I am delighted by the coming of age of the volunteer animal movement but RWA cruelties are increasing and street police have been a nuisance.
When the nationwide lockdown was announced on 24 March to stop the coronavirus from spreading, I immediately gave my phone number all over the country for animal volunteers who needed help. I thought that perhaps only a few organisations would get in touch. Not so. Thousands of calls started coming in from people who needed passes for feeding animals, people who were being accosted by the street police while feeding and people who were suffering from the viciousness of Resident Welfare Associations.
I am delighted by the coming of age of the volunteer animal movement. Now that we have over one lakh people whom I can identify across India, the next step is to organise them into legal champions and policymakers in their states.
