Delhi’s animals dying of heat stress, thirst—dogs bleeding through their noses, cats panting

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New Delhi: At seven in the morning, members and volunteers of the nonprofit organisation Yamuna Khimtsang hustle to fill steel trays with a soupy mix of rice and curd for the 120 street dogs in New Delhis New Aruna Nagar..

By 9 am, everyone retreats people to their homes and shanties, and the dogs to anywhere they can find some shade...

Along a stretch of Yamuna flood plains inNorth Delhi,atMajnu ka Tilla,the NGO Yamuna Khimtsang has laid out 150 big concrete water bowls for the areas stray dogs...

Neighbourhood Woof, a welfare organisation in Timarpur, has been grappling with four cases of heatstroke among dogs since it was founded nearly 10 years ago..

The animal welfare groups are also focusing on equipping shelters and centres with necessary resources coolers, ACs and water access to handle surgery or treatments during summermonths..