A 60-year-old Brazilian who didn’t like cats has become a big benefactor of the stray felines in his neighborhood. His work on behalf of animals in need had such an impact that the city began to help them as well.
Osvaldo Coelho is in a way the guardian angel of the cats Guaibaa city in southeastern Brazil where he lives.
At the head of a tire shop, 7 years earlier he had discovered 2 wild cats wandering in the forest opposite his home and had decided to help them. However, the man was not much of a friend of the cats in the past. He even confides in the Brazilian media Globe that he didn’t like them at all. ” But then I loved them, learned to understand and appreciate them “, he explains.
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Meanwhile, the wooded and swampy area in question has seen its population of cats grow. Not being sterilized, they reproduced. In addition, people got into the habit of leaving their animals there.
Result, Osvaldo Coelho now cares for 180 cats. He feeds them, cares for them and shelters them, which he makes by the dozen himself to protect them from the elements. An activity that is close to his heart and that still costs him the equivalent of 600 euros every month.
A work that inspires authorities and activists
To describe oneself as one in love of cats, he has been imitated in his town. His work led the municipality to establish the Animal Welfare Secretariat in March 2022. Through this institution, it provides the regular support, just like a newly formed association.
it is SOS Gatos da Coloniaset up by the photographer Katherine Scaranto who were touched by the passion and compassion that Osvaldo Coelho appears in regard to these creatures.
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In addition to raising money to help her in her beautiful endeavor, SOS Gatos da Colonia carries out sterilization campaigns to limit the increase in the cat population. An initiative that has the support of more than one veterinarian in the region, offering cats free care.
through alexander god
Chief editor
