Poor woman who begs for alms to look after street dogs in Delhi

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India is notorious for stray dogs more than any other country; even statistics show that they the highest dog death toll due to rabies in the entire world. The strays roam the streets with no home and no love. Nonetheless, Pratima Devi is doing her best looking after these poor pups in New Delhi; actually, she’s taking care of 400 of them! Pratima left a bad marriage and became a saint to stray dogs, helping, feeding, and taking care of them. Her son tried to get her to move to a village, but she refused; she told him that she is happy when she is with her canine friends. You might be wondering how she is capable of looking after 400 dogs at the same time; well actually, she is not; an eighteen-year-old boy called Vivek helps her. Together, they make sure that all 400 pups are well-fed, cl