The purr-fect pet? Why city’s in grip of cat fever

Demand for cats has increased after lockdown as they are easy to maintain, manage themselves well and don’t need to be accompanied outdoors like dogs

Both my kids had similar injury marks: Mother of kids killed by stray dogs

Two kids attacked and killed by stray dogs in Vasant Kunj. Municipal Corporation of Delhi removes 54 dogs after the incident as family awaits post-mortem report

The pet project

Animal lovers found the two-day Pet Fed carnival a place to hook up with their favourite cats and dogs

A pawfect ride service to ferry your pets

When private cabs and public transport failed to provide convenient travel to pets, the concept of pet taxis became a niche business. Today, Delhi-NCR has more than 20 pet taxi services, especially designed to provide comfortable travel for furry friends.

Adopted then abandoned: India scores 2.4 out of 10 in Pet Homelessness Index

While many brought home furry friends during the lockdowns, not many were up to the job of managing them, leading to an increase in the number of strays and abandoned pets on the streets  Laila, a three-year-old dog, used to live in a construction site in Sector 79, Noida. On 2 September, Akansha Majumdar, a […]

Delhi’s first dog park is now open for to furry friends 

To cater to the needs of pets in the city, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has converted an old park in old Rajendra Nagar into a pet park  Discussions on animal care are generally lost in the cacophony of our day to day life. However, it can’t be denied that Delhi is full of animal […]

Born to be wild but loved

Many denizens of NCR take care of strays with no intention to domesticate them allowing the animals to lead a free, natural life  It’s biting cold in Delhi these days and stray animals are out in the open facing the elements without any protection. The affluent are fairly cosy in the confines of warm homes, […]

Where the magic is lost

Delhi’s Kalandar Colony bristles with traditional magicians who are hardly ever called to perform, and still keep monkeys as pets, though street shows are banned “Our ancestors have been doing magic and monkey shows since the 1800s,” says Nashir Khan, 61, part-time magician on the dying art of magic shows and street monkey shows of […]