Kathmandu, Feb. 7 -- There is almost no Kathmandu street that does not have a stray cow, either wandering along the road or sitting in a corner, on a heap of garbage, chewing on anything it thinks edible.

And what the KMC has failed to do, a small organisation, Math Mandir Gai Bacha Bachao Tatha Samaj Vikas Abhiyan, has been doing-efficiently too-for the past two years.

The shelter, formed by Gopal Neupane, in 2014, has helped find homes for 87 stray animals from around the metropolis and other municipalities from the Valley in the past year. Currently, the Abhiyan provides protection to 124 abandoned cattle in Bankali inside the premises of Pashupatinath temple. The eight ropanis of land in Bankali was turned into the shelter house aft...