A worli-based animal rights NGO has dashed off a letter to MP and animal activist Maneka Gandhi, after the fawn-coloured indie puppies they had handed over for adoption were returned to them a strange dark brown shade. The activists then found out that the 16-year-old boy who had taken the puppies had dyed their fur and passed them off as purebreds as they fetched a 'good price'.

Swapna Gupta, who works with an NGO for the welfare of animal rights, had put an advertisement on social media for the adoption of two stray pups, three days ago.