hyderabad as many as six rabbits and eight birds were rescued from a closed pet shop in narayanaguda on wednesday the incident came to light after a twitter user tagged municipal administration minister kt rama rao asking him to help the animals locked up in pet shops without food and water after the government announced janata curfew in the state on sundayposting a video of one such pet shop mayura redearthz tweeted ktrtrs sir could you kindly look into petshops in hyderabad that are locked with pets inside with no ventilation and water this is one such pet shop in narayanguda request you to help sic responding to the twitter post the enforcement vigilance and disaster management evdm wing of ghmc raided the pet shop on wednesday and rescued the pets sharing pictures of the pet shop owner with the rescued pets on his twitter account the director enforcement vigilance and disaster management evdm directorevdm said six rabbits and eight birds have been rescued from the closed pet shop the owner has agreed to take care of them by shifting them to his residence meanwhile senior bjp leader maneka gandhi asked people to keep an eye on pet shops as the owners are leaving the animals and birds inside during the lockdown without food or water she also appealed to the people to call police or write to her office to inform about the same pet shops are locking up with their animals and birds inside these will die in two days if you see a pet shop and hear animals inside call the police or let me know at gandhimnicin tweeted maneka gandhi manekagandhibjp the former union ministers remarks came after the government announced complete lockdown in the country amid the covid19 crisis