Monsoon takes a toll on not only humans but also animals. Welfare organisations and rescuers are the busiest during the monsoon months with hundreds of distress calls for rescuing birds which fall from trees due to high wind or other animals including reptiles venturing into residential areas in search of shelter due to waterlogging.

City-based NGOs Amma Care Foundation (ACF), Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS)-Mumbai and International Organization for Animal Protection, which work for the welfare of animals, rescued around 102 reptiles including snakes, lizards and turtles and around 12 birds from Mumbai and Thane in July.