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By some estimates, there are 11,000 dogs in the district, which is around 8% of the human population. The district's biggest hospital records an average of five dog bite cases per day.

The Animal Welfare and Protection Trust in Chennai was started by 70-year-old C. Padmavathy and her husband Narasimmamoorthy in 1998. Today, they have 85 stray dogs, 42 puppies, 11 new born kittens, and about 35 adult cats under their protection. This is their story.