Ten years ago, when Mriidu Khosla, filmmaker and co-founder of Versova's Cat Café Studio, began engaging in rescue operations of stray animals, she stumbled upon the concept of feeders.

"I had lost a pet cat at the time, and my sister and I were frantically looking for her. That's when somebody asked us to connect with a certain Suman Suttar, because there were chances that she may have spotted our cat," recalls Khosla. Sawant was a feeder, who had voluntarily taken up the task of safeguarding the lives of stray animals in her vicinity by offering food and medicines on a daily basis. "She would feed over 100 stray cats and dogs in Andheri," she says. One night, Khosla accompanied her on a round that began at 8 pm and ended at 1.30 am.