Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the protection of our staff and following local, state and national directives, Karuna Society’s Outpatient Clinic was closed several days ago until further notice. We continue to attend to emergencies and urgent cases in cooperation with the local Government Veterinary Clinic. Of course, our over 300 rescued permanent animal
Buster is yet another frightened and confused dog who came in pain to our free clinic, and left with a brand new splint for his broken leg – feeling loved, cared for and confident of recovery. Please Help our work by donating generously – we are always in need of funds! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Our Karuna staff saw this female stray dog with a broken hip, dragging her legs through the streets, a few miles from our clinic. She must have had an accident. We brought her to the clinic and she will be permanent with us from now on. She might even regain the use of her legs
Many of our rescued cats come from traumatic and often abusive situations. It takes weeks and sometimes months of gentle care before they become calm and trusting again. Please LIKE and SHARE, we need ongoing support to continue our rescue work, especially for our permanent residents!
We got a call about a dog with a big plastic bottle on her head. It took at least 10 days, and a lot of running and chasing for several days before we managed to capture her and remove the bottle! She is doing fine now, relieved and eating and drinking again. We will
Children naturally feel concern and compassion for animals but with time and education geared towards achieving materialistic goals, these virtues get sidelined. It is well documented that lack of respect for other species often leads to violence towards humans too. Hence, it is important to teach students the value of compassion and empathy when interacting
Shivani is a Karuna Society SUCCESS STORY. After months of gentle care, paralyzed Shivani was about to walk again! Shivani was brought in by a villager several months ago with distemper of the nervous system and she was completely paralyzed. We were hand feeding her and she received daily drips and Neuroxicam injection. After a
Karuna’s Organic is in bloom! Our fruits, vegetables and leafy greens are sold locally and the profits help to support the expenses of our rescued animals. If you happen to visit Puttaparthi, please do visit our shop! (Near to Sai Towers – anyone can direct you!)
It is desperately needed to educate children on the importance of respecting and caring for animals! In December 2019, Karuna’s Vice President Romula DSilva conducted two (2) Humane Education sessions of two hours each, at the Sri Sai Vidyaniketan English Medium School in Puttaparthi for students of grades 6 & 7. An additional session
Donkeys sometimes have a hard life in India, as they are treated like Beasts of Burden. We have rescued many seriously injured donkeys, often with big, gaping wounds on their backs from carrying heavy loads. Here are a few of our nine permanent donkey residents! Please LIKE and SHARE! 🥰