'Guardian Angel Of Aleppo' Stays In Syria To Look After Pets Left Behind


Over the last two years, the Syrian war has forced Millions of people to flee their homes in Syria. But what happens to their pets? Well, one man has made his mission to rescue these abandoned animals in the war-torn country.

Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, also known as ‘the cat man of Aleppo’, has taken in more than a hundred stray and abandoned cats. Many of these kitties had to be left behind when their owners fled the country’s civil war.

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Before the war Mohammad was an electrician. However, since the lengthy conflict erupted he has driven ambulances in the city, rescuing people in need. He also runs the cat sanctuary – and despite taking in just 20 cats in 2011, a year later there were more than a hundred in his care.

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“Some people just left them with me knowing that I love cats,” Mohammad told the BBC. And although most of his friends have had to escape, Mohammad told the BBC that he would never leave the cats behind.

“Since everyone left the country, including my own friends, these cats have become my friends here,” he said. “I’ll stay with them no matter what happens.”

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“Someone who has mercy in their heart for humans has mercy for every living thing.”

Watch the BBC video report below, and please share the compassion

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