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  “ Hello sir, the dog that you had sent for treatment last week, numbered 1772, has passed away!” said Rajesh, from the Frendicoes Hospital for Animals. I searched for words to reply on the call while being loaded with reports to submit within an hour. All I could ask him was if I could come there the next day for the final rites to which he retorted, “Bhaiya, kya baat kar rahe ho! Kal tak thodi rakhenge isko. Abhi dafna denge!” hanging up the call. The dog had caught a blood infection. While it was a non-fatal condition, the dog passed away, given his inability to recover thanks to his old age. This was not the first time I had received such a call. It has been three occurrences now in the past three years when the dogs I send in a critical state for treatment, die. It may sound uncanny but not every time I want the dog to come back. Sometimes I wish the contrary, sometimes I wish the dog gets relieved as early as possible. This happened last year, when one of the dogs in my ...