As a tourist, I often find myrself trying to ignore beggars as I am sightseeing, but a student’s post about a homeless man being kept alive by his puppies in Paris has opened my eyes.
She has taken the photo below, of a homeless men and his two puppies, all sleeping in the street. What do you think? Is the drifter helping the puppies or is their warmth the only thing keeping him alive?
She mentions trying to move past the number of adults and children living on the streets, above vents and bridges.
As they have so little, it is incredible that the man below has found the compassion to save the puppies from the cold by keeping them close to him. I noticed that there is a deli where the man is sitting, but he
is left to beg for food outside.
This photo of this freezing man also holding two small dogs has also been taken in Paris, the city of lights that makes millions from tourism every year.
This man is holding these puppies like they were the only thing he has left, and they are sitting on top of him in the shape of his heart.
A lot of these homeless men keep puppies for warmth and companionship. In some cases they are each others’ only friends.
So next time that that you are walking home from school or work, look to your right and left for the men and animals that are soon to become just a statistic by losing their life to living on the streets during the winter.
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