'Ferret people' in US fight to keep the obsessive but shrinking subculture alive美国“雪貂爱好者”努力维系着这个痴迷但日渐萎缩的亚文化群体。
At the largest annual ferret show in the United States, a shrinking subculture fights to survive.
An attendee holds a ferret competing in the costume contest at the Ferret Buckeye Bash in Columbus. At the largest annual ferret show in the United States, a shrinking subculture fights to survive. Photos: Madeleine Hordinski/The New York Times
The ferrets arrived in cages and strollers, cradled in arms and nuzzled on necks. With their humans, they descended on an Ohio exposition recently to celebrate the finer qualities of one of America’s more divisive pets.
“Ferret people, we are a lot,” said Michele Paulhus, who drove her ferrets from Massachusetts to the show in Columbus, Ohio. “You kind of have to be because they are freakish little animals.”
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在哥伦布市举行的“雪貂盛会”（Ferret Buckeye Bash）上，一位参与者抱着一只参加服装比赛的雪貂。这场全美规模最大的年度雪貂展，正见证着一个日渐萎缩的亚文化群体艰难求生。照片：玛德琳·霍丁斯基/《纽约时报》
这些雪貂被装在笼子和婴儿车里，被抱在怀里，依偎在人们的脖子上。最近，它们和主人一起来到俄亥俄州的一个博览会，庆祝这种美国最具争议的宠物之一的优良品质。
“养雪貂的人很多，”米歇尔·保卢斯说道，她开车带着她的雪貂从马萨诸塞州来到俄亥俄州哥伦布市参加展览。“你必须得人多才多艺，因为它们是些奇特的小动物。”
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