Frenchman’s call for animal protection

VietNamNet Bridge – Leopold Vincent spends his time on meals in a completely different way. He lives all alone, but the middle-aged Frenchman prepares a lot of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food is not only for himself or his guests, but also for 40 cats and one dog he is taking care of. Over the past four years, he has not only offered three meals a day for all of his animals, but also taken care of them, giving them the best living conditions, and above all, his tender love. Taking care of 40 cats might be beyond one’s ability but Vincent says sometimes the number of cats under his care rises to 50 or 60. “Some people found those abandoned cats on the street and brought them to me. Some I found left in plastic bags amidst garbage, or lying on the street, hungry and dirty,” Vincent recalls. Now in his 50s, the Frenchman does not raise the cats for any business purposes but simply keeps them as pets. “I’ve been here [in Vietnam] for ten years and the way certain people treat the animals makes me sick so I’ve decided to do something for the animals,” he explains why he has come to animals’ rescue. Vincent does not just quietly open his arms to those pets. He strongly raises his voice on the Internet and social networks. At first, he created a blogging site, and then cooperated with some friends to develop the website Vietnam…