Category Archives: Voices for Karuna

“THIS ISN’T MY DOG…”

“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

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WAKING UP FROM DOMESTICATION

WAKING UP FROM DOMESTICATION “Remembering Who They Are” There is a story by Louise Erdrich in which she writes about one of the last buffalo hunts in the US that left 1,200 animals dead. After that hunt: “The buffalo were taking leave of the earth and all they loved,” said the old chiefs and hunters

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Annual Treatment Report 2021-2022

Dear Donors and Friends of Karuna, As the President of Karuna I am sending you our Annual Treatment Report. Every day, 24/7 we are noting down all treatments, animals coming for help, rescues, and the number of animals that are living with us forever: dogs, cats, donkeys, horses, cows, bears, peacocks, monkeys and deer. We

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Karuna Needs Disaster Relief!

Please see our latest Newsletter HERE, and below. Thank you! Dear Friends of Karuna. Today is November 23rd, which is always grandly celebrated by devotees as Sathya Sai Baba’s birthday. However this year, Puttaparthi is making news for a different reason: the floods which engulfed the region several days ago have resulted in a deadly

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