With the summer heat rising, animals including birds are also suffering. Rescuers said they have been getting calls about dehydration and heat stroke among birds from March this year, as opposed to May when the cases generally start. However, many good Samaritans have come to the aid of these birds, especially pigeons, parrots, kites, eagles, bats and crows which account for most heat stroke cases. 

One such good Samaritan, a south Mumbai-based businessman, has kept a cage outside his shop to help birds where he treats them and gives them water before setting them free. The shopkeeper, Sandip Shah, who runs Reshmo Jivdaya on Abdul Rehman Street, has rescued over 1,000 birds so far.