小豬逃出火災 半年後卻被做成香腸送給消防員

A litter of piglets whose bacon was saved from a barn fire has been served up as dinner to the firefighters who rescued them.

一窩從穀倉大火死裏逃生的小豬，被農場主做成了晚餐來招待那些曾經將它們救出來的消防員們。

The 18 piglets and two sows survived the fire in Wiltshire in February, which saw 60 tonnes of hay catch fire.

威爾特郡今年二月份發生的一場火災中，60噸乾草起火，農場內的18只小豬仔和2頭母豬被消防員救出。

In a controversial move, farm manager Rachel Rivers thanked the Pewsey fire team by giving them sausages.

爲了感謝皮尤西消防隊，農場主雷切爾·裏夫斯贈送給了他們香腸，但此舉卻頗受爭議。

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The firefighters initially said the bangers were "fantastic" but following complaints have since said sorry.

消防隊員最初表示香腸“味道好極了”，但是在收到投訴後進行了道歉。

Ms Rivers defended the gift, saying farming is her livelihood and way of life.

但裏夫斯女士卻爲該禮物進行了辯解，稱農場經營是她的謀生之道和生活方式。

"I gave those animals the best quality of life I could ever give until the time they go to slaughter and they go into the food chain," she said.

她說：“我給了這些動物我所能給予的最高質量的生活，直到它們被宰殺，進入食物鏈。”

"You do feel sad at the end of it... but to bring them down for the firefighters was a good way of saying 'thank you'."

“你們確實會因爲它們的結局而感到難過，但是把它們送給消防員是一個表達謝意的好方法。”