Cruelty follows a sample, gliding down a groove chiselled with indifference and abuse. Kindness follows one too, traversing a path cobbled with engagement and empathy. An astounding act of kindness normally finally ends up enhancing the sample. An extremely villainous act can add to the sample too, however seldom to the diploma with which kindness can.
Doberman Pattu’s story splices episodes of cruelty and kindness. The kindness the canine acquired has been so out of the method — as you’d quickly discover out, 7,200 kilometres out of the method — that the results of cruelty he suffered have been worn out, in entirety.
An animal lover in Chromepet rescued Pattu, his bones protruding as a consequence of subcutaneous fats dwindling on account of malnourishment. The drawback was deeper than meals having been persistently denied: Pattu was paralysed, and mendacity down helplessly.
Pattu the Doberman simply after being rescued.
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The rescuer introduced Pattu’s plight to the consideration of Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board (TNAWB), and earlier than lengthy, Pattu got here below the care of Besant Memorial Animal Dispensary (BMAD).
“He came to us on November 7, 2024,” says Neeraja Venkateswaran, Head of Operations at BMAD.
What adopted was intense effort — as Neeraja places it, “rigorous physiotherapy” with which “the team nursed him back to health”.
“He was with us till March 2025; by then, he had started walking normally again. Between March and June, he was at ROA shelter run by Dinesh Baba in Koovathur on East Coast Road for temporary boarding until his departure to Czech Republic,” says Neeraja.
Czech Republic it was: all the option to Prague from Chennai, and discovering his forever home 7,200 kilometres away — that was the twist in the tail.
After Pattu’s rehabilitation was full, BMAD posted about him for adoption.
“We were approached by many families for adoption and this one really stood out.”
Pattu had caught the eye of Pavlina Buskova from Czech Republic .
“She has had Doberman dogs all her life, had an admiration for the breed,” explains Neeraja.
Pattu was flown from Chennai to Vienna in Austria with a cease at Dubai. From Vienna in Austria to Prague in Czech Republic, the adopters themselves travelled with him on the highway.
Neeraja says: “We employed the services of ‘Pawfly’, a pet relocation service. This is our fifth international adoption with them. The adopters chose to take up the expenses.”
Recently, a buoyant Pattu figured in a video Palvina shared with BMAD.
Pattu with Pavlina Buskova
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Pattu should be simply three years outdated, not a day over that, and he has already witnessed the duality of human nature with its functionality for cruelty in addition to compassion.
Another worldwide adoption
Prior to discovering Pattu a home overseas, BMAD had pushed one other adoption of comparable proportion.
A Labrador in a deplorable situation had been dropped at BMAD .
Momo with Dr. Shobana Balakrishnan in Edinburgh.
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Neeraja recounts the occasions: “Momo (a name the Labrador was given at BMAD) came to us on October 4, with swollen paws and she was too weak to walk and had severe tick infestation. Chitra, a regular rescuer and feeder, brought the Lab here. Despite coming from a humble background, Chitra and her husband Kannan, an auto driver, have helped many rescues around the city.”
When she heard about Momo, Dr. Shobana Balakrishnan, a long-time donor of BMAD from the United Kingdom, had little question in her thoughts that this canine needed to enrich her fireside. And it does enrich Dr. Shobana’s fireside at Ashgrove Gardens in Edinburgh.
