Over the last few weeks we have heard some negative stories come out of the Pokemon Go phenomena. People walking off cliffs, driving into trees or being hit by cars (thankfully non fatally) its about time we heard a positive and heartwarming story to come out of the Pokemon Go craze. On Tuesday two users were out hunting Pokemon at Freeway Manor Park in South Houston when they found a cage filled with more than 20 hamsters and Pinkie mouse babies.
Sara Perez and her friend Matthew Teague were hunting for Pokemon near the parks tennis courts when they noticed a strange box sitting under a tree. Perez said “We were just surprised and confused, and we looked around the park and called out to see if anyone was there, but there was no one,”
The animals had been left in the cage with only birdseed for food and no water to drink. It is little wonder in the hot Texas heat that the hamsters and pinkie mouse babies were suffering from heat exhaustion. The two Pokemon trainers knew they had to act fast to save the creatures lives.
Perez said “I had my friend [Matthew] pick up the box and we carried it to my house, and we set them on our table and just gave them clean water and fresh food and bedding,”
Lucky all the animals survived the incident, Perez has taken to her local ‘Pokemon Go’ online circle for assistance in finding homes for the animals. In a post to the Pokemon Go: Houston Community Facebook Page, she called on other users in the area to help
“[They’ve] been supportive. They shared my posts, and offered to take some home, and just have been saddened by the cruelty that someone would do this to the animals. I even had someone from the community come and take four of them home,” said Perez.
This story brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “got to catch em all!”
Check out the video below!
http://weather.com/pets/video/people-wild-about-pokman-save-pets
