India, Aug. 14 -- Evy, a fawn Labrador Retriever, clutched Karthik at the waist with her front paws. Karthik tried to free himself from her grip with a reassuring sound. Little did it help and Evy whimpered. Pain, fear, anxiety, need for attention - his yip resonated the uncertainty dogging her. Evy could figure that his daddy would soon be gone, leaving him with some unknown people.

She scurried to Shweta a few feet away. Shweta was struggling to untangle herself from the bear hug of her German Shepherd. A little bigger in size and a lot more robust, Maya used her strength to lock herself with her mom.

Karthik and Shweta left that day for their long-awaited trip after the Covid-19 pandemic, with racing thoughts over their pets left beh...