Animal Lover Shares Her Home with 480 Cats and 12 Dogs
Maryam al-Balushi, an animal lover from Muscat, in Oman, shares her house with 480 cats, most of which were strays, and 12 dogs, spending almost $8,000 a month on food and vet bills for them. The 51-year-old retired civil servant might seem like a life-long animal lover, but the truth is she hasn’t always been […]
“Cat Man of Aleppo” Cares for Hundreds of Abandoned Felines in the War-Torn City
The Syrian city of Aleppo is probably the most dangerous place to be living in right now, but while many of its residents have left their homes to escape the war, one man has remained behind to care for the hundreds of abandoned and stray cats. Known as “the cat man of Aleppo”, Mohammad Alaa Jaleel […]