At present, cows and buffaloes are reduced to production units for milk and meat. Cow slaughter is becoming more accepted and practiced in spite of it being illegal in many places in India. In addition, the practice of slaughter is extremely cruel and a disaster for the community and its agriculture-based economy.Here are some of
One of our rescued monkeys strikes a sort of artistic, contented pose while catching a little warm sun!
The love is mutual between Karuna’s President, Clementien Pauws, and the patients that are rescued! If you cannot come in person, please consider helping with a small donation to further our work. THANK YOU!
A little monkey patient gets used to his arm all wrapped up, safe and sound and on its way healing back to new.
Some of our cattle are being led into greener pastures – to feast on the buffet of fresh grass for a few hours.
THE RESCUE AND RELEASEOF A SLOTH BEAR March 2014 In the early hours of 16th February 2014, Narendra Reddy, the secretary of Karuna Society, received a call from the Forest Department that a young Sloth Bear was trapped in barbed wire on the boundary of the mango garden of a farmer from Gunipalli village, (20 KM away from
We are so grateful for the wonderful service being given by our latest volunteer, Sheridan! The animals adore her also. Let us know if you are in the area and would like to volunteer.
Our rescued cattle eat a LOT! We are constantly buying and stacking hay. Every year we try hard to plan ahead, storing food for the hot summer months when it isn’t available.
Lining up a crop of pumpkins for sale in our Certified Organic Shop, all profits go to help our rescued animals. Still, we cannot survive without donations from our supporters – please help as much as you can! Thanks so much!
Here are a couple of our deer patients. Karuna helps the local forest department to treat and care for orphaned, injured, seized and rescued wild animals. Later, we release them after a full recovery. In some cases the animals would be in danger if released, so we keep the them permanently.