A 65-year-old retiree is going to extraordinary lengths to help homeless and abused dogs in China.

Yang Xiaoyun has not lived the typical life of a retiree. The former school teacher’s home in Tianjin has become an animal shelter for the dogs and cats she saves. She calls her shelter “Common Home for Stray Animals” and looks after more than 200 cats and around 1500 dogs.

For 14 years she wakes up at the crack of dawn to feed the animals she describes as her “children.”

Now, she’s set her sights on saving as many dogs as she can in Yulin that are destined to die as part of the city’s annual Dog Meat Festival which is situated within 1,652 miles from her home.

Last year, she saved 360 dogs from the festival. This year, she says she has saved up 50,000 Yuan (approx. $8,000) forhermission.

bbabo.Net