Strays go hungry in lockdown | Bengaluru scientist dedicates kitchen to strays

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	Strays go hungry in lockdown | Bengaluru scientist dedicates kitchen to strays

as the lockdown extends across the

country it is not just humans who have

been impacted animals especially stray

dogs cats and cows that are largely

dependent on humans for their food have

been left to starve but some citizens

are trying to change that

Manjari Chaitanya a scientist from

Bengaluru is working round the clock to

feed 2,000 to 2,500 stray animals a

restaurant in the city owned by needle

has dedicated its kitchen with the

manpower to cook food for the starving

animals in two batches there are only

stray dogs and stray dogs in India

basically scavengers so they live off

leftovers thrown out from people who

don't have access to disposing of garbage

like us who just leave out extras from

the house or they eat out of garbage

dumps basically they're scavengers so

now with the lockdown and all

restaurants being closed

Mitch saws being closed no humans

emptying there the bus outside no

children being naughty and throwing out

their lunchboxes the dogs are in a fix

they don't know I'm sure they're

enjoying being without humans but

they're not enjoying the lack of food

and the heat so whatever even is left

out putrefies and draughts very fast

because it's summer funda be nice tragic

for the dogs not for Corona if it was

winter but yeah the dogs are struggling

and so this food goes out feeders we've

identified feeders from areas close by

some of them come pick up from here

firstly the kids who are going out to

give dog food are no more going out

number one number two the wastage has

been very organized finally by the

government because I wish the dogs are

not getting food that's the second cost

also, the people who are working is too

dumb that defends our food here and

there people smoking at a cigarette shop

just to give biscuits to dogs so these

are all the ways of feeding dogs but

henceforth now you're locked on people

are at home and dogs are just not

getting the right kind of food to

survive the day

despite the lockdown the kitchen staff

and volunteers work all day to cook food

and supply to different parts of the

city the food supplies are entirely

crowdfunded donated by animal lovers who

don't want the strays to go hungry it's

more like a mixed bag of volunteers so

there are people who are corporate lives

work from home and in the evening they

go out and they feed their dogs and

there are a lot of people who also work

out animal welfare and you know they do

it on a daily basis but now since it's

becoming difficult for them also to get

relation and get chicken and cook it for

their dogs they prefer picking it up

from one certain place so what do you

also plan to do is instead of multiple

people you know cooking in multiple

houses and then feeling all that else in

the area if you can of you know bottle

it down to one place where the food is

being Co so it'll be easier for them to

come pick up and then go around and feed

their dogs