No place like home with rescuers for Dorothy the kitten who survived the unthinkable

On an autumn morning in Melbourne's west Lynn and her daughter-in-law Tahlia were driving along a suburban street, when they witnessed something most people would find incomprehensible. Two kittens being thrown out the window of a moving car.

墨尔本西郊一个秋日清晨，林恩与儿媳塔莉亚驾车行驶在一条郊区街道上，目睹了常人难以理解的一幕：两只小猫从一辆行驶中的汽车窗户被扔了出来。

The pair immediately pulled over and started searching for the injured animals. "[We] put on the brakes and stopped traffic on both sides,"Lynn Dall'Acqua said.

两人随即靠边停车，开始搜寻受伤的动物。林恩·达勒阿卡表示：「我们猛踩刹车，致使两侧交通瘫痪。」

Unfortunately one of the kittens couldn't be found but the second, a Russian blue barely six weeks old, was discovered injured and hiding underneath a parked car. The feline was in a bad way after suffering a fractured pelvis in the fall so the good Samaritans rushed the kitten to the local animal hospital for emergency surgery.

不幸的是，其中一只小猫下落不明，但另一只——一只仅六周大的俄罗斯蓝猫——被发现受伤后躲在一辆停放的汽车底下。这只猫因坠落导致骨盆骨折，情况危急，于是这些好心人急忙将其送往当地动物医院接受紧急手术。

The kitten has battled through several surgeries during her 70-day stay in hospital. "She actually had her tail amputated, there was a bad injury to her tail from the fall from the car," Dr Vartola said.

在医院住院的70天里，这只小猫历经数次手术。瓦托拉博士说：「她实际上截去了尾巴，从车上摔下时尾巴受了重伤。」

In between hospital stays Dorothy has been fostered by animal hospital staff where she continued to build strength and recover from what vets called a horrific start to her life. But after 10 weeks in hospital, Dorothy has found her happy ending.

在住院治疗的间隙，多萝西由动物医院的工作人员寄养，她逐渐恢复体力，从兽医所称的「恐怖开局」中康复。但在医院度过10周后，多萝西迎来了她的幸福结局。

While vets say it is uncommon for pets to be deliberately injured, abandonment is something they've seen before. Dr Varola said anyone who cannot continue to look after their pet should speak with their local animal shelter, council or vet. "There's really no excuse for treating animals this way. There are so many better options for unwanted pets," she said.

兽医表示，宠物被故意伤害的情况并不常见，但遗弃现象他们早已司空见惯。瓦托拉博士表示，任何无法继续照顾宠物的人都应与当地动物收容所、市政委员会或兽医联系。「对待动物如此残忍，实在没有任何借口。对于不想要的宠物，有许多更好的处理方式。」

After a tricky start to Dorothy's life there's no place like her new home.

在多萝西充满波折的人生起点之后，没有什么地方比得上她的新家。