Wings of hope for furry friends
Simran with her rescue puppies
By Yutika Sharma
Pune: A 21-year-old resident ofKarve Nagar here, Simran Kulkarni took care of more than 200 stray dogs amidst the Covid-19 lock down despite opposition from the people in the neighborhood.
Asked about her motivation, she said, “One day, when I went to grocery shopping, I saw a stray dog who hardly had any flesh on him. His ribs were visible. I fed him biscuits.”
“During the lock down, it had become impossible for the dogs to get food from the garbage bins. Food vendors who have them leftover were not present. Touch wood, many of us are blessed with food, but the strays had nothing,” she added.
After some research, Simran came across a group of 20 volunteers who took it upon themselves to care for the animals. They took the initiative of neutering the dogs, besides getting them vaccinated against rabies. Simran was assigned 30 dogs from her locality to ensure every dog is fed and proper care is given.
Simran also helped a litter of ninestray puppies to find homes.
She said she also populated the existing trend #ADOPTDONTSHOP and made people aware of how dogs are tortured into reproducing “elite breed” puppies. She tagged all the strays with LED collars that illuminate so that they are visible at night and do not get run over by vehicles.
OnDiwali , 25 more dogs were neutered and vaccinated for rabies while five cats were also vaccinated and neutered.
Simran shared her life mantra too, “Stick to your morals and ethics; differentiate between right and wrong, and help the needy.”
“These fluffy souls are speechless and they need our help. They don’t have a house but we do and it’s our responsibility that we take care of them in any way possible” said Simran Kulkarni.
Simran Kulkarni with the rescuedpuppies in Pune.
(The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of TheTimes School of Media .)
Pune: A 21-year-old resident of
Asked about her motivation, she said, “One day, when I went to grocery shopping, I saw a stray dog who hardly had any flesh on him. His ribs were visible. I fed him biscuits.”
“During the lock down, it had become impossible for the dogs to get food from the garbage bins. Food vendors who have them leftover were not present. Touch wood, many of us are blessed with food, but the strays had nothing,” she added.
After some research, Simran came across a group of 20 volunteers who took it upon themselves to care for the animals. They took the initiative of neutering the dogs, besides getting them vaccinated against rabies. Simran was assigned 30 dogs from her locality to ensure every dog is fed and proper care is given.
Simran also helped a litter of nine
She said she also populated the existing trend #ADOPTDONTSHOP and made people aware of how dogs are tortured into reproducing “elite breed” puppies. She tagged all the strays with LED collars that illuminate so that they are visible at night and do not get run over by vehicles.
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Simran shared her life mantra too, “Stick to your morals and ethics; differentiate between right and wrong, and help the needy.”
“These fluffy souls are speechless and they need our help. They don’t have a house but we do and it’s our responsibility that we take care of them in any way possible” said Simran Kulkarni.
Simran Kulkarni with the rescued
(The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of The
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