On October 16th at about 4pm, we received a call from the Puttaparthi District Forest Officer (DFO) Mr. Ravindranath Reddy, seeking our help to rescue a bear cub at Gudibanda Mandal, Mandalapalli village (94 km from Puttaparthi). Due to heavy rains and thunder we could only leave the next morning at about 4 am: the
Several days ago a mother dog with her five puppies, hardly a day or two old, were dumped in front of our Clinic, we have no idea who did such a thing! We have taken in the puppies and the mother who is now well taken care of.
Karuna Society’s Board came together in person recently for the first time in 2.5 years! During the Covid lockdown and Clementien’s illness, all relevant meetings were held by speakerphone, video call and/or one-on-one personal visits. We missed interacting and seeing each other in person at the same time! It was good to pick up the
Today is Karuna Society’s 22nd Birthday! 🥳 Many animals are under our lifetime care. At Karunapalli, at the other side of the Chitravathi river, Karuna is maintaining a group of approximately 100 healthy rescued cattle; 40 are buffaloes and the rest are white local cattle. They are already with us for 10 to 15 years
An innocent cat was attacked by stray dogs in Puttaparthi recently and bitten on his back – luckily, a couple of well-wishers rescued the cat from the dogs and brought him to Karuna. We immediately treated him and named him Hemai (golden boy). He seems partially paralysed but hopefully he will slowly recover back to
In August we sterilised and administered anti-rabies vaccinations to 47 dogs! We have been sterilising dogs in our area for 21 years now, but every month new dogs come in from other areas. It is critical we continue the Animal Birth Control (ABC) program for the safety of humans and the comfort of the dogs.
In July we treated 9 dogs who had accidents, and we performed several successful surgeries. There were also several cases of rabies. In all, we treated 155 animals and gave them 648 treatments! In addition to 29 ABC operations, we gave a total of 46 anti-rabies vaccinations. With your help, we can continue to keep
Our rescued camel Raja has been with us for over 15 years! In 2007 his owner put a signboard on his body advertising the date of slaughter and price per pound of meat – it was even seen on TV! After rescuing the camel from the illegal slaughter, it took several years of fighting court
Highlights for June includes treating 145 animals and giving them 543 treatments! In addition, we performed 35 Animal Birth Control surgeries, of course including an Anti-rabies vaccination. Thanks to your ongoing donations, dozens of ill and injured animals received the care they need and recovered well! THANK YOU, Please support our ongoing work, a little
“THIS ISN’T MY DOG…” …..is what many local people say when they bring a sick Indian dog to our outpatient department. After many years of sterilisation of dogs in Puttaparthi there are no more “strays”. Dogs are still everywhere and they belong to a street, an area, to one or more houses. When a dog