{"id":2546,"date":"2018-03-06T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2018-03-06T04:27:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:27:00","slug":"newsday-tuesday-aleppos-homeless-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2546","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Aleppo\u2019s Homeless Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/catnurseryclose-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/catnurseryclose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/catnurseryclose-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/catnurseryclose.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Have you read about Mohammed Alaa Aijaleel, the cat man of Aleppo? His world revolves around the many cats left homeless in the war-torn city. He has built a shelter and he cares for numbers of cats. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-man-saving-aleppos-homeless-kittens\">https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-man-saving-aleppos-homeless-kittens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a story that ran in 2015 when Aijaleel was feeding around 150 homeless pets\u2014mostly cats. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2015\/12\/25\/abandoned-house-cats-aleppo-405528.html\">http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2015\/12\/25\/abandoned-house-cats-aleppo-405528.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s a story about how Aijaleel\u2019s efforts are also helping children. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/in-depth\/features\/cat-sanctuary-aleppo-helps-heal-animals-and-children-920607503\">http:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/in-depth\/features\/cat-sanctuary-aleppo-helps-heal-animals-and-children-920607503<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I usually add my commentary to the stories I share in this blog, I\u2019m going to let these reports speak for themselves. I think you\u2019ll find the stories touching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you read about Mohammed Alaa Aijaleel, the cat man of Aleppo? His world revolves around the many cats left homeless in the war-torn city. He has built a shelter and he cares for numbers of cats. https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-man-saving-aleppos-homeless-kittens Here\u2019s a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2546\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2547,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions\/2547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}