a few weeks ago bengalurubased animal welfare organisation lets live together got to know about buddy a fiveyearold indie dog who had lost his pet parent an 87yearold man to covid19 buddy had no one to look after him and he lay in the courtyard of the house timid forlorn and tied to a chain it took us a couple of hours to cajole buddy and earn his trust he was traumatised scared and we didnt know if he had had food since the death of his parent recalls achala pani founder of the organisation that rescued buddy buddy a fiveyearold indie dog who had lost his pet parent is looking for a loving homepic instagramletslivetogetherwhile buddy is now at a foster home ready to get adopted there have been similar instances across the country following the second wave of covid19abandonment and covid deaths a double threat for petsanimal welfare organisations that were trying to deal with abandoned pets during this time last year are now faced with two issues abandoned and orphaned pets animal activist and admin of a cat rescue page on facebook priyanka padhye says the number of pets losing their humans is quite high in pune while the number of cats losing parents to covid is high in pune there are few instances of these felines finding home againpic istock 82513966often when pet parents die their neighbours arent willing to feed the pets even if they do it stops after 23 days recently we got a request from a woman whose husband and motherinlaw died due to covid she had to travel to her hometown and couldnt take care of their three cats since we dont have a shelter home we are working closely with feeders who go around feeding these felines although we have managed to get a few cats adopted through social media there are roughly 60100 cats still looking for a familyachala throws light upon this side effect of covid where many pets are getting orphaned or abandoned when their parents or primary caretaker succumb to the infection for a pet dog their world revolves around their humans plus in the wfh scenario pets have gotten used to their humans constant presence in such cases if the pets parents die concerned neighbours and relatives bring the pets to a shelter but not every pet is that lucky many are often left on the streets confused about the situation they have landed in she saysbe prepared make provisions for your furry friendto make sure your furry friend is in good hands if something happens to you achala suggests currently theres no provision in indian law to have a legal document or will for a pet so what pet parents can do is make sure that their pets have other human companions socialising is important to help the pet get friendly with humans it becomes a huge obstacle to rescue a dog that is not friendly pet parents can choose godparents too with their