In an inspiring display of compassion, residents of Adyar and Besant Nagar recently rescued baby birds in need.
C.Namachivayam, a resident of Venkatrathnam Nagar, informed Adyar Times of this elderly lady who cared for a baby mynah. He narrates: At the Adyar bus stop (opposite the mosque), I saw an old lady on the platform selling her wares. And she was feeding water to a baby mynah. On enquiring as to where she got him, she replied that he had fallen off his nest and she had adopted him. “Can I take a picture?” I asked. “Of course,” she said and held her adopted child close to her cheek. In prevailing times, where human-to-human compassion itself is getting rare, finding such kindness in the heart of an old lady who struggles even to make a day-to-day living, made my day.
Vanaja Krishnamoorthy, a resident of Besant Nagar, found a baby woodpecker on Elliot’s beach. As crows swooped in to grab the baby, Vanaja, who was on her morning walk at the beach, rescued it. She approached Manish Meena, IFS (Assistant Mission Director, Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission), who guided her to hand over the hatchling to the staff of Guindy Children’s Park.
