Hang on!

等等喔！

Okay honey. Okay. Here. Here you go.

好了，寶貝，好了，在這，吃吧！

It does sound strange.

聽起來確實很怪

I mean if you hear somebody say we rescued a chicken

如果你聽到我們救了一隻雞

If you say we rescued a pit bull, or if we rescued a cat

如果我們救的是鬥牛梗或貓

People will be like that's so wonderful. That's so great

大家會說 「哇，好棒，好溫馨喔！」

But you say you rescued a chicken....from what?

但如果救的是雞，就變成「救雞…要幹嘛？」

Right?

對吧？

Is there a chicken in there?

有沒有看到一隻雞呀？

Do you worry about being a crazy chicken lady?

你會擔心自己變成狂熱的愛雞女士嗎？

Ah...I just never thought that I would be a chicken person

嗯…我真從沒想過我會喜歡上雞

I don't know, I have never connected with a chicken before

不知道耶，我以前對雞完全沒有感情

I never had the opportunity to.... before Penelope

沒機會能跟牠們相處，直到遇到潘妮洛普

They are flock animals

雞是群居動物

And we are her flock!

而我們就像她的同類

I mean she really does treat us like family

因為她真的把我們當家人

She's with us all the time

整天跟我們黏在一起

Those are big nails

她的腳腳好大

Who's in there?

那是誰呀？

Super curious, very interested

她是好奇寶寶，什麼都覺得好玩

Penelope, where's it going?

潘妮洛普，紙去哪了？

Where's it going?

紙去哪了？

Will you play video games with daddy?

你要陪把拔打電動嗎？

Good job!

好厲害！

Her nickname is Penela-poop

她的綽號叫潘妮烙賽

Because she is a machine

因為她超會大便

This is Penelope's diaper

這是她的尿布

It goes up around her tail, nice and high

拉到她的尾巴附近，服服貼貼

Okay... go for a walk

好囉，走幾步看看

There you go, good girl.

去吧，乖女孩

We are convinced that sometimes she gives us like vengeance poops

我們很確定她有時會故意亂大便

-You know, if we are not giving her we're not giving her enough attention -Please stop talking about the poop, please..

- 如果我們不夠關心她的話 - 可以不要再說大便了嗎？

She loves chin rubs

她喜歡被摸下巴

She has so much personality

她非常有個性

And she is so loving

而且充滿愛

Do you burp?

妳剛在打嗝嗎？

Did she go blind or did she lose her eye?

她是失去視力還是失去眼睛？

She went blind, her eyes had sunken in

失去視力，她的眼睛凹下去了

She's doing a pretty okay job though. All things considered, that she has been through

但跟她過去種種的遭遇相比，這對她來說算小事

News in Brooklyn.

布魯克林新聞快訊

A group of residents there tried to stop the systemic, and bloody slaughter of chickens right in the streets

一群居民試圖當街阻止一場血腥的大規模宰雞儀式

But they are facing a big obstacle

卻面臨重重障礙

This is an annual religious ritual. Practice by Hasidic Jews.

因為這是極端正統猶太教一年一度舉行的宗教儀式

In the days leading to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement

在猶太教的贖罪日來臨前

cage chickens are brought by the hundreds to ultra-orthodox neighborhoods

數百隻格籠雞被運送至極端正統猶太人社區

for the performance of the Kaporos ritual

為贖罪儀式做準備

We take the chicken, and we say,

(猶太教拉比Eliyahu Soiefer) 我們一邊抓著雞，一邊頌唸

"God, I know we've done some things this past year

「主阿！我知道過去這一年

that maybe if you were being strict with me, you would maybe want to punish me

主若對我非常嚴厲，我的罪孽或許將使主懲罰我

god forbid, but taking away my life.

求主別帶走我的性命

I'm asking you, don't take me

我懇求主，請赦免我，讓我存活

let me live, be kind, be merciful.

求主慈悲，求主憐憫

Take the chicken, I'm gonna give you the chicken"

帶走這隻雞，我獻上牠作為祭物。」

And I, three times, swayed gently over my head

接著拿著雞在頭上緩緩繞三圈

"This is my repentance

「我以獻祭作為悔改

This is my substitution

我以牠替我贖罪

This is my exchange

我以牠的死作為交換

May the chicken be slaughtered in a kosher way,

願這隻雞受到聖潔的宰殺

and then I go on to a good life of peace and health and happiness for the upcoming Jewish new year"

而我能繼續得享健康、平安、喜樂的下個猶太新年」

To serve the growing Orthodox community

為了供應持續擴大的正統猶太社區

the ceremony demands high efficiency

儀式講求高效率

At the expense of animal welfare

動物的福利便成了犧牲品

The birds were packed into small crates

雞被裝在窄小的籠子裡

And are often left without food or water for days

常常數天沒進水沒進食

See they're dead. See they are all dead.

