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Saving Wuhan's stranded pets during lockdown

Rescuing Wuhan’s stranded animals

Du Fan is the head of the Wuhan Small Animals Protection Association

Courtesy: Wuhan Small Animals Protection Association

which has helped 10,000+ pets over the past year

(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) PRESIDENT OF WUHAN SMALL ANIMALS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, DU FAN, SAYING:

"On January 23 last year, Wuhan announced the lockdown. We received a lot of messages on our platform hoping that we could come and feed the pets because the owners might not be able to return to Wuhan, and they were worried these little animals would die at home. We had plenty of messages like this, but we spent two days considering our safety and responsibility issues at others' places, in case things disappeared after we had been there. Finally, on the third day, on January 26, we decided to do this, to come door-to-door, rescue these trapped cats and dogs, and feed them food and water."

Du Fan hopes that this experience

will lead people to care more for their pets

(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) PRESIDENT OF WUHAN SMALL ANIMALS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, DU FAN, SAYING:

"I believe all lives are equal and equally precious, even it is a cat or a dog."