navi mumbai following peta indias appeal to the government to allow indian student rishabh kaushik who is in ukraine to bring back his rescued dog here the government has relaxed the norms of importing companion animals the navi mumbaibased activists have now hailed the indian student who had refused to return from ukraine without his dog and urged all citizens to show such love and compassion for all local dogs cats that depend on humans for survival in the citydespite suffering the sounds of bombing and freezing weather rishabh has refused to leave his companion dog malibu who he rescued from the streets behind in ukraine india is already famous the world over for our cultural compassion for animals and rishabh has made the country proud by remaining true to his indian roots by refusing to abandon his dog he is an inspiration for others to follow at a time when a recent survey revealed over 30 of indians said they had abandoned a dog or cat on the roads and when in a recent 10year span nearly 5 lakh animals were victims of recorded crimes committed by humans in the country said dr manilal valliyate ceo of peta indiapeta india encourages those with the time patience love resources and commitment to welcome a dog or cat into their homes to adopt from a shelter or the street and to report crimes against animals to the police peta india also encourages people who see an animal in trouble to call our emergency helpline at 9820122602navi mumbaibased activist b n kumar of natconnect foundation commented rishabhs act teaches all of us a lesson in compassion that we must all live in harmony with animals this also applies to those housing societies who cruelly try to get rid of the local dogs and cats on some silly pretext following an appeal from peta india to minister for fisheries animal husbandry and dairying parshottam rupala the department of animal husbandry and dairying issued an office memorandum stating that considering unique and extraordinary situations in warhit ukraine wherein preexport requisite formalities for the export of pets into india may not be fulfilled the import of pet dogs andor pet cats along with stranded indians being rescued by the government of india is being facilitated as a onetime relaxation measure as under peta india approached the minister following an appeal for help on social media by rishabh kaushik who was refusing to leave warhit ukraine without his dog malibuthe memorandum includes relaxed preimport and postimport conditions and directs regional officers of all animal quarantine and certification services to coordinate with the respective state veterinary authorities to share details of each import with the central governments department of animal husbandry and dairyingwe are extremely thankful to the modi government for this compassionate decision to include companion animals in the evacuation process separating animal companions from their guardians would have been another tragedy for those desperately fleeing ukraine and it would have only resulted in more heartbreak