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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Suhasini Sathyanarayan

Why pet owners still struggle to find acceptance within their communities

Nisha Sitaraman, 29, lives with her two-year-old Beagle, named Prince, in a small house in Richmond Town, Bengaluru. She takes the lift every evening to walk her dog around the area. Nobody complains about her dog using the lift or bothers her about Prince yelping excitedly in the corridors. For her, this is a first. 

Bitter experience

“I used to live in an upscale apartment building in Jayanagar where people complained about my dogs in the apartment. There was a small group of people who did not like dogs,” she said, adding that dogs weren’t even allowed in the common area. “If a dog urinates once in the hallway, they never let it go. They think every dog is going to do the same thing all the time,” she said.

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