Last month, a touching video of the 65-year-old man’s extraordinary life story went viral.

He has turned his estate into a canine paradise and over the years has rescued and adopted over 400 stray dogs that would otherwise have been abandoned to their fate.

The video, which was posted on YouTube last month, has already become a hit with more than 5 million views to date and the 65-year-old’s kind act has touched the hearts of many animal lovers.

Abdulkerim Kutlu, 65 years old from Turkey, has turned an area of about 9 hectares into a paradise for stray dogs. He cooks and spends time with over 400 dogs every day, and the dogs get along well. Turkey has a problem with stray animals – in Istanbul alone there are more than 150 thousand stray dogs.

Watch this touching video about the estate of Abdulkerim, a 65-year-old Turkish man who has adopted and rescued more than 400 stray dogs over the years.