gurgaon when puja mishra resident of deerwood chase in sector 50 found an injured labrador wandering in the neighbourhood streets she called the police when cops failed to show up she decided to take the dog to a friends house most abandoned pets dont have the good fortune of coming across kind strangers like puja despite top cops claiming that special nodal officers have been appointed to look into crime against animals help is never at hand when it comes to missing and abandoned pets toi found out that neither the sho nor staff at six of gurgaons seven police stations sadar bhondsi badshahpur sushant lok sector 5657 and dlf phase ii had any knowledge about nodal officer responsible for handling animal cruelty cases a cop at sadar ps said they dont look into complaints on pets and that they were unaware who the nodal officer was isnt it the polices responsibility to provide residents contact details of concerned officials questioned puja she also tried to get in touch with the police commissioner via whatsapp without response most complaints by residents about missing dogs go unnoticed sushma raheja a south city ii resident found an injured alsatian last week and immediately posted on gurgaon polices facebook page the complaint was not taken seriously i left after waiting two hours for the police as i dont know how to take care of dogs she said pet owners said abandonment can have severe psychological effect on pet dogs they are traumatized from missing their owners which reduce a dogs lifespan and leads to heart attack said iti tyagi of pet parent association she advised people to go through facebook groups such as dogs day out indian animal forum pet parent association if they found a lost dog