印第安纳市警察局允许人们通过捐赠猫粮来付清停车罚单

印第安纳市警察局允许人们通过捐赠猫粮来付清停车罚单

It’s no doubt that pets are some of the best things that can happen to a human. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who refuse this joy and decide to abandon their pets, usually cats and dogs. The upside to it is the fact that there are people who dedicate their lives to help those poor critters that were left homeless in many shelters across the world. One such example is the Muncie Animal Care & Services in Indiana, who help people adopt new pets and help find abandoned animals new homes.

毫无疑问，宠物是人类能遇到的最好的事情之一。不幸的是，有很多人拒绝这种快乐，决定抛弃他们的宠物，通常是猫和狗。这样做的好处是，在世界各地的许多收容所里，都有人献出了自己的生命来帮助那些无家可归的可怜的动物。印第安纳州的Muncie 动物保护与服务收容所就是一个这样的例子，它帮助人们领养新宠物，帮助人们找到被遗弃的动物的新家。

Muncie Animal Care & Services teamed up with the local police to let citizens pay their fines by helping out abandoned kitties

Muncie动物保护与服务收容所与当地警方合作，让市民通过帮助被遗弃的小猫来支付罚款

However, that requires resources and it often boils down to the simple, yet horrible truth that there are more people willing to abandon a ‘problem’ than to solve it. As the Muncie shelter was starting to get overrun with cats and kittens, an unexpected ally emerged in the chaos. The local police department decided to step in and help by offering the citizens a new alternative to their own troubles. Instead of paying off their parking tickets with money, the police encouraged people to donate to the Muncie Animal Care & Services shelter.

然而，这需要资源，往往归结为一个简单但可怕的事实:愿意放弃“问题”的人比愿意解决“问题”的人要多。当Muncie庇护所开始被猫和小猫占领时，一个意想不到的盟友出现在混乱中。当地警察部门决定介入并提供帮助，为市民提供一个解决他们自身问题的新选择。警方没有用现金支付停车罚单，而是鼓励人们向Muncie动物保护与服务收容所捐款。

Both services took to social media to share this initiative, adding a list of things people can offer instead of paying off their tickets. “Cat/kitten food, litter, wet/pate canned food, beds, blankets” are some of the things that are encouraged to be brought in.

两家公司都在社交媒体上分享了这一举措，列出了人们可以提供的服务，而不是交罚单。“猫/小猫的食物，幼崽，湿罐头食品，床，毯子”是一些被鼓励带入的东西。

The police officer even noted that those who are unable to drop the items off at the shelter or the police department may call their number to have a uniformed officer come over to pick up the donated items.

这名警官甚至指出，那些无法将捐赠物品送到收容所或警察局的人可以拨打他们的电话，让一名身穿制服的警官过来领取捐赠的物品。

Image credits: Muncie Animal Care & Services