Her name, they told us, was Peggy. She had been taken into the compound three months before without a hair on her body. Her teats hung like Christmas baubles and her muzzle was streaked with grey.

There are street dogs and cats all over the world, but one country that sometimes goes under the radar when we think of those with large populations is Sri Lanka. However, it’s thought that there are ...

I lost my heart to a Sri Lankan street dog, but in the end I couldn’t save her After volunteering at a rescue project, one stray’s fate still haunts the author – prompting questions about what ‘doing ...