Well if you ask me what an ideal Dog Kennel would look like in my mind, I would say, it would have lots of space for dogs, the vets would be dog lovers and pet them, and that the kennel would be clean and airy.
But WSD was a different picture altogether. The dogs sat on the vets' lap and cats perched merrily on the table and files. The cages of the safe permanent inmates were permanently open for them to roam around. The floors were washed twice a day, squeaky clean and fans operated round the clock to keep them dry. All the dogs were not only fed to their heart's content, they were groomed and handsomely maintained! There was no 'cane' or 'chain' in sight, and helpers constantly worked to get friendly with the new dogs.
Don't believe me? Well I couldn't believe my eyes, but that's WSD! Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) is an NGO in South Mumbai, operating for over the past two decades, steadily working for achieving large scale Stray Dog Vaccination against Rabies and Animal Birth Control, with the aim to improve the stray dog situation in the city. Find more on WSD on their website http://www.wsdindia.org/aboutwsd.htm.
Champa's episode was not a tragic one, but an inspiring one, thanks to the positiveness that WSD instilled with me. The day I drove Champa back from the WSD Kennel, a little bit of me remained behind there. I would miss feeding 10 Parle-G packets to the entire population, the three-legged blacky climbing up my waste with her front leg, the lazy fatty recovering from a wound, who would eat as much as I gave him, the angel-eyed cage-mate of Champa who licked the bars of the cage trying to take biscuits from my hand, and all of that!
WSD thanks for being a shining example for excellence, doing such a fine job every day!
But WSD was a different picture altogether. The dogs sat on the vets' lap and cats perched merrily on the table and files. The cages of the safe permanent inmates were permanently open for them to roam around. The floors were washed twice a day, squeaky clean and fans operated round the clock to keep them dry. All the dogs were not only fed to their heart's content, they were groomed and handsomely maintained! There was no 'cane' or 'chain' in sight, and helpers constantly worked to get friendly with the new dogs.
Don't believe me? Well I couldn't believe my eyes, but that's WSD! Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) is an NGO in South Mumbai, operating for over the past two decades, steadily working for achieving large scale Stray Dog Vaccination against Rabies and Animal Birth Control, with the aim to improve the stray dog situation in the city. Find more on WSD on their website http://www.wsdindia.org/aboutwsd.htm.
Champa's episode was not a tragic one, but an inspiring one, thanks to the positiveness that WSD instilled with me. The day I drove Champa back from the WSD Kennel, a little bit of me remained behind there. I would miss feeding 10 Parle-G packets to the entire population, the three-legged blacky climbing up my waste with her front leg, the lazy fatty recovering from a wound, who would eat as much as I gave him, the angel-eyed cage-mate of Champa who licked the bars of the cage trying to take biscuits from my hand, and all of that!
WSD thanks for being a shining example for excellence, doing such a fine job every day!
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