when ashok kumar decided to welcome home a new member in the family he adopted a rescued dog instead of looking for a pedigreed one we always wanted to have a pet in the family but at the same time we were sure about not buying one when i heard milos story i just couldnt resist taking him home milo was found by a bunch of students from a private college in the city when the hostel warden found out that they had a dog in the room he threw the pup out the pup was rescued later and we adopted him from an ngo he is now part of our family he says it looks like coimbatoreans are gradually switching to rescued dogs instead of buying petstake the case of homemaker anitha p as well when our 12yearold dog passed away two years ago we felt a huge void in our life it was at the same time that one of the dogs in our street had littered while the male pups were quickly adopted the female pup was left behind we have adopted her as our own now she has grown completely attached to the family she eats and sleeps here we got her sterilized as well so that there is no stray dog menace in the locality another homemaker a rathna too recently included a new female pup in the family she was really pretty and we just couldnt leave her its been more than two weeks and she is getting along well with our 6yearold male dog there is a special happiness in adoptingmini vasudevan managing trustee of the animal welfare organization humane animal society tells us that the number of people opting to adopt animals is on the rise especially in the last one year there is a lot more awareness today we used to have adoption camps earlier but now we are putting up dogs for adoption through foster parents we go to these houses regularly with a doctor vaccinate and deworm them the circle has gotten bigger and now there are more takers for abandoned animals as word spreads having said that there is a still a stigma attached to female pups and a preference for pedigree dogs that way we still have a long way to go if the female pups are spayed some are willing to adoptsome of the pets have been adopted abroad as well we recently sent three dogs to germany and switzerland bailey female pup was in our camp and we had posted about her on social media we got a request for adoption from switzerland there was a lot of paperwork to be done but she is happily settled in her new home in europe in another instance a guest who had visited a spiritual center in the city befriended two dogs in the locality she immediately asked us to take care of them until she finished all her paperwork one of the dogs left the camp