Placing his body on a hand-pulled cart, the residents held a procession as per traditional rituals with a dhol playing in the background. He was then laid to rest with a burial.
Despite putting a call for help on social media, the fact that support didn’t reach in time irked Yash. He also realised there was a massive void in the animal care space and there was no platform that connected animal lovers during such exigencies in real time. This lead to Yash’s brainchild, the ‘Let it Wag’ app.
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Dog Breeding and Marketing) Rules, 2017 will make the field of dog-breeding more ethical and easily regulated. Here are 10 reasons why this is a great development.
Animal welfare advocacy is slowly gaining acceptance and following in India, but activists continue to run into trouble with funding, legal problems, and apathy. However, this has not deterred several individuals and organisations from fighting for the rights of all kinds of animals and birds.