If anyone had a doubt that dog is man’s best friend, they only need to see footage of Ukranians shellshocked by the invasion of Russia, going without food, water and medicine for days, but clutching onto to their cats and dogs, who will accompany them as they walk miles to cross borders and into neighbouring countries.

In Mumbai, the same love played out last month when a stray dog returned after eight days of vanishing from his Naigaon neighbourhood in Dadar East. The young men of the area took it upon themselves to find him after he disappeared from Prabhadevi early February. #FindingWhiskey was the call on social media that week as families felt compelled to network and find him. When he did return, it had to be a viral moment, driving back in a kaali peeli from near Wilson College, Girgaum  Chowpatty, where he was found. An aarti was ready to welcome him.