In May this year, India fought with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and thereafter the intensity of international rendezvous has amplified. There are a number of developments over the past few months which yet again send a strong message that India is there to play a significant role with the rest of the world. 


We have a lot to be thankful for in the year 2022. The year treated us well keeping Pandemic at bay and allowing us to carry on with our work at a normal pace. We, at IIPTF, witnessed overwhelming response. Exhibitors and visitors participated with gusto.

As we are heading towards the end of year 2022, we urge you to halt for a while and look back to see what value did you add to the lives of your furry ones in this year. Our pets are our cherished companions! We need to ensure that they are happy and healthy, right from their whiskers to their tails. 

I feel incredibly blessed that it's been sixteen long years since we've launched our first edition of Creature Companion Magazine. I want to thank you for being our ardent readers and providing your valuable insight on the content that we share with you.

If excited puppy tail-wagging and furry kitten yawns make you swoon, you're not alone. As humans, we've long had a fascination with our furry companions and their adorable ways. 

Pet parenting is an art, not everyone is adept at! Pets are complete living beings unto themselves, with their own temperament and personality. You may experience a constant struggle in raising them without knowing them inside out.

July is here! It’s time to sit, breathe, look out of the window, and enjoy some free time with our pets. Frequent drizzles and refreshing fragrance of soil return our affection by inspiring us to enjoy little things in life. 

Welcome to the June issue, which delivers an abundance of relevant, engaging, and fun content. The word 'outstanding' might be overused but it certainly fits when describing our story subjects.

Creature Companion Magazine is once again gearing up to organise its annual event, India International Pet Trade Fair (IIPTF) 2022 after two years of hiatus due to Pandemic. This will be the 12th edition of IIPTF and we are working on it to make it much more effective, much more fun with ample networking opportunity. Details will keep unfolding as we go along.

Spring is Here !
No April showers just the heat but the pet industry is blooming.
Spring is when we look forward to renew commitments and engage with well being and new beginnings.

We are, shortly, going to celebrate Holi in India. It is a festival of colours, there are
different forms of celebrations however, it includes a lot of colours. Our pets do not know how festive it is to colour each other an d eat delectable sweets. For them it is a lot of noise and disturbing. Colours can also be harmful to them. Spare thoughts for voiceless dogs and cats at home as well as in streets. It is not cool to splash colour or water at them.

One of our most loved dogs Jokai died last week. He fell ill in the morning and by the night he was gone. He came to us as adult dog from a friend  who had adopted him. We dearly miss him especially when there is a storm accompanied by lighting and thunder; or when there are fire works and crackers as part of any festival or celebration since he was paranoid of loud sounds and such type of noise. 

The year 2021 ended on a great note for the Indian Pet Industry. The last two years had been challenging both mentally and psychologically for all of us all over the world; 
yet it proved rewarding  years for the Indian Pet Industry.

I had an opportunity to attend and interact with Ganesh Ramani, MD Mars Petcare in the last week of Nov during the launch of Pet Homelessness Index. My interactions with him and the whole team of Mars Petcare and other civil societies gave me more insight into the situation of Indian street dogs and cats. This initiative by Mars is praiseworthy. This will allow us to chart our way to address the pet homelessness problem.

As we are heading towards the end of year 2021, we urge you to halt for a while and look back to see what value did you add to the lives of your furry ones in this year. Those who have pets would know what happiness and well-being they bring to our lives. 

Raising a pet is an art and all pet parents are artists who create beautiful lives for their pets with the colours of compassion, understanding, happiness, kindness, and benevolence. The unique bond they share with their pets is a masterpiece, which is worth cherishing for lives! This edition brings to you the heartwarming stories of such artists, who may surprise you, inspire you, bring you a sense of awe, or may also leave you in splits! So grab a copy for yourself and please the reader and artist inside you.

We hope all of you are having good time with your pets in this monsoon season. You get to watch rain falling, trees swaying and plants looking new and fresh along with your pets and a cup of tea and coffee. Soil is so fertile and ready to give birth to anything that you thow in the ground. However, weeds come along and so do ticks and fleas. 

Our pets are our cherished companions! We need to ensure that they are happy and healthy, right from their whiskers to their tails. Michael Morpurgo once said, “Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny, and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.” In this edition, our editorial team brings to you carefully curated and well researched articles on pet care, which may help you in becoming the most responsible and loving pet parents.

