Meeting Star and Ganesh

I had heard of this dog rescue a couple weeks back.

I happened to overhear a conversation between Dad and Mr. Joshi.  Daddy was asking him a lot of questions; how the boys had got into the well .... how they'd lifted the dog up.... who were these boys and so on. He then showed me a paper article on the rescue.

The whole incident came to life again yesterday.

When I was at dad's, Star and Ganesh came there. They were the boys who'd done the rescue, and we got to hear the story first hand. (there was Govind who was part of the team, but didn't come yest)

This was at Dhoolpalli, in the suburbs of Hyderabad. A dog had fallen into a 100 foot deep gorge. It had apparently fallen in two weeks back.

And how did they come to know?

Through a video that someone from the locality had uploaded on fb (a big thumbs up to social media there). They decided to go help. Ganesh works with PFA (people for animals) and Star, who is otherwise doing his graduation, volunteers when he can. 

They roped in two fire department personnel too, and set about the rescue mission. They said it took over four hours. Not easy getting down that deep gorge. They had to do it mountain climbing style with ropes and all. And even more difficult was to then catch the dog, what with it being as scared and prone to bite.  And then to get it back up. Can only imagine the courage and effort it must have taken.

Here's some pictures:

A groupie of the successful rescue team I'm guessing. Star to the extreme right, and Ganesh fourth from right. I'm guessing there's Govind, and don't know the others names.

A short video clip of it 

After the rescue, the dog was kept in the shelter for a week, as it was dehydrated and needed saline and care. And only after it was fit enough was it left back in the same area...it's home.

One with dad, who they'd come to meet as he'd offered a token cash incentive as appreciation for their commitment and effort.... and love and courage, and all else that it takes to so selflessly go about something like this. So deserved.

This is to add in my kudos to them, and also to Mr Joshi who has been doing the selfless job of animal rescues since a long time,  I'm not even sure how long, it's ever since I can remember. 

Star and Ganesh, it was wonderful and inspiring to meet you....the world surely needs more people like you !