Meet the 9-Year-Old Boy Who Started His Very Own No-Kill Animal Shelter

It is impossible to determine exactly how many stray animals are currently in the United

States, but the estimates are around 70 million. With shelters filling up as more and more strays are rescued, many of these poor animals are being euthanized due to overcrowding and lack of facilities. Out of the 7.6 million animals entering shelters annually, 2.7 million face this fate. The majority of cats and dogs in shelters are there because they have been lost, abused, or abandoned by their owners. Sadly, less than 40 percent of both cats and dogs are adopted.

Ken is a nine-year-old boy from the Philippines who, from an even younger age, felt moved to help animals in need. He began to feed homeless animals on the street, and even take them in. When pictures of him caring for dogs on the street garnered attention on the internet, he began to receive donations from kind strangers who were moved by this little boy’s big heart. As donations continued to pour in, Ken was able to achieve his longtime dream of starting his own animal shelter, the Happy Animals Club.

Ken thought up the idea for the Happy Animals Club when he was eight-years-old, designing his own signs urging others to “be an animal lover” and “save the animals.”

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