Woman accompanied by police while feeding stray dogs
Malaysians have big hearts for their furry friends, with love for them extending well beyond their furkids snuggled up at home – as shown by caring individuals who take time out of their days to feed stray animals even during the pandemic.
A Malaysian woman, who often shares photos and videos of her trips to feed stray animals on her Facebook account, is one of these caring individuals looking out for animals that have to fend for themselves on the streets. One of her excursions to feed stray dogs, which saw a policeman sticking around to accompany her while she did so, has been winning over the internet in particular.
Care for stray dogs brings around police protection
Facebook user, Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah, took to her Facebook page on 25th March 2021 to share her story of the surprise police protection that she got while out feeding animals. According to the post, she had been feeding stray dogs when she saw a police officer’s car drive past, before it made a U-turn to stop just a few feet away from where she was.
Image credit: Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah
When the police officer asked what she was doing, she simply responded that she was feeding stray dogs and that it won’t be long before her task was finished.
To this, the police officer called her actions “brave” as he, himself, was afraid of dogs, even going to say that it was the first time he was seeing something like this – presumably referencing her feeding stray animals even though the skies were pitch black.
Image credit: Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah
Instead of returning to his car and moving on with his duties, she also shared that the police officer stuck around and accompanied her while she finished feeding the dogs – even though he admitted that he was not particularly fond of dogs.
As her post was reshared by many netizens, she posted a follow-up Facebook post 2 days later to thank everyone who had read her story, and asked for them to share her story to raise awareness about taking care of stray animals.
With it, she also shared a video that showed a conversation between her and the police officer, in which she can also be heard “telling” the stray dogs – which she affectionately refers to as children – that a “pakcik” would be accompanying them, in order to ease their hesitations about the police officer and vice versa.
Image credit: Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah
Netizens praise woman and police officer for their consideration
Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah’s had many netizens resharing her story, while also coming out to the comment section to commend her for taking the time to feed stray animals.
Netizens sing praises for Nazirah, while commending her “guardian” as well.
Image adapted from: Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah
Netizen, Vashti Shaveena Nair, for one, commented, “Awwww. We have nothing but love for you. You’re amazing”.
Image adapted from: Vashti Shaveena Nair
Another Facebook user, Manjula Subramaniam, applauded the police officer as well, saying, “Thank you to both the kind souls for showing love to the strays”.
Image adapted from: Manjula Subramaniam
Woman feeding stray dogs catches attention of police, who stuck around to accompany her
Malaysians are a caring bunch who’ll take time out of their days to help those around them – including animals without a home – as shown by this caring woman in Perak who fed stray dogs and got the police’s attention.
We applaud Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah’s kind deed, and the police officer for sticking around and accompanying her as she was doing so.
You can check out these 11 places to volunteer with animals in Malaysia if you’re always feeding strays in your neighbourhood too.
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Cover image adapted from: Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah and Pinkkitty Tuminah Tukiman Nazirah