Talking to TOI, the actress says, “I’ve always had a liking for animals. But because of my time schedule, I’ve never been able to have a pet. But that doesn’t stop me from helping the strays. In fact, recently, I’d rescued a puppy in Mumbai and helped a church in adopting him. And, when shooting in Sarjapur in Karnataka for a Kannada film, I found a pup abandoned in the deep jungles. It had no food, no company and no shelter.
I got him with me to Mumbai by road and I’m making arrangements for it to get adopted. I’m also nursing a pigeon back to health after it hit itself in a window sill in my apartment.”
She adds, “Earlier, I had no idea about the organisations that helped in rescuing animals. But now, I’m all set to go on a drive to protect them.”