What are the consequences of a needless rescue?
Madhav had developed hematoma of the ear in March. He completed his rounds of meds, his ear had dried and started to wrinkle and then one fine day, there were signs of puncture in the ear, which got swollen once again. The next day, he disappeared. Imagine searching for Madhav in addition to all the muck we tackle in a day.
Sending a dog to a shelter is considered an act of good karma, sans the consequences. Some students got him rescued to a shelter, the same place from where Shyam, Victor, Natasha and others had to be rescued and so many die there because dogs don't get the treatment and people who send them, never bother to ask what happened. They just make peace with what they are shown on social media. But atleast that shelter is a lot better than VSPCA because they don't hit the dogs with iron rods atleast.
The shelter manager first went incommunicado and then finally reverted saying that Madhav needs to be stablised first (don't ask for what kind of a stability in a perfectly healthy dog). Five days later, they operated on the ear, only to place a call to my mother that Madhav had stopped eating, basically be prepared that he would die. Madhav was rescued out of that shelter, admitted to a private vet and dropped back within a week's time. His face glittered when Maa brought him back to the place he belonged to and his dear friend, Kaala Chotu, was there to receive him.
Today's social media generation doesn't want to learn when and when not does the dog needs intervention. The curiosity to learn is just not there, it is just the need for an impulsive action that would translate to a social media response. A shelter facility is upheld as though a site of pilgrimage. These are the people who have never stepped inside a shelter. Disaster 2 was Madhav being sent to that shelter operating with no accountability unless you know the trustee ofcourse. Then, the final moment of crisis, when Madhav gave up to depression at the shelter. It was a needless rescue. Then, the cost of the private vet and the medical foster that we had to bear. Here's the fun part, for that organisation, Madhav became a rescue and incoming funds for his treatment and people applauded their efforts. Everyone can be fooled because who cares about the backstory that no one gets to know or does not want to know because it challenges the status quo of normalcy?
Madhav got saved, others like him go on a one way journey. Have mercy.
At the Bridging Rainbows Foundation, we insist that everyone become curious to
learn more. Ask questions and not get carried away merely on face value. Practical knowledge is what helps truly make a difference. Let your ignorance not
become a cause of death for a life that could have thrived without your intervention.
Email info@bridgingrainbows.org to meet Madhav in person. He cannot share his side of the story, but we always do on their behalf.
