Adah Sharma on her work rescuing abandoned animals: ‘Someone left their blind pet Pomeranian blind on the road’

Adah Sharma

Actress Adah Sharma had a great run at the movies in the past year. Her performance in the much-debated film ‘The Kerala Story' was lauded. The success of the film also earned her the top spot on the highest-grossing films led by a woman. For Adah, cinema is just one among the many things she enjoys doing. "I love music, I love dancing, I love doing things for animals. And I am doing something with animals. Now I've tied up with an animal hospital and I'm working very closely with them. Now after my three releases, I took a little time off to do something for animals," she said talking to mid-day.com earlier this year after a month of three releases.

Adah was seen in the theatrically released film ‘Bastar' made by the team of 'The Kerala Story'. She also played a quirky character named Rosie in the second 2 of the web series ‘Sunflower' starring Sunil Grover. 'The Kerala Story' was also released on OTT in the same month.

Talking in detail about her love for animals and the animal hospital that she has tied up with, Adah shared, "It's called TOLFA, which is Tree of Life for Animals. They work with abandoned animals from cats, dogs, and puppies to cows. There's even a camel over there. There's an abandoned camel who had a skin rash and that's why someone abandoned him."

"There are cows over there and bull calf. The bull calf is always abandoned because he just drinks the mother's milk. And the cow they can use as for milk again. So they don't want the mother's milk getting wasted because they want to give it to humans. So they leave this bull calf after his birth. And when baby calf is really small they can hardly fend for themselves. They leave them on the road and wild dogs attack and kill them. So these guys rescue them also. There's a whole stable of donkeys as well at the hospital. A lot of abandoned animals with a lot of ailments."

Sharing further stories on the plight of animals who land at TOLFA, the actress shared, "There is someone who made their pet pomeranian blind and left him on the road. They poked his eyes out. It's crazy how cruel some people can be. It's crazy if you hear the stories like I can go into detail, but this was one incident. They have dogs with their hind legs broken. This is something I am close to and happy I could be a part of this."