thane the heavy downpour on tuesday left many strays stranded across various parts of the city animal activists ngos and even locals waded out into knee deep waters to save the animals and birds from distressfrom rescuing stray dogs and cats stranded across the city or birds thrown off trees to providing them with first aid and shelter animal lovers left no stone unturned when it came to ensuring that these creatures were savedwe rescued an owl a night heron four kittens and their mother and eight puppies which were stranded across thane on tuesday and provided them with basic first aid we also found a paralyzed dog and puppy but had to take them to a vet using our ambulance said nilesh bhanage founder of animal ngo pawsmeanwhile aditi nair founder of pal ngo said a few members of our ngo found many strays stranded near the overflowing upvan lake and immediately provided them with urgent foster homes while we could provide most of our rescued animals with shelters a dog who was hit by a vehicle and left in the flooded waters near kasheli bridge succumbed to the injuries the officials at the thane spca made additional provisions for the animals in their care as the hospital was inundated with waterwe have a total of 33 dogs which had to be kept in their kennels and kept on a height as the thane spca animal hospital was flooded on tuesday the ducks turtles and other small animals were moved into the empty monkey cages and were kept above the water levels as well we received over 20 rescue calls on tuesday alone said shakuntala majumdar founder of thane spcawhile dozens of animals and birds were rescued on tuesday and wednesday volunteers of pal ngo will be distributing food to all strays across the flood hit parts of the city on thursday these strays survive on food they find in the streets and garbage bins all of which was washed off in the rain we will be cooking over 30 kg of rice and 300 eggs and feeding strays across the water logging hit zones in the city tomorrow nair said freny fernandes