Selling Four Homes to Save 1,000 Stray Cats

In Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, a woman named Hsu has contributed her entire life and savings to rescuing stray cats.

Hsu is a kindergarten teacher who invested in five houses as part of her retirement plan. However, everything changed twenty years ago after she encountered a severely injured stray cat lying on a motorcycle seat, barely breathing. That moment marked the beginning of her long journey in animal rescue.

Over the past two decades, Hsu has rescued more than 1,000 stray cats. She sold four of her houses and invested all the proceeds into establishing “Little Pine Tree Shelter,” a foster home dedicated to stray cats.

Hsu must look after 80 more cats by herself, currently. From morning until noon, her daily routine consists of feeding, cleaning, and comforting them. Her life revolves entirely around the cats. Even though she carried more than a million loans, she remains determined to provide each cat with the best possible quality of life.

To ensure that adopted cats are truly safe, she also insists to hold face-to-face interview, and home with adopters. She continues to track each case to make sure every cat is well cared for after adoption.

“I treat every cat as my own child,” Hsu said.

Her actions reflect not only a deep respect for life, but also a powerful example of selfless dedication to protecting stray animals.

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賣四間房救千隻貓 許淑英守護浪浪20年

在桃園楊梅，有一位用人生積蓄守護流浪貓的女子—許淑英。二十年前，因為一隻被放在機車後座、奄奄一息的橘貓，她踏上了流浪動物救援之路。原本是幼教老師的她，靠著多年打拼買下五間房子，計畫作為退休保障，卻在投入中途救援後，陸續賣掉四棟房產，只為撐起「小松樹中途之家」，至今已救援、送養超過一千隻貓。

目前，許淑英一人照顧八十多隻貓，每天從清晨餵食、清理、照護到深夜，生活完全圍繞著貓咪。即使背負百萬元債務，她仍不願妥協照護品質，對送養流程嚴格把關，透過面談、家訪與追蹤，確保每一隻貓都能到真正安全、有愛的家庭。

她說，每一隻貓都像自己的孩子。這份近乎孤獨卻堅定的付出，不只是對生命的憐惜，更是一場用全部人生換來的溫柔守護。

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