Fodder and Water for Our Rescued Cattle
Fodder on its way to feed our 300+ rescued cattle! Thanks to plenty of water in our newly dug bore well, some of our rescued cattle get a bath to cool off!
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Back to Basics Newsletter
Share This: Dear Friends of Karuna Running an animal shelter on a daily basis is a challenge. Accident cases, sick puppies, cruel practices – there is no end to it. We persevere due to the happiness we experience when the animals survive and recover and go back on the road or to their owner. The
Karuna’s Sharing Water
In these dry summer months, the ground water table is going lower and lower. Due to this, there is a shortage of drinking water all around. Fortunately, Karuna Society’s borewell for groundwater, located in our cattle section, has abundant water. Now we provide the people in our area with one bucket of drinking water per
Update on Bella the Monkey
An update on Bella the baby monkey, who lost an arm and was treated at Karuna in early January: she is doing really well! She is now fully engaged in life with our other rescued monkeys. Here she is showing us her cheeks full of fruits that she has just stored and is in the
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
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
Clementien in Femina – “Defending the Cows”
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.