Varanasi: If every dog has his day, Moti and Jaya are the two living testaments. Last year, these two mongrels were spotted by two European tourists in the old city bylanes of Varanasi. Now, both of them are all set to fly out to the cool confines of their new homes across the seven seas. Passport, geotagging and all the formalities have been done and within the next three months, they would be flying out to be with their new ‘parents’ in Milan and Amsterdam.
Moti, a female mongrel was rescued from Assi Ghat here by an Italian woman tourist Vera Lazzaretti, would be landing at Milan airport in Italy on July 14, while Jaya, of the same breed will be departing to Amsterdam in The Netherlands by August-end or September to stay with Merel Bontelbal and her family. Both are being prepared to immigrate by Animotel Care Trust, a Varanasi-based NGO working for rescue and rehabilitation of ailing, injured as well as physically disabled street dogs.
“True companion passport of 7-month-old Moti is ready, and vaccination and their blood serum has been tested in Italy and Portugal. Their microchip for geotagging along with a 15-digit identification number will be injected soon. Ticket to depart from IGI Airport on July 13 is ready,” said the founder presidents of ACT, Dr Indraneel Basu and Sudeshna Basu.