Every day, after work, a woman in Malaysia goes out into the street in the dark of night. She has a large container full of food in her car, along with some metal bowls.
She arranges those bowls one by one for the stray dogs. Food is prepared separately for each stray dog. She has been doing this continuously for four years, and now she feeds more than 80 dogs every day.
From Kindness to Responsibility
A video in social media of her went viral about her social work. In the video, the woman says that this initiative started four years ago with a feeling.
One day, she saw a mother dog and her puppies near her workplace and felt a feeling of love. That’s when she fed them for the first time. Later, she would go to feed them every day and gradually a strange bond was formed with them.
But at that time, she did not know how to control the number of stray dogs. She said, “I didn’t know what ‘neutering’ or ‘TNR’ was. I just fed them, took them to the doctor, and vaccinated them.
Later, I realized that if they were fed, they would survive, and their numbers would increase through breeding. So, I started learning sterilization to solve the problem.”
Neutered more than 140 dogs in four years
She said that it takes more than 3 and a half hours after work every day to complete this task. She patiently prepares a separate bowl for each dog.
It is not easy to convince the dogs and get them treated, but she does it with love. “I want to gain their trust, so that it will be easier to sterilize them later,” she said.
In the last four years, she has sterilized more than 140 dogs on her own initiative.
She got emotional while talking about one dog—”I found him almost dead on the street. she was in the hospital for a month and slowly got up. Now that she is alive—just thinking about it, it makes all the pain worthwhile.”
She didn’t stop even when she was faced with obstacles
But she didn’t always get sympathy. Many people stopped their cars and scolded her, “Why are you feeding the dogs? It’s causing problems.” In response, she said, “I’m not just feeding them; I’m sterilizing them so that the number is under control. Even if you don’t feed them, they will reproduce. My work is for the public good.”
Many people later thanked her for this response. Many also came forward and offered to help.
Feeding without a long-term plan is not right
At the end of the video, she says, “Feeding stray dogs is a matter of the heart, but it also involves responsibility. If there is no sterilization or treatment plan, then feeding them in a sense increases the problem.”
According to her, once you start, you can’t stop— “It’s impossible to ignore the hope I see in their eyes.”
People’s praise in social media
The video went viral on Facebook immediately after it was posted. It has already been viewed by millions of people and shared by thousands. Netizens have showered the video with praise in numerous comments.
Some said that the woman deserves honor for such selfless work; some prayed that God would bless her.
Some shared their own experiences—they never stop feeding dogs and cats even in the rain and storms every day.
In another comment, someone wrote that once you start this work, you can’t stop, because the waiting and happy eyes of stray dogs bring people back again and again.
This woman’s story of selfless service has now become a source of inspiration for millions of people. Some call her the “unsung hero,” others the “mother of stray dogs.”
Watch the video here.
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