新加坡扶梯事故提醒帶寵物乘梯風險大

?8月15日，新加坡港灣區的購物商場發生了一起自動扶梯事故，警示了乘客帶寵物狗搭乘自動扶梯可能會發生危險。當時，一名乘客正在搭乘自動扶梯，懷里抱著一只小狗，手里攥著狗繩牽著一只查理士王小獵犬。忽然，扶梯上的獵犬有一條后腿卡在了自動扶梯的縫隙里，它不斷吠叫驚覺了路人，最終約半小時后才把它成功解救出來。幫忙的路人也有一只小狗，她說其實小狗很容易在自動扶梯上卡住毛發，因此建議狗主在搭乘自動扶梯時抱著寵物。

INCIDENT SERVES AS A REMINDER about DOGS AND ESCALATORS

An August 15 incident at a shopping mall in the HarbourFront precinct in Singapore serves as a reminder that escalators can be dangerous for dogs, mothership is among news outlets to report. A pet owner was riding an escalator while carrying one dog and leading another, a King Charles spaniel, on a leash. When one of the spaniel’s hind legs became trapped in the gaps of the escalator, its yelps alerted a passerby, who freed it after about 30 min. The good Samaritan, who was also with her dog, observed it is easy for dogs’ fur to become trapped in escalators and advised dog owners to carry their pets when riding escalators.