Category Archives: News

New Cat House

Our cat patients are enjoying their new airy and brightly coloured room with cushions and playthings, thanks in part to a donation given specifically for upgrading our clinics and shelter with a badly needed paint job, amongst other improvements!

Karuna Receives 146 Cattle from Gorantla

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

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Injured Puppy

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

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Clementien in Femina

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!

Plastic Cow on TV

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!

Three-Legged Cow with Calf

                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.

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Raja, Our Rescued Camel

  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

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Angela’s Experience as a Volunteer

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

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In Memory of Sathya Geetha

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

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