Extreme Animal Lover
27 Jun 2010
In China a woman is driven by her desire to help stray animals, even when it means going into debt and being ostracized by family and friends. Here’s more.
China’s eastern Tianjin city.
Yang Xiaoyun has not been able to live the typical life of a retiree. Her house in Tianjin has effectively become an animal shelter. For 14 years she has woken up at the crack of dawn to take care of 300 stray cats and dogs, which she describes as her “children.”
Yang has spent her entire life savings and borrowed more than $10,000 U.S. dollars from friends and
relatives. Now, she’s in desperate need of financial help to buy the 200kg of food needed everyday for her animals.
To cut costs, Yang has developed her own animal food recipe, consisting of leftovers mixed with meat. It takes her nine hours a day to cook it.
With $2000 U.S. dollars in monthly expenses, Yang said she has been forced to sell her properties. Not everyone supports her lifestyle.
[Yang Xiaoyun, Animal Lover]: “None of my friends or family members support my work. I had two properties. One was a wedding gift for my son for when he gets married. I sold his place in 2000. He was very angry at me and ran away from home for three years. He couldn’t take it anymore.”
Her son eventually forgave her and returned home to help her take care of the animals, but Yang said she’s moved nine times because her neighbours complained about the smell and noise.
Yang first started rescuing animals after her husband died. She contemplated suicide but then found a helpless kitten in a ditch and found a reason to keep going.
[Yang Xiaoyun, animal lover]: “These (dogs and cats) are all abandoned and abused. A lot are disabled: some have had their eyes scraped out; their mouths sewn shut; others have been scalded by boiling water or their legs have been broken. Now that I’ve come this far, no matter what happens I will never give up on them.”
Yang says she has found strays in streets, in restaurants that serve dog
meat, and around agricultural colleges after the animals were used as experiments.
In 1999 media reported on Yang’s efforts to create a safe haven for stray cats and dogs. Since then, she has been surviving partly on strangers’ donations and partly on monthly cat supplies from an anonymous benefactor.
Duration : 0:2:35
25 Responses
2010 Jun 27
Forget Mother …
Forget Mother Teresa who has done diddly squat for man or beast, if any sainthoods are going it should be to this fine example of humanity and others like her. She probably literally is one in a million.
2010 Jun 27
Not all chinese …
Not all chinese people abuse animals, its kind of a racist compliment you give. I agree there is a lot of animal cruelty in china but there is also a lot of human suffering. When you are wearing cow leather shoes its stupid to judge when they wear dog leather.
2010 Jun 27
she has more than …
she has more than redeemed herself from the well warranted stigma/reputation of her fellow far easterner!!
8 / 5 fortune cookies for this devoted individual.
2010 Jun 27
Chinese people …
Chinese people being kind to animals? Wonders will never cease. Most times they are eating live carp or making fur coats out of the skins of dogs and cats. Three cheers for this woman. She is one in a million – or maybe in a billion? She is evolved – they are not.
2010 Jun 27
Do you know her …
Do you know her e-mail address??? Or do you know her YouTube name??? I would like to send her an e-mail and thank her for what she is doing. She is an angel. Please provide me with her e-mail address if you have it handy.
2010 Jun 27
yes god bless her i …
yes god bless her i sure hope she can find a place with lots of yard so she wont have any neighbors too close to get mad
2010 Jun 27
In China, there is …
In China, there is also the the Chinese Animal Protection Network trying to get animal rights in China. Good for this lady and them.
2010 Jun 27
god bless this lady …
god bless this lady
2010 Jun 27
What a kind lady, …
What a kind lady, she could do with some help
2010 Jun 27
make em into kebabs …
make em into kebabs. that would solve the debt problems
2010 Jun 27
every one makes a …
every one makes a choice. This was hers, and it saved her too. Do you send $ to the starving children? or ones’ in the USA? red cross! and 1 woman could NOT care for that many children. she is great. Just SEE IT!
2010 Jun 27
thats nice of her.
thats nice of her.
2010 Jun 27
I wish she spent as …
I wish she spent as much time, effort, money and love caring for the orphan children of China. They too are abandoned and abused.
2010 Jun 27
congratulation to …
congratulation to this women.
2010 Jun 27
I hope more people …
I hope more people can help this women and the amazing work she does…you can really see how grateful the animals are in this video. -thank you!
2010 Jun 27
That video should …
That video should make everyone realize, that not ALL Chinese people are cruel.
2010 Jun 27
I give this woman a …
I give this woman a salute. One animal lover to another.
2010 Jun 27
This lady is great. …
This lady is great. Killing them is not always the way.
2010 Jun 27
God bless you you …
God bless you you are amazing.We need more people that care like you in this world
2010 Jun 27
this women is so …
this women is so nice saving these animal from being in danger also possibly from being skinned alive.
God Bless her
2010 Jun 27
people like her …
people like her make me believe in this world.
2010 Jun 27
I have RESPECT for …
I have RESPECT for that women i realy do
poor animals some one has to save tham.
2010 Jun 27
God bless her Heart …
God bless her Heart !!!!
2010 Jun 27
You are very …
You are very compassionate and kind-hearted,…i would like to donate for the animals as i am an animal lover too….there must be lots of strays in china,…plz provide me with ur website and other infos..
2010 Jun 27
My solution is …
My solution is euthanasia as a humane way reduce down to the number of animals she can afford to help, and spend the rest of her money on counseling to deal with the death of her husband.