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A photo of US actor Keanu Reeves surrounded by dozens of cats has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim that he saved cats from being euthanised during his travels around the world. The claim is false; the photo has been doctored to include Reeves; versions of the photo without Reeves have circulated online since at least 2012. The doctored photo was shared in this Facebook post on April 16, 2019, by a page with more than 15,000 followers. It has been shared more than 37,000 times. The Portuguese language caption translates to English as: American actor Keanu Reeves has saved many cats from euthanasia. During his trips all over the world, every time when he finds a cat in life-threatening danger he would take it with him to the US. All cats have been sterilised and vaccinated and currently live in a shelter all for themselves. Below is a screenshot of the post: The same photo has been shared thousands of times alongside a similar claim on Facebook here , here and here . The claim is false; the photo has been doctored to include Reeves. A reverse image search on Google found the same image without Reeves published in this tweet on June 24, 2012. Below is a screenshot of the tweet: Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading post (L) and photo in the June 2012 tweet (R): The same photo in the June 2012 tweet was also published on a blog page here on July 26, 2012. Another reverse image search found the photo of Reeves in the doctored image was taken from a separate photo of him sitting on a park bench. The photo was published here by Los Angeles based entertainment website E! News on June 15, 2010. The photo is credited to Ron Asadorian, a photographer for Los Angeles-based entertainment news agency Splash News. Below is a screenshot of the report: The same photo has been debunked by US based fact check site Snopes here .
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