Dear Friends, Karuna has received 146 cattle from Gorantla Cattle market in Andhra Pradesh. Most of them are healthy, local, young and valuable cows, bullocks, a few dairy cows, as well as 50 buffaloes. The cattle, meant for slaughter, were rescued by Gaugyan activists and they were willing to take them to their Goshala (cow
This puppy was brought in by the villagers with injuries to both legs. He stays with us for treatment, healing and love. The injured puppy spends a few moments every day having physio therapy with one of our volunteers from France. He thinks it is all a great game! Karuna’s President Clementien is hands-on in
The President of Karuna Society, Clementien Pauws, appears in the March 16th edition of Femina magazine to defend the cows and suggest solutions to the plastic bag problem. Yesterday we received information that the ‘Plastic Cow” will be discussed in Parliament – WOW!
Rukmini Sekhar’s coverage on the Plastic Cow was billed as top story on “The Right to be Heard” programme on Headlines Today in India. How heartbreaking to see all the cows wandering on the streets and garbage dumps, eating so many plastic bags that cannot be digested! Click HERE!
This majestic cow has a touching success story! We saw her in our own village, part of a herd. She was standing with an open fracture. We picked her up and tried to fix the fracture but it was infected too much, and had to be amputated.
Here is our lucky camel, Raja. He was being led through the streets of Kadiri in Andhra Pradesh, India, with a bedsheet over his back, with the price per kilo of his meat. Camels actually can only be slaughtered in a licensed slaughter house in North India as they are not indigenous here and
My Experience as a Volunteer in Karuna Society By Angela Working as a volunteer at Karuna was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Within minutes of being there I fell in love with the place and everything they do for the animals of Puttaparthi. At first I was unsure if I would be
Help Animals India just donated $4,000 to the Karuna Society program that provides life-saving surgeries to cows in India. We are so grateful to them, and to A Well Fed World, for their help and generous donation towards our Plastic Cow Project! We will be updating our Plastic Cow Project page soon with additional information
IN MEMORY OF SATHYA GEETHA 2003-2013 On January 22nd, 2013, Sathya Geetha, the young female elephant of Prashanti Nilayam, who was very sweet, playful and charmingly vocal, passed away at 4.20am. She had been suffering with severe digestive problems for the last three weeks of her life and could not be saved despite the efforts
In a small town in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India, a group of monkeys were brutally butchered as they were considered a nuisance in the town. Two survivors, an adult and a very young one, were brought to the Karuna clinic by some caring villagers. The adult monkey had three legs cut off and