- Title: Tunisian veterinarian and animal lover turns house into shelter
- Date: 29th August 2022
- Summary: MANSOUR LOOKING THROUGH HER PHONE AND SAYING (Arabic): “I just opened my phone and I saw how they killed the dogs yesterday or today, I'm not sure, it was posted four hours ago, and they do the killing in broad daylight too after which they gather them and take them." MANSOUR LOOKING THROUGH HER PHONE
- Embargoed: 12th September 2022 10:20
- Keywords: Animals Cats Nabeul Pets Tunisia Vets
- Location: NABEUL, TUNISIA
- City: NABEUL, TUNISIA
- Country: Tunisia
- Topics: Africa,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA002117629082022RP1
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- Story Text:To save stray animals from the clutches of death and human violence, Tunisian veterinarian Raoudha Mansour turned her house into an animal shelter in the governorate of Nabeul, northeastern Tunisia.
Fostering 150 cats and 25 dogs, Mansour, who has a passion for animals from a young age, said stray animals are badly mistreated by citizens and the government which kills them in ‘collective sniping operationsâ€.
"There are a lot of difficult cases that come to me, like you'd find the dog bleeding from everywhere while he is alive, crying, and I would say, where is the compassion? Where are the compassionate hearts?" she added.
The animal shelter, established in 2007, is supported by Mansour herself and animal welfare associations that donate food and medicine.
Mansour’s friends also created an organisation called “Doctor Mansour's Support Association’ to fundraise for the shelter to enable her to continue her work and get animals off the streets.
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