Picture of a young child protecting a street cat from the rain

By Michael Broad / January 5, 2020 / 1 minute of reading

This is a charming photograph of a young child who is demonstrating to the world her cat welfare credentials. I’d bet no adults did this on this wet day. It is an instinctive act by a child who I feel confident has grown up or is growing up to be an animal lover and advocate.

Child protects street cat from rain — Child protects street cat from rain. Picture from tumblr and in the public domain.

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I don’t know where it is but it looks like somewhere in Europe.

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