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        Stray Dogs Wait For Free Meals   
        Sean Dennis (1:18/200)   
      
        From: https://tinyurl.com/2p9yfvmj (theepochtimes.com)   
      
        Stray Dogs Know This Shop Prepares Free Meals, So They Wait Patiently   
        For Their Turn   
      
        BY Anna Mason   
        April 10, 2022   
      
        Gerardo Ortiz's mother taught him to always help those most in need.   
        So when a hungry, stray dog appeared at his restaurant, Ajilalo, one   
        night hoping for a scrap of food, Ortiz did what many other people   
        would not do.   
      
        Instead of chasing her away, the young Peruvian gave the overjoyed dog   
        a meal. Unsurprisingly, the unloved animal appeared the following   
        evening, and many more afterward.   
      
        Word must have gone round about the tasty, free meals. Since that   
        first night six years ago, other dogs have shown up at that place of   
        kindness in the city of Lima, and Ortiz never fails to feed them and   
        provide them with water.   
      
        "I love to help animals and people-it fills my soul," he said. "We   
        won't take anything with us when we leave this world, so let's share   
        what little or however much we have-and let's respect the animals, end   
        animal abuse."   
      
        "My inspiration was always my mother and still is," he said. "She does   
        the same with people and dogs. We also bring homeless people to our   
        place and provide them with food."   
      
        The small restaurant does a good trade in typically Peruvian   
        meat-based dishes, including anticucho, rachi, and mollejitas, plus   
        sweetbread. "We share with them the food we sell, and sometimes there   
        are people who donate croquettes and we also share them," Ortiz said.   
      
        For this passionate chef and small business owner, sharing what he has   
        with others is the best feeling.   
      
        With increasing numbers of strays on Peru's streets, one of the   
        patrons of Restaurant Ajilalo has adopted six dogs herself. When Ortiz   
        and his team have enough, they donate food to her, too.   
      
        Ortiz, who aspired to run his own business since he was young, says   
        his mother encouraged him to help due to her own concern for abandoned   
        dogs in the country's capital.   
      
        "Ever since I was a child I loved animals-my mother instilled that in   
        me. As a child, I fed the dogs that passed by our home," he said.   
      
      
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