Mother dog saves her puppies from flood-ravished slums in India
A heart-warming video has emerged of a mother dog rescuing her puppies from floodwaters in the slums of Chennai, India.
The black and white dog swims from one rubbish-filled bank to another, where two of her pups are nestled together.
They start yapping as their mother gets closer to them, distressed about being separated from her.
The mother picks up one of her babies gently in her jaws and starts heading back into the murky floodwaters.
The dogs' are almost sinking into the water, with the pup’s head dipping below the surface on several occasions.
No doubt exhausted, they make it to the other side unscathed.
The video has reached over 18,000 views on YouTube in just one day, however for the people of Chennai, this display of beauty is a rare example of good news in their city of late.
Chennai is experiencing its worst rainfall in 100 years, with a combination of weather patterns and poor storm water drainage to blame to the rise in water levels.
Locals are concerned stagnant sewage water around the city will lead to diseases.
India’s Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj shared with her Twitter followers what her department is doing to help victims of the flooding.
"In five days, we have given Passports to 851 applicants who lost/damaged their Passports in Chennai floods free of charge,” she wrote.
While an exact figure is yet to be released, Indian police estimate over 500 people have lost their lives in Chennai and surrounding areas due to the floods.
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