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　　Sri Lankan police on launched an appeal for the public to donate their pet dogs to help the fight against terrorism and crime on the war-torn island。

　　斯里兰卡警方呼吁大众捐献出自己的宠物狗，为这个饱受战乱之苦的岛屿反恐反犯罪的斗争助一臂之力。

　　"Make your pet a hero... to curb terrorism and make our motherland Sri Lanka a country with a new facelift,"  the police department said in a public notice carried by the state-run Daily News。

　　“让你的宠物成为英雄.....。遏制恐怖主义，让祖国斯里兰卡的面貌焕然一新吧。”警方在全国性报纸《每日新闻》的公告里如是说。

　　It said donated dogs should be between six months and two years old and must have an impressive pedigree. German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers, Rottweilers, Dalmatians, Cocker Spaniels and Doberman Pinschers are preferred。

　　公告说捐献出的狗年龄应在六个月到两岁之间，要有高贵的血统。德国牧羊犬、拉布拉多猎犬、罗特韦尔犬、达尔马提亚犬、猎用小獚犬和德国短种毛猎犬将优先考虑。

　　Chief Inspector Lal Senavirathne said 25 people donated their pets, but only 18 dogs could be enlisted as the others did not meet the recruitment criteria。

　　总督察拉尔· 瑟纳维拉森说有25人捐赠了他们的宠物狗，但只有18只狗可以入选，其他的没有达到应征要求。

　　He said the dogs would be trained to identify explosives, search for buried mines, sniff down narcotics, tackle criminals--and even perform tricks for the public。

　　他说，将训练这些狗识别爆炸物、搜寻地雷、嗅出毒品、擒捕罪犯——甚至为公众表演把戏。

　　The dogs will retire after serving a maximum period of eight years and will be returned to their original owners。

　　这些狗的服役期最长为八年，之后将会退休，交还给它们原来的主人。

　　"We already have 170 dogs deployed in 30 units, including the operational areas" or conflict areas in the island's north and east, Senavirathne told AFP by telephone from his headquarters in the central town of Kandy。

　　“我们已经总共给30个分队配备了170只狗，包括实战地区，也就是斯里兰卡岛北部和东部的冲突地区。”瑟纳维拉森在康提市中心区的总部通过电话告诉法新社。

　　He said it was the first time they were making a public appeal because of pressure on the police kennels, which usually import about half of their annual requirement。

　　他说，这是警方首次向公众发出呼吁，因为警犬基地每年需要的警犬通常约有一半是进口的。

　　"In this batch, we hope to enlist about 50 dogs. They will be given six months extensive training and another six months on the job," he said. "Thereafter they will be officially called Police Dogs."

　　“这一次我们希望能征募到50只狗。将花六个月对它们进行全面训练，再用六个月进行岗位训练。”他说。“然后它们就可以被正式称为‘警犬’啦。”

　　Sri Lanka's dog population is estimated at 2.3 million in a country of 19.5 million people, and about 20,000 to 30,000 people are annually treated for stray dog bites。

　　据估计，斯里兰卡有230万只狗，而人口只有1,950万，每年因被流浪狗咬伤而求医的人约有两到三万。