A Chinese woman has given up her job, her home and her car to adopt more than 1,500 stray dogs.
Ha Wenjin gave up her business career and sold her house, car and jewellery to set up her unofficial dog rescue centre in Tangquan County, Nanjing.
“At first I did this in my spare time, but as I gathered more and more abandoned pets, I had to work full time for them,” she said.
She has taken on 10 workers to help her look after the dogs – and another two to help care for 200 adopted cats at a second centre she has set up nearby.
But her project was place at risk when local government officials, who don’t recognise her work, reclaimed the land for redevelopment.
“I had to find a new place which was deserted and not close to any human habitat, as 1,500 dogs are not silent,” she said.
“And the place had to be very cheap to rent, as most of our income comes from donations.”
Finances are so tight that she partly relies on volunteer days when people bring hundreds of ‘pork buns’ to feed the dogs.
Ha eventually found a site, in Houyu village, Pukou County, but desperately needs funds to get the new animal rescue centre up and running.
And she is hoping more volunteers will turn out help her go the dogs on four buses on 4 December – and to clean the vehicles afterwards.
http://www.getxnews.com/2010/11/woman-adopts-1500-stray-dogs/
God bless Ha Wenjin! This is really very impressive. Not many people give up on everything & work on such causes! I’m sure idiots must have labeled her as a mad woman.
Btw there are around 9 or 10 families in Karachi who are also looking after more than 40 cats. I think if everyone who claims to be an animal lover adopts even one stray that would make a hell of a difference. And if you can’t provide home to a stray, at least get one animal spayed or neutered…that would help a lot in the long run.
Anyway I’m glad we still have people like Ha Wenjin & my mom, cause I wouldn’t have done anything for animals without her support. Even though she’s a dog person, but she knows how to deal with just any animal & they all fall for her immediately.
At the same time, I also know some breed conscious people who just want to have fun in the name of working for animals. They do nothing, except big talk. I’ve never been a part of such projects, because it’s all about fun & flirting. And not a single person looks at himself before thinking about fun & very badly they mutilate the very concept of fun altogether.
