“Tod diya mere bacchon ka ghar (They have demolished my children’s home)”.

In a 15-second video uploaded to the Instagram account of Street Worldz Trust on October 25, animal rights activist Jagriti Mishra is seen sitting beside the debris of a boundary wall of her under-construction shelter which was demolished by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) a day earlier. The video had crossed 11.5 million views within three days.

Mishra runs the organisation that works for injured, disabled and paralysed stray animals in Nizampur village in the Kanjhawala area of Northwest Delhi. She shelters more than 100 stray dogs and other animals.

The boundary wall of an under-construction animal shelter was demolished by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on October 24.

The videos prompted visits from Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh, along with councillor Sonu Dabas.…