Raising a single Sloth Bear cub is an intense experience. Ramaa weighed 3 kilograms when she was about 7 weeks old on March 10 and on May 27th she weighed 19 kgs! She plays rough with us, cuddles up, walks with us to visit the monkeys and deer and she is extending her field of
It is amazing how our rescued bear, Ramaa, has grown in only three months! She is thriving and so happy not to be in danger of being in the hands of an abusive owner. We rescued her in time and she never experienced that.
A longtime staff member, Narasimha, gently cares for an orphaned deer. She’ll be let free once she is old enough.
We rescued this camel when she was about to be sold for slaughter and meat (she had a sign on her body saying how much she cost per pound!). Now she can smell the sweet flowers and live a worry-free life.
We rescue deer from the nearby forests on a regular basis. Sometimes their mother has been killed, sometimes they just wonder too near to villages or are injured. Usually we can treat them and release them in the forest again. Here is one recent patient after treatment and before we brought her to the deer
Thanks to a string of informants and in coordination with the Forest Department, Karuna’s Secretary Narendra Reddy could locate a Sloth Bear cub and bring her to Karuna. She is female, the size of a big cat, weighing 4 kg on arrival, probably 2.5 month old. At present she is in a safe place for
Dear Friends, It has taken us 17 years to built up rescue, shelter and medical facilities for all animals in Puttaparthi and surrounding villages. Starting with dogs, puppies and donkeys, who were most visibly affected when we started, we have now an in- and out-patient facility for small animals, ABC (Animal Birth Control) facilities, a
Every month, Karuna helps the local Forest Department in caring for one or more newly rescued deer. They are always released again beck into the wild, if they are healthy and able to care for themselves.
WILDLIFE RESCUE NEWS September 2014 Rescue of a Sloth Bear Cub On the 10th September, Karuna received a call about an injured baby Sloth Bear at a field in a nearby village. It was brought to us by the Forest Department for treatment and care at our Rescue Centre. The Bear cub is only
Every month we are called to assist in the rescue of injured or orphaned deer, which we rehabilitate and if possible, release again once they are well. Here one young patient gets a nice drink of nourishing milk, as part of her care.