Welcome to another warm and cozy month of this year! Let me share one incident with you, which made me go on a roller coaster ride of emotions – It was a bright summer evening at an adoption drive. A young girl cradled a rescued mongrel in her arms. Seeing her love, several other little roly poly puppies proceeded towards her, their peachy tongues hanging out. 

The Covid-19 pandemic represents one of the greatest public health crisis in recent history. It is a wakeup call for us to dive deep into the mysteries of interconnected continuum of life. Experts have noted that the genesis of Covid-19 pandemic lies on a close and interdependent links of humans, animals and environment, in consonance with the One Health approach. Many of the same microbes infect animals and humans, as they share the eco-systems they live in. So efforts by just one sector cannot prevent or eliminate the problem.

In most parts of India the weather is getting warmer with every passing day. The day temperatures are shooting up slowly. In the hills in the Northern and in the Eastern part of India, we are still in the sweet spot of transit weather that is cool not cold. In this time of the year, we get to see flowers along the streets and on the cliffs celebrating the end of winter and the onset of summer. 

The month of love has just passed by, but it seems our love for animals will never die! As rightly said by Anatole France, “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened”; in this edition, we present to you a story full of love and empathy for animals – a story of the passionate team of Enactus MLNC, which strives to make a difference in society with its various animal welfare projects such as Project Parivartan and Project Desi.

Love is an eternal emotion, which is expressed in various forms – be it compassion, care, or affection. February is the month to celebrate love – the most
pure, serene, and soulful feeling!

Year 2021 is here – A New Dawn, A New Beginning, A New Chapter in our lives! Wish you a very Happy New Year! Let's resonate the vibes of this dawn and refl ect them in our lives.

A new dawn of 2021 is set to arrive! 2020 has been a tough year that laid so much for us to absorb. The outbreak of pandemic left us all bewildered and took over all our senses, but as they say, ‘every cloud has a silver lining’ – all these uncertainties brought us closer to our families as we had to stay enclosed at our homes. 

Where did the time go? It is hard to believe 2020 is coming to a close. This year has been a ‘Lockdown’ year, jeopardizing lives of many! Lockdown has affected the way we work, study, shop, and socialize. During these uncertain times, pets have been a lifesaver for many, providing companionship and consistency.

Here arrives October – month of compassion, benevolence, and tenderness! On October 4, we internationally celebrate ‘World Animal Day’ as a day of action for animal rights and welfare. Moreover, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the American Humane Association (AHA) have deemed month of October as National ‘Adopt a Shelter Dog Month’ and ‘Adopt a Dog Month’, respectively.

Do you have pets at home? If so, then you know that special feeling of being greeted with a wagging tail and a few excited licks to the face. Owning a pet, as much as, it brings joy in our lives, it brings a huge responsibility as well! In fact, owning a pet is no more the same; now, it is more about being a parent to your pet! 

Raksha Bandhan is a festival that celebrates the special and pious bond shared by siblings. Significance of this festival lies in its name, which means ‘Bond of Protection’. It serves as a symbol of their love, togetherness, and confidence in each other. Similar is a bond that we share with our pets. The eternal connection that we share with animals is too deep to be described in words. They enrich our lives with joy, affection and humour, and are always there for us no matter what, just the way our siblings do! On the occasion of Rakhi, our Editor Priyanka Kaushal writes about this beautiful human-animal bonding and explains as to how they coexist while playing vital roles in each other’s lives.

It is monsoon time in the Indian Subcontinent. A cup of hot steaming tea, pachooras and a copy of Creature Companion magazine makes a perfect indoor day. Pets are not only a part of our life but they make our lives complete.

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Creature Companion is a pet care magazine. It talks about all types of pets, not just  dogs. It has articles on pet keeping, breeds along with funny snippets on dogs, cats, fish amongst others.  
It is the organiser of South Asia’s only pet trade fair and India’s largest pet event, the India International Pet Trade Fair (IIPTF).

Our editorial team works hard to put together exciting content on the very latest in the pet world. News, reviews, trends, thought-provoking discussions, must-have products, toys & accessories, training tips, pet food recipes, heart-warming stories, rescue stories, breed profiles, health, grooming & behavioural tips, pet-oriented book & DVD reviews, valuable tips for pet owners on a number of pertinent subjects—all come together to make up each fun-packed issue. We feature interactive articles, where readers are welcome to contribute content and have a platform to proclaim their affection for their animals under a host of sections.

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