Dear Friends, A Historic Development: The United Nations has Linked Animal Abuse with Child Trauma. We received this information from Les Ward from the Marchig Trust. Anyone who is interested can read the info below. Very important is the list we are showing you which shows the cruel activities to animals which is causing trauma
This quote is from “The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich. If you know about the buffalo hunts, you perhaps know that the one I describe, now many generations past, was one of the last. Directly after that hunt, in fact, before which Father LaCombe made a great act
Please see our latest newsletter HERE! Dear Friends of Karuna, Karuna’s Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre is important for the future of all wild animals. In the past there were many species of wild animals in our local forests, but slowly most of the species have been disappearing. Karuna started rescuing wildlife in 2004 with permission from the forest department. Karuna Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre was first recognized by the
Dear Friends, No, I am not crying! I am speaking up for many! IT IS NOT COMPLICATED! To start an animal welfare organisation is not complicated at all! Seeing and experiencing the suffering and pain of animals on a daily basis, all around you, it breaks your heart…. and you act! That is what “compassion” is, and this
Dear Friends of Karuna, It has been a long time since you heard from us about the progress of our new wildlife rescue centre development. Our plan is to write a number of newsletters to you, highlighting our efforts to rescue and save wildlife from our area. We will also share with you the lives
January 1, 2023 Dear Friends of Karuna, Most of us have received and sent our Best Wishes for 2023 to friends and family. This newsletter is also sending best wishes for all our animal friends and supporters – but we would also like to extend our deeply felt wishes for the animals as well! Especially
Ramu the bull was rescued in 2003 from transport to the slaughterhouse in Chennai together with 305 others. Ten trucks full of cattle were confiscated and the animals were handed over to Karuna Society for custody. Some pairs of working bulls were adopted by farmers but many stayed at Karuna. Ramu, also a strong working
Karuna Society’s Board came together in person recently for the first time in 2.5 years! During the Covid lockdown and Clementien’s illness, all relevant meetings were held by speakerphone, video call and/or one-on-one personal visits. We missed interacting and seeing each other in person at the same time! It was good to pick up the
“THIS ISN’T MY DOG…” …..is what many local people say when they bring a sick Indian dog to our outpatient department. After many years of sterilisation of dogs in Puttaparthi there are no more “strays”. Dogs are still everywhere and they belong to a street, an area, to one or more houses. When a dog
At Karunapall where our wild herd of cattle lives, we have an old mango garden as well. For the last 15 years the trees have not been sprayed with pesticides but were fed with clean organic compost from our own cows. Generally, when mangoes are harvested for profit they are still green and the tree