Viral Photos Show Schoolgirl Protecting Stray Dog From the Rain

Viral Photos Show Schoolgirl Protecting Stray Dog From the Rain
Epoch Newsroom
4/28/2016
Updated:
4/28/2016

Photos which have since gone viral were snapped of a Peruvian schoolgirl protecting a stray dog from the rain.

The images, taken by a bystander, show Daniela Segura Morales kneeling on the ground in the heavy downpour and shielding the dog with her body. 

Morales is pictured in the city of Huancayo in the south-central part of the country, cuddling the street dog to her knee before taking her jacket and using it to shelter the canine’s body.

The bystander shared the images on Facebook. They were later shared thousands of times and seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

“To see there are still people who care about animals fills me with happiness,” the picture-taker wrote.

“See her drying the little dog with her blazer without caring what anyone thinks says a lot, if we all followed her example, I assure you this would be a different country.”

Morales, an engineering student, was tagged by classmates.

She replied to a comment on the photo, saying: “I don’t know what to say.”

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