Rescued Mom and Pups

This little dog, mistakenly called a Pom, is actually a Spitz. She doesn't belong on the road and was probably someone's discarded pet. Alone and unprotected on the streets, she gave birth to these lovely little pups, seven in number. She was located close to a Building Society, and it was decided by the residents, to throw her and her pups away from the premises. The place they chose was near a large deep drain and just by luck we were able to rescue the family before any of the babies fell in and died. They are all lodged at Deonar Centre now and are safe except from infection that the little ones might pick up from all the strays that are brought in for sterilisation on a daily basis. What is so puzzling is that animals have so many well-wishers all over the place, and this little dog was allowed to get pregnant and deliver a huge litter of pups on the streets. Our ABC programme is going on for the last 16 years. Thought everyone was aware that NGOs are around who are trying to sterilize dogs that are on the road. Besides being mandatory, this spares the female the truama of being pursued for about 2 weeks by a pack of aggressive male dogs, it stops males from fighting practically to the death and it prevents puppies from being born on the dangerous streets of Mumbai. Keep in mind that we need serious help from the public in identifying and locating dogs that need to be sterilised. Now these little ones are born and face an uncertain future at best. We are hoping for the best for this unfortunate little family. They have only experienced the cruelty of humans upto now. Let's hope they experience kindness and care in the future.