BENGALURU: It was on a December evening in 2020 that Katie Boyle and her partner Arne Jach returned home from work and suspected that their pet Rex had playfully chewed on some painkillers from their medicine cabinet. The couple tried to rush the dog to a veterinary hospital but no autorickshaw or cab was willing to ferry the canine. Finally, after an hour they managed to find one and get timely treatment for Rex.
That evening was the tipping point. While most pet parents would have bought a car after the agonising episode, this Irish-German couple settled in Bengaluru who have adopted two strays did something different. They bought an autorickshaw just for their dogs. Now the red three-wheeler is used to take the pets to the vet and roam around the city.
