Updated On: 02 June, 2024 02:34 PM IST | Athulya Nambiar
Many celebrities in Bollywood have been a strong advocate of adopting over buying pets. Here are some celebrities who practice what they preach

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Madhuri Dixit and her husband Dr Shriram Nene are also advocated of adopting strays. They named their dog Caramello
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Actress Raveena Tandon is a big time animal lover and takes part in animal rescue operations. From cats, dogs, cows, owls and other animals, the actress has rescued different species

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Raveena has also adopted a street dog named Cuddles
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During the shoot of Manish Gupta`s `One Friday Night`, Raveena has been known to have rescued a snake, crab and a scorpion
![<p>Being an animal lover, Sood has always urged people to adopt stray dogs. “If we show love to animals, they will always reciprocate with love. I tell people to adopt; don’t shop,” says the actor, who is often seen petting and feeding cats and dogs in public places.Practicing what he preaches, Sood’s son recently adopted an abandoned Indie puppy. He shares, “Ayaan adopted an Indie puppy [now called Naruto] last year when he was in Alibaug. When he realised Naruto was a motherless, abandoned stray puppy, living on the streets and fending for himself, he decided to bring him home to Mumbai.”</p> <p>Being an animal lover, Sood has always urged people to adopt stray dogs. “If we show love to animals, they will always reciprocate with love. I tell people to adopt; don’t shop,” says the actor, who is often seen petting and feeding cats and dogs in public places.Practicing what he preaches, Sood’s son recently adopted an abandoned Indie puppy. He shares, “Ayaan adopted an Indie puppy [now called Naruto] last year when he was in Alibaug. When he realised Naruto was a motherless, abandoned stray puppy, living on the streets and fending for himself, he decided to bring him home to Mumbai.”</p>](https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/may/pet-stray-adopt-2.jpg)
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Being an animal lover, Sood has always urged people to adopt stray dogs. “If we show love to animals, they will always reciprocate with love. I tell people to adopt; don’t shop,” says the actor, who is often seen petting and feeding cats and dogs in public places.Practicing what he preaches, Sood’s son recently adopted an abandoned Indie puppy. He shares, “Ayaan adopted an Indie puppy [now called Naruto] last year when he was in Alibaug. When he realised Naruto was a motherless, abandoned stray puppy, living on the streets and fending for himself, he decided to bring him home to Mumbai.”
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Hrithik Roshan adopted a stray puppy a few years ago and named him Mowgli

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Back in 2016, John Abraham adopted a stray dog and named it Bailey
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Jacqueliene Fernandez is also an animal lover and an advocate of adopting strays. She adopted Yolo last year

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Diana Penty is a pet parent of an Indie whom she named Vicky. The actress, a strong advocate of adopting strays, often shares pictures and videos with Vicky
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Randeep Hooda with his stray pet Bambi

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Shibani Dandekar Akhtar adopted a stray a couple of years ago and named him Tyson
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