An Incidence With a Creature

"Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever"

A couple of days ago, I was relaxing at the window with the coffee mug. Suddenly I saw a street dog in a critical situation. He was trying to rescue his neck from the plastic container. He got scared and he was running everywhere. I went out and started asking for help. Everybody told me that "this dog is in the same condition from last three days. We tried a lot to remove the plastic container from his neck but we couldn’t even catch him". As per the people's opinion, I realised that "call expertise" is the only solution to save the dog.

I started contacting to animal's NGO and volunteers via Google, Facebook and what's app groups. Within a few minutes I got a reference of Mr Badrinath, he is a volunteer and he is working for street dogs. I contacted him and sent a few photos of that dog for getting more clarity of the condition. In a few minutes, I received contact details of Mrs Puneeta Singh Khanna from him. As per Mr Bhandari, she is an expert in rescue operations. Immediately I contacted her and provided all the necessary information.

So many times I used to read the news on social media with the poor pictures of Aquatic Animal who died due to plastic. Such stories used to bother me, but I realised the severity of this issue due to this eye-opening incident. I felt restless to see him in the worst condition. He has not even had water from the last 3 days, was not even properly able to breathe from the last few days. Can we imagine ourselves without having water and food along with suffocation for a long time?

After a few hours, Puneeta ma'am came with her team and started her mission to help that dog. After her 3 hours of struggle, we achieved success. Then the dog happily started running and jumping everywhere. We felt like he was celebrating his freedom.

We are using plastic just for our comfort but we as a responsible citizen of this country will need to decide if we are ready to pay the price for this comfort. The price can be someone's precious life. We need to plan for some alternative of plastic to preserve the natural habitat of the world.

Hats off to Mr Badrinath sir and Mrs Puneeta Singh Khanna Ma'am for their valuable contribution towards animals. In today's era where nobody even thinks beyond themselves, these angles are working selflessly for all these loyal creatures.

Special thanks to Shweta Jain Ma'am for her valuable reference.

Shweta Jain Badrinath Parthasarathi Puneeta Khanna Singh.