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or the 75,000 dogs living on the streets of Now, Muskan works with the volunteers of
Lucknow, India, life isn’t easy. Food and Humane World for Animals India (formerly
water must be found. They face diseases Humane Society International/India) to help teach
and speeding cars, and have no owners to take people in her neighborhood about what they can
care of them. But they do have Muskan Tharu. do for street dogs. She cares for Mowgli and three
At first, Muskan was afraid of the street dogs. other Indie dogs, a breed of dog from India.
That changed at age 13, when she found a dog And now, she can help save even more lives in her
who was abandoned as a puppy. He had a disease neighborhood. She took a training with Humane
called parvovirus. He also acted afraid of being World for Animals India in first aid for dogs.
treated poorly by people. With the help of other She’s already using what she’s learned!
volunteers, Muskan rescued the puppy and named
him Mowgli. She helped treat his illness, and spent Want to hear the articles read aloud?
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WHAT DO YOU CALL AN OWL WITH A SORE THROAT?
RIDDLE RAT!
(answer on p. 7)