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Taken together, 2025 highlighted both progress and growing pains in India’s evolving relationship with pets. While advancements in policy, healthcare, startups, and welfare signal a more mature ecosystem, ongoing legal ambiguity, implementation challenges, and misinformation continue to spark debate. What is clear is that pets are no longer a niche concern but a mainstream social, economic, and policy issue. As India moves into 2026, the conversations and changes set in motion this year will play a critical role in shaping a more informed, humane, and pet-inclusive future.

From walking into a shelter as a depressed 16-year-old volunteer to running a full-fledged training farm and working dog club, Tara’s journey shows what happens when passion, purpose and persistence align. She has seen the worst sides of human behaviour — abandonment, irresponsibility, denial — and still chooses to show up every day for the dogs and the people who are willing to learn. Her story is not just about dog training. It’s about choosing an unconventional path, staying with it through conflict and chaos, and building a life where work, purpose and identity all point in the same direction: towards the dogs. 🐾

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