The ‘feline male of Syria’ who feeds hundreds left stranded by war

Meet Mohammed Alaa Aljaleel – otherwise called ‘the cat man of Syria’.

And now, amidst the war, he ensures that numerous felines don’t go starving.

Before the start of the war, Aljaleel was an electrical contractor working and living in Aleppo, a city in the west of Syria, according to his site.

But when the war started, rather of running away the city when it was assaulted and bombed, he chose to remain and assist those left by ending up being an ambulance motorist.

In 2012, he began to feed the deserted and roaming felines in the streets, as lots of people had actually gotten away and left their animals behind.

Soon a growing number of felines began to show up to be fed, and it ended up being Aljaleel’s dream to open a correct feline haven.

After great deals of press protection he was approached by Alessandra Abidin in 2015, who assisted him introduce a social networks project to raise cash.

Soon, the House of Cats Ernesto was developed and kids were welcomed to go to the felines as a kind of animal treatment to cope amidst the intensifying circumstance in Syria.

At one point, he was feeding and assisting around 1,000 felines.

Yet a year later on, the dreadful battles of Aleppo lowered the shelter to ruins, with a lot of the felines passing away as an outcome of the blast.

Apologising to his neighborhood on Facebook, Aljaleel saved a handful of survivors and got away Aleppo.

Yet through assistance and contributions from the group, a brand-new piece of land in a backwoods of Aleppo was acquired.

Today, a brand-new animal shelter called ‘Ernestos Paradise’ accommodates 200 roaming felines, and likewise has a full-time veterinarian and center.

Pet treatment has actually rebooted and Aljaleel is still doing his finest to look after powerless victims of war, both human and feline, and throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

This week he joked on social networks: ‘Our dining establishment “the thousand and one Syrian cats” is the only one who does not appreciate the curfew time however continues to serve meals even late in the evening.’

Syria is presently under a rigorous curfew due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, which implies dining establishments and bars cannot be open at night.

Last year, the sanctuary contributed in conserving a variety of animals from the ruins of Aleppo Zoo.

He looked after the survivors – consisting of 2 tigers, lions, bears, hyenas and 2 pets – till they were well adequate to be carried to the border and rehomed abroad.

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