If you think
Liverpool goal machine Mo Salah is only concerned about scoring goals for the Reds
and thinking about winning laurels, you are wrong.
On the contrary, the former Roma and Chelsea
ace is equally paying blow by blow attention to things happening at home,
Egypt.
Following
recent report that the Egyptian government is planning to round up stray cats
and dogs for export, Salah has joined in the campaign against the move,
insisting that such a policy will not be allowed to take place in the land of
the Pharaohs.
Salah
Tuesday took to the social media to pose for a picture with his two pet cats in
order to protest the proposed move against cat and dogs.
Those campaigning against the move expressed
fears that if the animals are exported they might be shipped to places where
they will be butchered and eaten.
The
Liverpool star posted a snap on Twitter with his two pet Siamese cats, along
with the caption: 'Cats and dogs will not be exported anywhere. That's not
going to happen.'
According to
news agency Al-Araby, the Egyptian government has authorised the rounding-up
and export of 4,100 stray cats and dogs to other countries, leading to concern
they could be sent to places where they would be eaten as food.
A spokesman
for the Egyptian Agriculture Ministry has however been quoted denying these
claims as 'baseless'.
However that
has not stopped Salah, Egypt's best-known footballer, from confirming his
status as an animal lover and supporting his feline friends.
Salah in the
post was seen relaxed with his pets ahead of Liverpool's return to Champions League
action Wednesday against Paris Saint-Germain.
A win would
all but confirm their place in the last 16 but defeat would leave them staring
at early elimination.
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