Campaign aimed at promoting adoption of Indie dogs launched

The highlight of the event was a fashion show organised by fashion designer Prasad Bidapa where models walked the ramp with Indian street dogs. This was followed by Indie pet parents walking the ramp with their pets, and sharing their stories.

‘Santa Bow Wow 2024’, an event to promote animal welfare, compassion and responsible pet parenting was held in Cubbon Park on Monday morning. The event was organised by CJ Memorial Trust (CJMT) and its #MillionIndiesHomed campaign, nicknamed ‘The Mindie Project’ which aims to find forever homes for one million Indian street dogs was also launched by Chief Secretary Shalini Rajaneesh.

The highlight of the event was a fashion show organised by fashion designer Prasad Bidapa where models walked the ramp with Indian street dogs. This was followed by Indie pet parents walking the ramp with their pets, and sharing their stories.

Cubbon Reads, the reading group whose Secret Santa event in Cubbon Park led to the detaining of its organisers by the police and Horticulture Department officials, is now mulling to take the legal path by bringing together other groups and individuals who have faced similar problems in the park. The organisers said in an Instagram post that following their experience at the park, many others reached out to them and shared that they were also affected by similar issues.

“We always wanted to remain a community, not turn into an organisation, but if needed, we will form an association and work towards filing a PIL for making parks more accessible for all creative activities, whether done solo or in a group,” the statement said.