Social media is swooning over photos and a story posted by Facebook user Jira Niyom, a Silpakorn University student, according to his Facebook. He posted several photos of a group of people who got together to save a severely injured monitor lizard that was hit by a car in Bangkok.
The monitor lizard, or ‘Hia’ as it is known in Thailand, is a creature that is locally reviled. However, social media users praised rescuers for putting aside their beliefs about the lizard’s ickiness and helping to ensure that the creature recovered, reported Bangkok Post
The rescuers, with assistance from officials, helped get the lizard to Thonglor Pet Hospital and paid for its treatment. Before that, the lizard was photographed lying on the street with a streak of blood next to it after being hit by a car.
According to one of the rescuers’ LINE messages, it seem that this is not the first time such a situation has occurred. There have been similar cases before, and other lizards that met the same sad fate were also treated at Thonglor Pet Hospital.
The rescuers were publicly thanked by Jira on his Facebook page and the photos of the rescue were shared over 20,000 times as Facebook users clambered to post their gratitude to the rescuers.
Photo credit: Facebook User Jira Niyom
Photo credit: Facebook User Jira Niyom
Photo credit: Facebook User Jira Niyom
