GEORGE TOWN, July 19 -- Every morning, at 7am, Fouziah Omar loads her motorcycle with bags of cat food and starts making her two-hour journey to work.

The 57-year-old lives only 30 minutes away from her office in Butterworth but she makes it a point to leave home early so she can make multiple stops at food courts, hawker centres, wet markets and open spaces where stray cats gather.

"I make at least 30 stops, going around looking for them but usually they know whenever I come, they can recognise my motorcycle sound so they will immediately come out of hiding," she told Malay Mail.

Motivated by her love for cats, Fouziah has also taken in 40 cats and rented a space to house them.

"I can't help it. When I see an injured or sickly cat, I...