小黑貓躺槍：只因太黑不上鏡被嫌棄

They may be the symbol of good luck, but black cats have drawn the short straw in one respect: they don't look good in selfies.
雖然黑貓或許代表着幸運和跡象，但是有一點它卻先天不足：自拍不上鏡。

小編注：在有些國家的民俗中，黑貓象徵着幸運和吉祥，而在有些國家的文化中，黑貓卻代表着不幸和死亡。

Today the RSPCA announced a rise in the number of black cats being abandoned by their owners, and attributed it to them not photographing well.
近日英國防止虐待動物協會宣佈，越來越多的黑貓遭到主人遺棄，因爲黑貓在主人自拍時不上鏡。

A spokesman for the Animal welfare charity said that more than 70 per cent of the 1,000 cats in its care were black, and blamed the trend for people taking pictures of themselves with their phones.
該動物協會的發言人稱，動物拯救中心的1000多隻黑貓有70%都是黑色的。同時這位發言人還批評了人們用手機和動物自拍的跟風潮。

He said: 'There are a number of reasons for us having so many black cats, including the fact that black animals tend not to photograph as well as other cats with more distinctive markings.
他說：“我們動物中心有如此之多的黑貓是多方面原因造成的，比如說主人在和寵物自拍合照時黑貓不如其他亮色貓咪上鏡。”

The spokesman added: 'There is a national problem with rehoming cats of this colour.
發言人補充道：“爲黑貓們找到新家是一個全國性的問題。”

'We really are puzzled as to why this still happens but we would urge people to never judge a cat by its colour and look at its personality instead.'
“我們真的很不解，因爲我們告訴過人們不要以外表和顏色來評價一隻貓咪、而是要看它的個性，但黑貓遭嫌棄的情況還是屢屢發生。”

Founder Ronnie McMillen, 71, said: 'We have had a lot of black cats in this year - people don’t like black at the moment.
71歲的動物救助中心創始人Ronnie McMillen說：“我們今年收留了很多黑貓——現在的人貌似不喜歡黑貓。”

Animal lover Gabriella Fletcher, 20, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands owns 16-year-old black cat Susie, and regularly poses for selfies with her pet.
20歲的動物愛好者Gabriella Fletcher生活在西米德蘭茲郡的斯陶爾布里奇市，她擁有一隻16歲的黑貓Susie。她經常和小寵物Susie一起自拍。

She said: 'It is hard to get a good picture as you can’t really see how beautiful Susie is.
她說：“很難拍出好看的照片，因爲照片真的無法展現出Susie真正的美麗。”

'But it’s very sad that people feel the need to overlook them just because they are black. They are just as special as any other cat. Black cats are mysterious and so beautiful.
“但人們只是因爲它們渾身黝黑就嫌棄黑貓，這很悲哀。黑貓和其他任何種類的貓咪一樣特別。黑貓神祕而美麗。”