 'the college dog' and I very much want her to become part of life at Selwyn," Mr Mosey said.

摩西說：“學生們親切地叫她‘學院狗’，我也非常希望她能成爲塞爾文學院的一部分。”