The woman who was nicknamed Holly by the inhabitants of the Mexican city of Tijuana, is 65 years old. She lives in a completely different way than an ordinary pensioner does. Holly spent her life on the street. A group of dogs spent many years together with her. Holly took care of them and fed them with the last money.
The woman slept with the animals at nights which warmed her with their bodies. They were all huddled in a huge garbage bag. When the local policemen showed attention to the problem of the Mexican woman at last, she flatly refused to go with them.
No, she’s not romanticizing her street lifestyle. She is afraid for her tailed friends. Moreover, one of the dogs should give birth to puppies in the near future, and Holly was afraid to leave the young mother and her puppies alone.
As a result, the police and Holly agreed on a compromise; the woman began to go to spend the night in a special center, where warmth and a normal bed is provided. Then the woman met a volunteer named Alejandra Cordova Castro.
Castro understood that Holly would never leave her four-legged friends, so she began to look for some solutions. First, she bought all the necessary things for the woman; a normal mattress, water bottles, warm socks and long-awaited dog food.
Secondly, she organized Holly’s transfer to a special shelter. Now the woman has at least a roof over her head, and her dogs are near her. A day at this camp costs only 50 pesos, like a cup of cheap coffee.
Holly’s story became widespread in local media and on social networks. Now the woman hopes that it will be possible to open a shelter for her pets and start leading an absolutely ordinary life, and Alejandra continues to think about how to realize Holly’s dream.
