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Thai hearts pour with sympathy for mourning pooch ‘Hachi of Korat’
Wednesday, 15 Jan 20256:47 PM MYT
- Photo: The Nation/ANN
BANGKOK: Thai social networkers felt emotional for a stray dog found waiting in front of a 7-Eleven shop in Korat downtown for its master who has passed away.
The dog called “Moo Daeng”, which means red pork, has got a new nickname “Hachi of Korat” after many compared it to the legendary Hachi of Japan, the dog which waited for its master who never returned.
The story of Moo Daeng went viral after a Facebook page, “Korat the city you can build”, shared photos and its story from a little known page, “Mari-Mo Photography”.
On Monday (Jan 13), Mari-Mo Photography shared photos of Moo Daeng sleeping in front of a 7-Eleven shop with a red blanket covering it.
A yellow sign was put up beside the stray dog by the shop owner, reading “Thank you all customers for your kindness but Moo Daeng cannot eat liver and milk. Please help it live long.”
On Tuesday, the Korat page shared photos and the story, and the post went viral.
The post received over 23,000 likes by Wednesday afternoon and received over 1,200 comments and it was shared over 4,800 times.
According to the post on the Korat page, Moo Daeng is also waiting for its owner who can never return, like Hachi of Japan.
The page said Moo Daeng waited for its owner, who is a homeless man, by lying in front of the 7-Eleven shop in front of Grandma Mo Market in Mueang district of Nakhon Ratchasima province.
The page recounted that Moo Daeg was fed by the homeless man, who appeared to have mental disorder and was dressed like a hermit.
He walked around in the neighbourhood begging for food or money enough for the two of them to live their life day by day.
The two often rested at night in front of the 7-Eleven shop.
But the homeless man became seriously ill and died in November last year but Moo Daeng would still lie in wait for him at the same spot.
The owner of the 7-Eleven shop and staff are taking good care of Moo Daeng, bringing it food and cloth on cold nights.
Social networkers commented that someone should adopt the dog as donated food might not be good for its health.
Hachi, also known as Hachikō, was a Japanese Akita dog who became famous for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno.
Hachi was born on November 10, 1923, in Odate, Akita prefecture, Japan.
In 1924, Ueno, a professor at the University of Tokyo, took Hachi as a pet and brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Every day, Hachi would accompany Prof Ueno to Shibuya Station in the morning and then return to the station in the afternoon to greet him when he came home from work.
On May 21, 1925, Prof Ueno suffered a fatal cerebral haemorrhage at the university and never returned to the station.
Despite this, Hachi continued to wait for his master at the station every day, rain or shine, for the next nine years, until his own death on March 8, 1935.
Hachi's story touched the hearts of many people in Japan and around the world, and he became a symbol of loyalty and devotion.
A statue of Hachi was erected outside Shibuya Station in 1934, and it remains a popular meeting place for people today. - The Nation/ANN
- Photo: The Nation/ANN
BANGKOK: Thai social networkers felt emotional for a stray dog found waiting in front of a 7-Eleven shop in Korat downtown for its master who has passed away.
The dog called “Moo Daeng”, which means red pork, has got a new nickname “Hachi of Korat” after many compared it to the legendary Hachi of Japan, the dog which waited for its master who never returned.
The story of Moo Daeng went viral after a Facebook page, “Korat the city you can build”, shared photos and its story from a little known page, “Mari-Mo Photography”.
On Monday (Jan 13), Mari-Mo Photography shared photos of Moo Daeng sleeping in front of a 7-Eleven shop with a red blanket covering it.
A yellow sign was put up beside the stray dog by the shop owner, reading “Thank you all customers for your kindness but Moo Daeng cannot eat liver and milk. Please help it live long.”
On Tuesday, the Korat page shared photos and the story, and the post went viral.
The post received over 23,000 likes by Wednesday afternoon and received over 1,200 comments and it was shared over 4,800 times.
According to the post on the Korat page, Moo Daeng is also waiting for its owner who can never return, like Hachi of Japan.
The page said Moo Daeng waited for its owner, who is a homeless man, by lying in front of the 7-Eleven shop in front of Grandma Mo Market in Mueang district of Nakhon Ratchasima province.
The page recounted that Moo Daeg was fed by the homeless man, who appeared to have mental disorder and was dressed like a hermit.
He walked around in the neighbourhood begging for food or money enough for the two of them to live their life day by day.
The two often rested at night in front of the 7-Eleven shop.
But the homeless man became seriously ill and died in November last year but Moo Daeng would still lie in wait for him at the same spot.
The owner of the 7-Eleven shop and staff are taking good care of Moo Daeng, bringing it food and cloth on cold nights.
Social networkers commented that someone should adopt the dog as donated food might not be good for its health.
Hachi, also known as Hachikō, was a Japanese Akita dog who became famous for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno.
Hachi was born on November 10, 1923, in Odate, Akita prefecture, Japan.
In 1924, Ueno, a professor at the University of Tokyo, took Hachi as a pet and brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Every day, Hachi would accompany Prof Ueno to Shibuya Station in the morning and then return to the station in the afternoon to greet him when he came home from work.
On May 21, 1925, Prof Ueno suffered a fatal cerebral haemorrhage at the university and never returned to the station.
Despite this, Hachi continued to wait for his master at the station every day, rain or shine, for the next nine years, until his own death on March 8, 1935.
Hachi's story touched the hearts of many people in Japan and around the world, and he became a symbol of loyalty and devotion.
A statue of Hachi was erected outside Shibuya Station in 1934, and it remains a popular meeting place for people today. - The Nation/ANN
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Proven billions of times the DOG is MAN's friend, always forever loyal.
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