"I'm getting old and I can't take care of them anymore." Grandma Guo, who has adopted 90 stray cats and dogs at home, bent down to put down chicken liver noodles for the cats and dogs. She stood up holding on to the corner of the c...
"I'm getting old and I can't take care of them anymore." Grandma Guo, who has adopted 90 stray cats and dogs at home, bent down to put down chicken liver noodles for the cats and dogs. She stood up holding on to the corner of the cabinet next to her. While rubbing her waist, she murmured, "Age is not forgiving." Grandma Guo said that her family originally had 85 stray cats, but this month, citizens brought in five more stray dogs. The 70-year-old man couldn't bear so many cats and dogs.
At about 8 o'clock in the morning, the reporter came to Grandma Guo's house on Shangqiu Road. The reporter was surprised by the sight of cats and dogs
. The room, which totals more than 30 square meters, is filled with kittens and puppies of different colors: TV, refrigerator, sofa, cupboard, bed... Any flat surface is occupied by cats and dogs, and there are even kittens hidden in the drawers that are opened.
The reporter noticed that many of these cats and dogs have disabilities, either leg amputation or blindness. "I picked up these cats from outside. Most of them were sick or injured when they came here." 73-year-old Grandma Guo told reporters that in 1990, she saw an injured kitten on the road and took it home for treatment. From then on, she got out of hand. When she saw injured kittens and puppies, she couldn't help but take them home. So far, her family has adopted 85 stray cats and 5 stray dogs. Under her guidance, her husband also became a small animal protection volunteer, and the old couple freed up almost all of their 38-square-meter house for cats and dogs to live in.
"Originally, I only adopted stray cats at home, but five stray dogs suddenly came this month. I really can't bear it." Grandma Guo told reporters that she and her husband's monthly pension is close to 4,000 yuan, and all of this money is spent on stray cats. They spend more than 10 kilograms of chicken livers and 8 kilograms of dried noodles every day. They were so busy preparing cat food for these stray cats that the old couple didn't even bother to eat. In order to prevent the proliferation of stray cats, Grandma Guo also spent her own money to hire someone to sterilize the female cats. But starting from August this year, some enthusiastic citizens have successively sent five stray dogs picked up from the streets. "People are so enthusiastic, and I can't turn them away." Grandma Guo said that as she gets older, her body becomes worse and worse than before. Sometimes she bends down to put down food for cats and dogs. Without something to support her, she can't even straighten her waist. She was already exhausted just taking care of these cats. The addition of these new stray dogs made her feel overwhelmed, but she couldn't bear to let these stray cats and dogs run around on the streets again, so Grandma Guo had to take them in.