你看，牠們全都死了

I remember

我還記得

my grandfather, who was ultra-orthodox, talking about it

我的爺爺身為極端正統猶太人，提起過這儀式

And ridiculing at himself.

他自我嘲諷

He thought it was ridiculous

認為這個儀式很荒謬

But when he spoke about it, I thought he meant that it was done in the middle ages, and it stayed there

那時我以為他說的，是停留在在中世紀的事

I didn't realize it was still going on in this day and age

我不知道時至今日仍在上演

You've got hundreds of people lining up to do this

數百人排著隊要歷經此儀式

And it becomes, like an assembly line type of situation

於是場面變得像生產線一般

and people are running, and here and there

人群東奔西跑

And things aren't being done so carefully

以致許多地方處理得不夠謹慎

and the chickens aren't being treated properly

雞也沒得到適當地對待

This was Penelope's fate

這原本會是潘妮洛普的命運

But in October 2014

但在 2014 年 10 月

Venessa was walking to the grocery store

Venessa 去雜貨店的路上

when she saw the signs with chickens on them

看到了獻雞儀式的指標

So I turned the corner

於是我繞過轉角

and I go down this random street

延著那條街走

There were crates filled with chickens

看到了裝滿雞的籠子

And there were teenage boys that were standing on top of them

許多青少年還站在籠子上

We called through 311

我們打「市民熱線」

we called ESPCA

打給「美國愛護動物協會」

we called 911

打 911

you talked to police officers directly

你還直接跑去報警

and you know...oh...okay, we'll look into it...we'll look into it

他們都回覆「好，我們會處理…我們會處理…」

Not only is it cruel that they died

牠們的死不僅殘忍

But it's a public health issue

還攸關公共衛生

You could smell this all the way down the street

整條街上都聞得到腥味

Practitioners claim the flesh of the dead birds is donated to needy

猶太術士聲稱家禽的屍體會捐贈給貧民

In my over twenty years of monitoring this

以我 20 年來的觀察

I know for a fact that's not true

我知道那並非事實

Many, if not most of the birds' bodies, are thrown directly into trash bags

多數被宰殺的雞都直接被丟進垃圾袋

often still alive.

很多雞甚至還沒斷氣

It just kept getting more and more shocking to us

那場面讓我們越來越震驚

I just kept like I gotta do something. I have to do something

我不斷想著，我非做點什麼不可

If I can get just one chicken out, it would be worth it

就算只能救出一隻雞也值得

And we tried to just buy one

我們原本想用買的

And we did just try to get in line

我們真的跟著排隊

and purchase one and bring it home

想買一隻帶回家

And we weren't allowed to do that

但他們不允許

because I was clearly not a member of the community

因為我們很明顯不是猶太教徒

I decided that I was going to go in disguise

所以我決定喬裝成教徒

and pretend to participate in the practice

假裝要參加儀式

I arrived at the site,

我去到現場

I paid my 20 dollars, at the registration

在報到處繳了 20 塊

And then I had to come and stand in line

再到這邊排隊

A guy brings me out this chicken

接著有一個人拿出一隻雞給我

They pulled her wings back behind her

他們都把雞的翅膀往後抓著

Because that's the way that they don't struggle

雞才不會掙扎

So I kept trying to hold her like...in a different way

我試著用不同的方式拿

and they're just all like looking at me

但大家好像都在看我

but I was just like....well...I'm playing a part

於是我想「好吧，我必須假裝一下

I'm sorry chicken ...you know...I just have to ...hold you like this

對不起，小雞，我只能先這樣抓著妳。」

I stood in line and I'm standing here

我排著隊，站在這裡

And people are swinging them

大家搖晃著雞

And I took her, and I just walked away

我抓著我的雞掉頭就走

and I kept walking ...I kept walking with her

我一直走，帶著她一直走

and said no one's following me

跟她說沒人追來

You know, I'm just going to keep following ....just keep going

我就這樣一直走一直走

Okay...I called Steve at work and said

然後打給在上班的Steve說

"Steve...I got one! I got one...Oh my god!"

「Steve，我救出一隻雞了！我救出一隻雞了！天啊！」

Very good, it's okay...

很棒喔，沒事沒事

Stay with me... stay with me... stay with me beautiful

加油，撐下去，撐下去阿！寶貝

She was unbelievably sick when we got her

我們救出她時，她非常虛弱

Hi, you're back!

嗨，妳回家了唷

Is that all you need is some water?

