Anita Karki, who had come to Mahendranagar from Kathmandu with friends, had brought Simba along. Simba, who she always kept with her, had wandered out one day when the door was left open.
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A banner with a photo of a dog in a car, accompanied by a miking. ‘Simba, where are you? My child…’ The miking was repeating the same words: ‘A reward of 20 thousand rupees will be given to the person who finds him.’
The effort shown by a woman in search of Simba, the dog, surprised many. After Simba was not found for two to three days, the woman increased the reward to 110,000 rupees. Then Simba was found.
Anita Karki of Kathmandu's Buddhanagar is a woman who loves dogs so deeply. She runs a grocery store in Buddhanagar. Karki, who had come to visit with friends in Mahendranagar, had brought Simba along. She said that Simba, who always kept her with her, had come out one day when the door was left open.
Simba, who was lost on December 11, was found in Gobariya, Bhimdatta Municipality-11, 11 days later. Since the day he went missing, Karki had announced a reward of 20,000 rupees for anyone who could find him through social media including Facebook and TikTok. After two to three days, she increased the reward to 110,000 rupees. She even hired an auto and did miking. She said that the miking that took place for five days cost about 4,000 rupees daily.
‘A sister called him ‘Simba’ when she saw him walking on the road. When he got closer, she informed me,’ Karki said, ‘I managed to find him after a lot of hard work.’
The investment and hard work put into finding a dog has made many curious to know about Karki’s love for dogs. This topic has now also gone viral on social media.
Karki and Simba’s relationship is 6 years old. When Simba was two months old, local children brought him to her shop and left him. After that, she started raising Simba.
‘Since then, Simba has become like a member of my family,’ she said, ‘Humans also breathe, Simba also breathes. He is also a living being.’
‘I love Simba as much as my daughter,’ Karki says, ‘He is my son.’ She loves not only Simba, but all the dogs in the village and the village. She feeds them and gives them medicine. That's why it seems that as soon as she leaves the house, a line of dogs forms.
Karki has said that she will soon hold a formal program and award the announced reward money to the girl who found Simba and informed her. She made it clear that she will provide the full amount she promised.
