人副其名，一聽到「義姑」這綽號，就知道她是個講義氣的人。遇到落難的兄弟(流浪動物)，無論是被欺負、出意外或無飯開的，她都義不容辭，拔刀相助。來無影去無蹤的義姑，一身丐幫打扮，加上其豪邁笑聲，令人想起電影裏的俠義之士。
「義」這個字殊不簡單。義姑雖為人，卻不只從人的角度出發、不只用人的立場行事；相反她會為動物抱不平，認為人類作為太過分，令動物無處容身。她深信貓狗也受天地靈氣滋養，人類不應只看到自己，而忽略了其他動物的存在。她不贊同大量殺掉家禽以抑制禽流感蔓延的做法，慨嘆現代人往往以霸道的手法處事，未能與天地萬物和諧共處，非常可惜。她覺得任何生命也應受尊重，人和動物皆是大自然的一部分，一草一木也有其存在意義。
拯救工作從此展開
義姑素來喜愛大自然，1999年與友人行山時看到山洞裏有3隻剛開眼的小狗。她們見小狗飢寒交迫，非常可憐，就向小狗許諾會再去探望。翌日，她們帶備食糧去探小狗，狗媽媽很懂事，不但沒有阻止她們走近小狗，還流露感激的眼神，很有靈性。或許是上天安排，讓這3隻小狗觸動了義姑和友人對流浪動物的關注。
後來，她們又遇到另外3隻小唐狗，當時氣温低至攝氏7度，她們不忍心見死不救，結果收養了其中兩隻。就是這樣，義姑展開了拯救流浪動物的工作，開始「救狗女俠」的生涯。義姑救狗無數，甚麽狗也見過，但對她來說，唐狗始終是最好、最忠心和懂性的狗種。她養狗多年，有時在狗狗打架時被誤咬傷，也從不就醫，只會摘取自家天台種植的萬年青搗碎，加入黃糖敷在傷口，讓傷患自然痊癒。
相逢何必曾相識
義姑每天忙著拯救動物；她認為見死不救的不是人─是人就理應會本著惻隱之心而伸出援手。她除了照顧自己救回來的狗，也會幫助萍水相逢的流浪動物。不論貓狗，有幸遇到義姑，她也會盡力幫忙！她十分關顧住所附近的貓狗，和牠們的感情要好。例如附近有隻狗媽媽，經常帶著狗仔四出覓食，後來不幸被車撞倒，全家命危。縱然義姑明知救不活牠們，也只希冀能在牠們死前餵飽牠們，以免牠們餓著肚子赴黃泉。不怕辛苦的義姑每周都去飛鵝山餵餓狗，她說那裏的流浪狗常常在垃圾筒找食物，更親眼看過狗狗餓得要吃女性衛生巾來充飢，情況實在慘不忍睹。
正氣十足的義姑，原來以前曾任職警界，是位漂亮師姐，見識甚廣。她覺得人威風過便算，年過40反而想低調地生活，閒時寧可和狗狗傾偈。她現在和幾十隻唐狗一起生活，每隻狗也有自己的故事。見慣大場面的義姑，離開警界後以另一個身分和角度看世界，見盡人生百態。
她曾遇到不少虐待狗的「壞人」，甚至有人對付她，多次把她的單車輪胎刺穿，實在好人難做，不過義姑也只一笑置之。不經不覺她已為動物獻出了自己十多年的青春，她說；「每次救狗，也像吃了一支人參，感到充滿力量！」相信這份拯救弱勢社群的使命感，便是她的動力來源，只要感到生活充實和快樂，一切辛勞也是值得的。
Bonds of Affection
With her bold and candid personality, Madam Yi always reminds people of heroes from movies. In fact, to many stray animals, she is a hero in real life—Madam Yi always lends a hand to animals that are bullied, hungry or injured.
Madam Yi thinks that any lives, including cats and dogs, or even plants have as much right to survive as human being, yet mankind is too selfish to concern only about their self-interest. She believes that mankind is exploiting animals in a way that has crossed the bottom line, leaving animals with nowhere to go. For instance, in her opinion, the slaughter of poultry to prevent the spread of the H5N1 bird flu in Hong Kong is too drastic. She believes that every single life possesses a distinctive value, and deserves respects.
It All Began with An Encounter
Madam Yi began her work in helping stray animals when she and her friend encountered 3 puppies and their mother during hiking in 1999. They promised to the cold and hungry puppies that they will be back. The next day, they kept the promise and visited the puppies with food. Not only didn’t the dog mother resist their approach, but she showed appreciation for their help. The incident raised Madam Yi and her friend awareness for stray animals.
Later on, they met 3 other mongrel puppies. It was a cold day with only 7°C, they could not bear to leave the puppies alone, so they adopted 2 of them. This marked the start of Madam Yi’s journey in rescuing stray animals. After taking care of dogs for all these years, Madam Yi still finds mongrels the most loyal and intelligent dogs.
Living with such a number of dogs, it is almost inevitable to get hurt when trying to stop their fights ; yet instead of going to the doctor, she usually handles the injury in her own way—applying crushed Rohdea japonica leaves with brown sugar to the wound, and let the wound heal on its own.
Be There When Needed
Madam Yi thinks that it’s human nature to help when needed. Therefore, whenever she meets animals in need, especially stray animals living in her neighborhood, she would lend a hand to them. For instance, there was a dog mother that always wandered around with her puppies looking for food, but they got seriously injured during a car accident one day. Although Madam Yi realized that she couldn’t save them, she tried to comfort them with food before they passed away.
She also visits Fei Ngo Shan every week to feed stray dogs there, as she knows that dogs living there are in extremely poor condition—not only do they need to search for food from trashes, she even witnessed that a dog starving so much that it had to chew sanitary napkins.
Every Effort Is Worth It
Madam Yi was once a police officer, but she rather spends more time with her dogs after her 40s. She is now living with dozens of mongrels, and each of them has their own story. After leaving the police force, she began to look at things from a different angle. Although she has seen some people abusing dogs, while some even attempted to act against her, e.g. puncturing her bicycle tyre, she took the offences easily.
It’s been a decade since she started rescuing animals, her sense of mission in saving animals is a strong motivation for her. She described the happiness that it brings to her feels like“energized by Ginseng”, and every effort is worth it.
