ahmedabadvadodara last week ahmedabadbased jivdaya charitable trust jct was approached to take in their care an alsatian puppy found abandoned on the street the pup was unable to walk and was extremely weak and undernourished presently it is taking treatment at our shelter and undergoing physiotherapy once it is better and healthy we will begin to find a home for the pup said gira shah managing trustee jctshah herself adopted a dalmatian pup earlier this year who had been left at jcts panjrapole centre with a vaginal infection there was a lump around her tail and she could not even sit it took 25 days for her to simply calm down and it had to undergo an extensive treatment before she was healthy i was so touched with the way she responded to the treatment and became friendly that i adopted her shah addedbuying and adopting pets became a trend post lockdown as people thought pets would keep them company and help beat loneliness but the warmth towards furry friends was indeed too shortlivedharish patil who owns a pet shop in vadodara said that in last few months he has helped adopt at least seven such pets many people felt lonely during the lockdown last year and decided to buy pets it was easier initially as they were working from home but when their offices resumed they couldnt manage to look after the pet and handle work patil saida pet dog is just like a kid that has to be looked after all day its not easy so those who bought the dogs in last one year have started selling them off or giving them away for adoption patil addedin yet another case pfa people for animals got a rescue call about a labrador dog with a collar and leash dumped in a ditch the dogs eyes were infected with maggots there was a chain and a collar which clearly meant it had been abandoned by someone we got the dog to our shelter in ahmedabad treated its infection and kept him in care he is so playful now and was recently adopted by a loving family said mahendra shrimali secretary pfarescuers say that poor awareness giving in to trends encouraged people to adopt even buy dogs from breeders but in most cases the dogs were often abandoned or given up at shelter homes for further adoptionjignesh brahmakshatriya who runs a pet dogs hostel in the city had a similar experience a few months ago two citizens came to my hostel and dropped off their two pet dogs saying that they will pick them up after some days when they didnt return for many days i called them they said that they dont need the dogs any more as they cant give enough time brahmakshatriya said