International Dog Day | Actor-singer Danish Sood: I am against animal cruelty!

Once bitten twice shy is an adage that fails to stand in between the love of actor-singer Danish Pratap Sood when matters pertaining to his heart are related to dogs! Actor Danish Sood, who was part of the Bollywood film Gulmohar, recently visited a dog shelter in Noida and felt happy to see more indies getting adopted of late. Later we got to know that my grandfather was once sadly bitten by a dog and hence this restriction came into place,” he reveals, as a funny incident from the past tickles his memory, and he goes on to narrate it: “My father is a doctor and would help us take care of the dogs in our colony of Janakpuri, and all these strays would usually roam around and even park themselves around my house as my family would provide them food and medical attention, whenever required… There was this one time when we had to take a stray to the doctor and it was administered a sedative, but the dosage of the drug turned out to be suitable for a human being! I was made responsible for monitoring him closely and can't forget how funny it was.” Actor-singer Danish Sood shares how his family in Delhi has been taking care of stray animals in their neighbourhood. I must have been bitten one or two times while taking care of the strays, or even domesticated animals, but that doesn't mean I should start hating dogs!” Like most animal lovers, Sood emphasises and iterates how these voiceless beings are a source of immense love and care.