People Are Breaking Into Homes In Wuhan To Feed Starving Pets Left Behind In The Coronavirus Scare

people are breaking into homes and will hand to feed starving pets left behind the coronavirus the central Chinese city of Wuhan has been decimated by coronavirus disease with residents evacuating for safer locations many of these evacuates have left animals behind now travel bans are blocking them for returning to their homes and as days grow in two weeks their animals have become hungry and restless in response a few of those who have stayed behind are breaking into empty homes in Wuhan to feed the starving animals as the New York Post reports 43 year old Lao Mao has taken on a number of these missions herself always making sure to contact the home owners to let them know how their pets are faring in one incident after climbing up some rusty pipes to a third-floor apartment Lau found a pair of hungry cats huddled under a couch lau video called the cat owners who began crying when they saw their cats had been fed and taken care of Lau Mao is actually Chinese for Old Kent he does not want to use his real name for fear of worrying his family but he's angel' enough to get into most homes and apartments and at this point his services are in high demand an estimated 5 million people of left Wuhan either because of the disease or for Lunar New Year's parties that were held in late January while now believes there are at least 50,000 pets in the city with no one to care for them the volunteers on our team me included have saved more than a thousand pets since January 25th Lau said my phone never stops ringing these days I barely sleep sadly it's unlikely that Lau or his team will be able to save all the pets left alone ammu Han my conservative estimate is that around 5,000 are still trapped and they may die of starvation in the coming days he said as the disease first spread across central China misinformation incorrectly linking the advance to Pat's like dogs and cats though animals can contract a variant of the corona virus there have been no reports of pets being infected with this new strain landing thousands of humans and Hospital still some communities have implemented mandatory euthanasia policies for any animals caught in public [Music] [Music]