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August 8: International Cat Day
měi nián每年de的 8yuè月 8rì日shì是guó jì国际māo mī猫咪rì日 。
Every year, August 8 is International Cat Day.
zhè ge这个jié rì节日zài在 2002nián年yóu由guó jì国际ài hù爱护dòng wù动物jī jīn huì基金会shè lì设立 ，mù dì目的shì是tí gāo提高dà zhòng大众duì对māo猫de的guān zhù关注hé和fú lì福利yì shí意识 。
This holiday was established in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare to raise public awareness about cats and their welfare.
2020nián年qǐ起 ，yīng guó英国de的guó jì国际māo猫guān huái关怀zǔ zhī组织chéng wéi成为gāi该rì日de的guǎn lǐ管理fāng方 。
Since 2020, the International Cat Care organization in the UK has managed this day.
māo猫yǔ与rén lèi人类de的guān xì关系hěn很jiǔ yuǎn久远 。
Cats have had a long relationship with humans.
gǔ古āi jí埃及bǎ把māo猫dàng zuò当作shǒu hù守护zhě者 ，hòu lái后来xī là希腊hé和luó mǎ罗马yòng用māo猫lái来fáng zhì防治hài chóng害虫 ；zhōng shì jì中世纪ōu zhōu欧洲yīn因mí xìn迷信 ，māo猫yí dù一度bù shòu huān yíng不受欢迎 ；dào到jìn近xiàn dài现代 ，māo猫zài cì再次zǒu jìn走进jiā tíng家庭 ，chéng wéi成为liú xíng流行de的chǒng wù宠物 。
In ancient Egypt, cats were regarded as guardians; later, in Greece and Rome, cats were used to control pests; in medieval Europe, due to superstitions, cats were once unpopular; in modern times, cats have returned to homes and become popular pets.
zhè这yī一tiān天 ，rén men人们huì会tōng guò通过duō zhǒng多种fāng shì方式biǎo dá表达duì对māo猫de的guān xīn关心 。
On this day, people express their care for cats in various ways.
yǒu rén有人lǐng yǎng领养huò或zī zhù资助liú làng流浪māo猫 ，yǒu rén有人xiàng向shōu róng收容jī gòu机构juān zèng捐赠 ，yě也yǒu rén有人wèi为jiā lǐ家里de的māo猫zuò做jiàn kāng jiǎn chá健康检查 、ān pái安排jué yù绝育 ，huò或zhǐ shì只是duō多huā花yī xiē一些shí jiān时间péi bàn陪伴hé和hù dòng互动 。
Some adopt or sponsor stray cats, some donate to shelters, and others take their cats for health check-ups, arrange spaying or neutering, or simply spend more time accompanying and interacting with them.
píng tái平台shàng上yě也cháng jiàn常见chàng yì倡议tiē帖 ，tí xǐng提醒dà jiā大家zūn zhòng尊重suǒ yǒu所有māo猫 。
There are often advocacy posts on platforms reminding everyone to respect all cats.
jù据xiāng guān相关jiè shào介绍 ，quán qiú全球māo猫de的shù liàng数量dà yuē大约yǒu有liù六yì亿zhǐ只 ，qí zhōng其中yuē约yí bàn一半bèi被rèn wéi认为méi yǒu没有zhǔ rén主人 。
According to related information, there are about 600 million cats worldwide, with about half considered to be without owners.
guó jì国际māo mī猫咪rì日tí xǐng提醒wǒ men我们 ：ài爱zì jǐ自己de的chǒng wù宠物 ，yě也yào要guān zhù关注wú无zhǔ主māo猫de的ān quán安全yǔ与jiàn kāng健康 ，gòng tóng共同jiàn shè建设duì对dòng wù动物yǒu hǎo友好de的shè qū社区 。
International Cat Day reminds us to love our own pets and also pay attention to the safety and health of stray cats, working together to build animal-friendly communities.
By Easy Mandarin News|AI-assisted