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Woman With Marital Trouble Leaves Her Husband. What She Does With Her Life? OMG.

We make fun of the ‘crazy cat lady’! Did you know there is a woman in India that cares for 400 dogs?! She is far from crazy! Pratima Devi is 65-years-old and has taken it upon herself to care for 400 stray dogs in New Delhi.

India has an incredible number of stray dogs and in 2001 a law was passed that said killing strays was illegal; residents often feed the dogs, but the strays are not spayed or neutered, so the problem continues to grow. Pratima was miserable in her marriage, so she left her husband and now cares for the homeless dogs.


One of her sons tried to get her to come back to her village, but she refused. Pratima is much happier caring for her dogs. Vivek, an 18-year-old boy, lives nearby and helps Pratima with the dogs every day. He has been helping her for two years.

Pratima and Vivek make sure the dogs are all clean, fed and have their injuries properly treated. They even get the dogs vaccinated. The dogs eat three times a day! Their diet is milk, meat, and rice.

Recently Pratima has gotten donations of food, milk, and money, but can’t afford to get them all spayed or neutered. Pratima is worried about what will happen to her dogs when she is gone. Pratima hopes that a rescue will step in and help care for her pack, so it doesn’t keep growing!

Pratima is right – we should be encouraged by her, those stray animals are our responsibility! Share away, people.

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