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Relocation of Our Peacocks

We are in the process of shifting our wild animals to the new wildlife rescue centre. The 8 healthy peacocks will be first. We will feed them for a few weeks in a temporary shelter till they can be released. They will join the peacocks in the forest next to our centre.

Help Animals India Visits Karuna Society 2016

Help Animals India conducts annual site visitations in order to meet the groups we support, ensure financial accountability, to observe work practices, ethics, and philosophies, and to judge accountability, transparency, and management practices. Here is a partial example of a follow up report and endorsement Help Animals India made for Karuna Society for Animals and

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Rescuing Jane the Pony

This pony named Jane was standing in the middle of the highway NH7 to Anantapur with a broken leg. We called our ambulance and now she is safe and well at Karuna but the fracture had already set. We can only protect the leg with bandages.

Karuna Society is About Nature, Too

Karuna Society is not only about animals but also about nature. For the last 14 years we have used the dung from our rescued cattle to grow organic fruits and vegetables for sale in our Karuna shop. We also registered a separate company “Ahimsa organic” with the purpose of selling our cruelty free organic produce.

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Rescued Fruit Bat

One of our unusual rescues has been a fruit bat who was badly wounded on his head. We named him Peetje and because he stayed with us for several months we came to know each other well. He really was like a small dog, very intelligent and “knowing” what happened. Finally we released him close

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Amy the Antelope Baby

A villager brought this baby antelope to us as it was found alone, crying in the forest. We looked for signs of her mother, in vain. She is a very rare “four horned antelope”, almost extinct in this area. Most probably they had come to our area for drinking water. Our new buffalo pond (thanks

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