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Animal lovers in virus-stricken Wuhan are breaking into homes to save pets
By Meaghan Wray Global News
Posted February 3, 2020 12:07 pm
As the novel coronavirus continues to dominate headlines, a group of forgotten victims is emerging — the family pets left behind.
Lao Mao, a 43-year-old man from the virus’s epicentre of Wuhan, scaled up rusty pipes to the third-floor balcony of an apartment to get inside the home of a middle-aged couple.
The couple had left their cats at home for a three-day vacation. When they were unable to return due to road closures, their cats suffered.
Mao found them hiding underneath a couch, nearly dead from starvation. He called their owners, who broke down in tears at the sight of their beloved pets...
Animal lovers in virus-stricken Wuhan are breaking into homes to save pets
By Meaghan Wray Global News
Posted February 3, 2020 12:07 pm
As the novel coronavirus continues to dominate headlines, a group of forgotten victims is emerging — the family pets left behind.
Lao Mao, a 43-year-old man from the virus’s epicentre of Wuhan, scaled up rusty pipes to the third-floor balcony of an apartment to get inside the home of a middle-aged couple.
The couple had left their cats at home for a three-day vacation. When they were unable to return due to road closures, their cats suffered.
Mao found them hiding underneath a couch, nearly dead from starvation. He called their owners, who broke down in tears at the sight of their beloved pets...
