Animal lovers stepped in to provide blankets for the dogs, also feeding all of the dogs, so they didn’t go to bed with an empty stomach.
After a recent snowstorm hit Turkey, the Atrium Mall, located in the Bakirkoy neighbourhood of Istanbul, opened its doors to homeless dogs so that they wouldn’t have to spend the night in freezing temperatures.
Animal lovers stepped in to provide blankets for the dogs, also feeding all of the dogs, so they didn’t go to bed with an empty stomach.
Ali Çelik was on his way to work this week through the snow-covered city when he spotted a group of stray dogs who had found refuge in front of a local mall — but they were not alone.
Three kindhearted strangers were there, too, laying down cardboard for the pups to sleep on and covering them with blankets. A pile of food was placed by each as well so they could have a bite to eat.
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“It was fabulous. The people were there to help the animals, not so that others could see them helping,” Çelik told The Dodo.
One of the volunteers who gathered blankets and food for the dogs explained to CNN Turks: “All of us, if we can help as much as we can, all the stray animals will be in good shape and the street animals need help all over the world.”
Animal lover Ece Öçal said that the search for a warm place by stray animals upsets her. Stating that she learned from social media that animals are being helped in front of the shopping mall, Öçal said, “If we all help as much as we can, all stray animals will be in good shape. Stray animals all over the world need help. Let’s give them food and help as much as we can.”
Stories like this are truly heart-warming, and it’s reassuring to know that the extreme winter weather has done little to dampen the warm spirit of compassion towards animals in need.
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