While i wrote for and about animals,inter vene with advice and support,and work at a shelter,i have a huge admiration for those activists who on a day to day basis fight on the ground.People who take on nasty neighbours and continue feeding colony dogs,people who take personally go to police stations and courts to report and prosecute cruetly,those who go our night after night to catch trucks heavily overloaded with animals,take responsibility for sterilising and vaccinating their colony dogs,rescue litters off the street and find them homes,go out gathering donations for animal welfare,wake early to spread bird feed,comb municipal shelters t o find a missing animal,those who go underground to collect intelligence against poachers and wildlife smugglers,adopt and look after handicapped animals,take time out from full working schedulues to volunteer and those who stand up against abuse and even family pressures to continue working for animals.
All of us who lived and work with animals can give hundreds of instance of the luck and love,"just a dog"has brought into our lives.There is a beautiful Urdu couplet which says al the blessing(dua)we receive come from dogs because after all do humans ever give blessings?even the success of a new film,slum dog millionaire isi'm sure,at least in part due to its auspicious title.you too can share in this good fortune.Adopt a slum dog and become a millionaire.
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