When the writer encounters a ratty problem, she brings in the ‘pied piper’

Suzy with one of her kittens. — Photos: Shivani Ram

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We were not a cat family. We preferred caring for dogs, and never regretted this love for them. Their loyalty and devotion to us humans was something that made us so.