妳只需要一些水嗎？

We were holding on to hope that she would just make it through the first night

那時我們只希望她能撐過頭一個晚上

When I brought her in

我帶著她進去時

they kinda looked at me like I was crazy

大家看著我以為我瘋了

This chicken is suffering

我說這隻雞受了重傷

And I didn't want for her to suffer

我不希望她受苦

But I just had a feeling that it wasn't the end for her

而我有預感她不會就這樣過世

They said that it looked like somebody had either stepped on her head

他們說她看起來不是頭被人踩到

Or a crate fell on her

就是被籠子砸到

something had crushed her face

某個東西撞擊到她的臉

She was there for a solid month

她在醫院待了整整一個月

We were set to bring her to this sanctuary

我們原本要帶她去收容所

and this is when they had told me

卻在這時接到院方通知

"Well...something was going on with Penelope

「潘妮洛普出狀況了…

We don't know what's happening, but she's not standing up anymore"

我們不清楚原因，但她變得無法站立。」

She actually seemed to be getting worse

她的病情看來惡化了

She lost total feeling for both of her feet

她的雙腳完全喪失了知覺

It was like watching her rot

我們只能看著她越來越衰弱

We had to do the compassionate thing,

我們必須好好照顧她

we couldn't just let her suffer and suffer

不能放任她受折磨

Part of our thinking was that if she does have to die

我們的想法是即使她會死

let her die with people who love her

也要死在愛她的人身邊

A lot of these sites would "just oh, just cull them"

很多網站上說「直接淘汰牠們。」

Which is to kill them

意思就是殺了牠們

When they get to this point..."oh... they end up in the freezer"

甚至直截了當地說「反正最後都是放進冰箱。」

And I said okay, what are some natural cures for Merek's...

我開始尋找是否有天然的療法

Because the vets don't have a cure for it

因為連獸醫也幫不了我們

And sure enough

果不其然

there were all of these other chickens that have recovered from Marek's disease

真的有其他雞戰勝了馬立克病

yeh....that's a purr

在呼嚕嚕囉

She's been trying to use her legs a lot more today

她今天一直試著動她的腿

so we hope that she is on the mend

希望她正在康復中

I had to go out of town for a wedding

某天我要出市區去參加婚禮

It was interesting being home alone with Penelope

跟潘妮洛普單獨在家很新鮮

I have ...ah ...absolutely no background in taking care of a chicken

我完全沒有任何照顧雞的經驗

I had a Parakeet when I was a kid, and it didn't last long

我小時候養過鸚鵡，不過很短暫

So I did...my string of luck with keeping birds alive wasn't good

所以要我把鳥類顧好似乎不會很順利

It was college football season,

那時是大學足球賽季

so she would sit next to me on the couch, in her box

她便坐在我身邊沙發上的箱子裡

and I would give her the play by play

我原本要跟她解說賽事

But I think it wasn't very fair that she couldn't see the TV

但覺得不妥，因為她看不到電視

So I tried to think of a way that I could elevate her out

所以我試著想辦法把她抬高

And I had found out that people had made these therapy swings for their chickens

然後我發現別人為自己的雞做了這種復健用的鞦韆

Out of like... a big container box....and a towel

用大收納箱與毛巾做的

I stuck her in there

於是我把她固定在上面

and she started to push with her feet

而她卻開始動她的腿

And she started to use her feet again

她又開始用她的腿了

Steve was calling me and he said

Steve 打給我，跟我說

"Venessa...she's trying to stand up

「Venessa… 她試著要站起來，

She's trying to stand up right now...

她正試著要站起來！

I think she's gonna ...she's gonna walk"

我覺得她… 她快要能走了！」

Okay....almost there... okay

加油！快成功了！

If she could only do spurts

她原本只能猛地走幾步

she would walk a few steps and then she would sit down, walk a few steps and sit down

走了幾步就坐下來，走幾步，坐下來

But I mean it was obvious that something miraculous had happened in this little bird's body

不過很明顯這隻小雞的身體有神奇的變化

and she just kept getting better

她的情況越來越好

Come one, let's go! Come on Penelope,

加油！我們走吧！加油！潘妮洛普

come one!

來！來這邊！

careful

小心喔

Where's Penelope? Hi Penelope!

妳在哪裡？嗨，潘妮洛普

And at this point we knew she was gonna make it

直到那時我們才確定她會挺過去

that she was gonna survive

會活下來

And now all of a sudden it was like.... well now what?

而我們卻突然之間不知道下一步要幹麼了

Here you go!

去玩吧！

She's gotten so beautiful

她變得好漂亮

She's grown honey, she's great

長大了，好健康

The way in which Kaporos's done these days is.... pretty bad

如今獻雞儀式的做法是很糟糕的

It is intrinsically violating our very own tenets of our religion

它違反了我們教義的本質

of cruelty to animals... absolutely

違反了虐待動物，無庸置疑

There's a better way to do this

我們有更好的做法

But change doesn't come easily

但改變絕非易事

Especially for strict orthodox, Jewish people in insular community

特別是對正統猶太教徒、保守的猶太團體

and we have a lot of historical anxiety and stresses upon us

我們背負了沉重的歷史傷痛

and our relationship with the non-Jewish surrounding community

還要與周圍的非猶太人建立關係

So we have to work together peacefully

所以我們必須為共同的目標

to the common goal and to the common good

與共同的福祉和平攜手合作