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新视界大学英语综合教程WarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupWarmingupSkimmingSkimmingSkimmingSkimmingTheonethatgotaway2So,imagineafreezingdayinFebruary,andyou’reonthebanksofLakeZurichinSwitzerland.You’refishing,you’vejustcastyourlineintothewaters,andyou’rewaitingpatientlyforafishtobite.Suddenlytherodbendsandyourealizethatyou’vecaughtsomethingfairlysubstantial.Fortenminutesyoubattlewiththefishuntilfinally,youpullinapike–oneofthosehugefishwithlotsofteeth–weighingtenkilos.Now,basedonthenot-very-scientificassumptionthattheuglierthefish,thebetterittastes,whatwouldyoudonext?3Youguessedit!WhenthishappenedtoaSwissfishermanin2009,heinvitedagroupoffriendstoalocalrestaurant,wheretheyhadadeliciouslunch.Hethenboastedtoalocalnewspaperhowlongithadtakenhimtolandthefish.Butthatwasabigmistake.4TheSwisshavesomeofthestrictestanimalwelfarelegislationintheworld,designedtoprotectanimalsfromcrueltreatmentbyhumans.Fish,pigs,birds,andothersocialanimalsarenotallowedtobekeptalone.Horsesandcowshavetobeallowedoutsideforafixednumberofhourseveninwinter.Dogownersareobligedtoattendspecialtrainingcoursesandtofeedtheirpetsspecialdogfood.5Infact,Zurichevenhasastate-fundedattorney,AntoineGoetschel,whospecializesinrepresentinganimalsiftheyhavebeensubjectedtocruelty.AndwhenthefishermanonLakeZurichwasreportedbyananimalrightsorganizationandbroughttocourt,itwasGoetschelwhorepresentedthefish.Thelawyer’sviewisthatthereisacoreprincipleoffairjusticewhichsupportshiswork.Animalscanbe,andoftenare,badlytreatedbyhumans.Butwhilehumanscandefendthemselves,oftenwiththehelpoflawyers,animalscannot.Legalrepresentationfortheanimalacknowledgesrespectforitsdignity.6In2008,alawwaspassedinSwitzerland,whichdetailstheconditionsinwhichanyspeciesofanimalsshouldbekept.ButunlikethestateofZurich,theother25federalstatesofSwitzerlanddon’thaveanimalrightslawyers.Switzerlandhasaformofdirectdemocracy,wherecitizenscancontestnewlawsorvoteforchangestoitifthereisenoughcollectivesupport.Agrou
