She is all set to set to fly to Dulles, Northern Virginia, on Thursday.
Mumbai, May 22, 2109: This is the story of a dog Meher, who was born blind in Ghatkopar. Chances of her survival on streets seemed bleak but, despite all odds she will lead a dignified life from now. Meher has found a forever home in the US. She is all set to set to fly to Dulles, Northern Virginia, on Thursday to live with an animal-friendly American couple, Pete and Jill Petrilli. The couple adopted her after going through her pictures and videos on instagram.
The initially seen impossible task was accomplished due to the efforts of an animal rights activist Vinita Kalgutkar, who lives in Bhandup. For so long she was trying to find a home for Meher in Mumbai but she failed. However she did not lose hope and posted the video clips and pictures on instagram and her endeavors finally paid-off.
According to Time of India, Activist Vinita Kalgutkar saw the female dog Meher as a pup at the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Parel in a kennel, where somebody had dropped her. “I noticed the pup wouldn’t lift her head up. When I picked her up, I realized she was blind. So we decided to do something for her,” she added. But when she returned to the animal; centre a few days later, “we were told the animal ambulance had dropped her back to the Ghatkopar street from where she had been picked up for treatment. She was eventually found after we wrote about the issue to BSPCA trustees. Priti Bist, an animal lover who lives in Mulund, fostered her till the time I found her a forever home,” she informed.
When the American couple expressed their wish to adopt the dog, Meher, Vinita Kalgutkar realized that Ashraf Hussain, an US-based AAC volunteer lives in Northern Virginia and could check up on them for background information. Hussain met the couple in Dulles and happily reported with a positive response. An Indian pet relocation service, Furry Flyers arranged for transportation formalities and airfare for Meher through crowdfunding, said Vinita Vinita Kalgutkar.
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