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The stakes for high-net-worth dogs continue to rise.


高净值"名犬的身价越来越高了。



First, there was the $1.5 million mastiff. Then the 'troubled' millionaire maltese. And now comes the Toy Terrier.


首先是价值150万美元的 犬,然后是继承了千万财产的"狗中富豪"马耳他犬Trouble,现在的风头"人物"则是一只玩具梗。



Thieves in Italy last month snuck into the Genoa hotel room of Russian chemicals tycoon Stanislav Rybchinsky and took the family's Russian Toy Terrier, named Johnny.


意大利的几名窃贼上个月悄悄溜进俄罗斯化学品巨头莱布钦斯基(Stanislav Rybchinsky)在热那亚的酒店房间,偷走了这家人养的俄罗斯玩具梗"约翰尼"(Johnny)。



Dog-nappings among the rich are not uncommon, of course. But the family's efforts to get Johnny back have been especially aggressive. They've contacted the Italian police and have urged Russian diplomats to apply pressure on the Italian authorities. They also alerted more than 100 vets around Genoa to stay on the look out for Johnny.


当然,有钱人的狗被人偷去并索取赎金的事并不鲜见。但这家人为找回约翰尼所付出的努力不免过分一些:他们联系了意大利警方,又敦促俄罗斯外交官向意大利有关部门施压。他们还提醒热那亚地区100多位兽医留意约翰尼的可能动向。



Mr. Rybchinsky demanded that the entire hotel staff take a lie detector test, but the hotel refused.


莱布钦斯基还要求这家酒店的所有员工参加测谎,不过这一要求遭到了酒店的拒绝。



Best of all, they've offered a reward of $15,000 to anyone who recovers him.


最夸张的是,他们将向找到约翰尼的人提供1.5万美元的赏金。



'We were very upset,' Mr. Rybchinsky's daughter, Yana, said in an interview with the Telegraph. 'For my mother, he was like a member of the family who was always kind and never barked at anyone.'


莱布钦斯基的女儿在接受英国《每日电讯报》(Telegraph)采访时说,我们非常难过。在我母亲看来,约翰尼就像这个家中的一员:它总是很温顺,从不向任何人吠叫。



The family suspects a hotel employee, she said, since the thieves used a copy of their electronic key to get into their room. The thieves also took two pairs of expensive shoes and a belt, but left the more expensivejewelry, she said. Professional dog thieves typically take a few of the owner's possessions so the dog smells the owner and remains calm, she said.


莱布钦斯基的女儿说,她们一家怀疑这是酒店员工所为,因为盗狗贼复制了她们的电子钥匙进入了房间。她还说窃贼偷走了两双昂贵的鞋和一条皮带,却没有碰价值高得多的珠宝。她说,专业盗狗贼通常会带走狗主人的一些东西,这样当狗闻到主人的气味时就会保持平静。



What is the largest pet reward you've heard of?


亲爱的读者,你所听说过的数额最高的寻狗赏金是多少?



Robert Frank