Rescue • Rehab • Release 🦎🌿 Our team at Karuna Society for Animals, in coordination with the Forest Department, responded to a distress call from Anantapur involving a monitor lizard —a protected species targeted in an attempted poaching for meat. The animal was found with a broken legs. We provided urgent medical care and rehabilitation,
Slinky the Lizard was brought in by a concerned citizen because his front leg was cut off. He is here with us for two weeks already, and his wound is recovering well. After he is back to normal, we will see if he can be released into the wild again.
Several days ago, a little monkey was electrocuted on wires and he fell down. A fruit seller lady observed it and when no one helped him, she lovingly picked up the monkey and brought him to Karuna. We named him IVAN and with our daily treatments of his burn wounds, he is slowly healing and
Our new Wildlife Centre construction is continuing every day and along with that, thanks to kind donations, we are planting many helpful trees where our rescued wildlife can find shade, play, and snacks! Our Secretary Narendra Reddy is taking care of all the plans so benefits will multiple for decades to come!
In early May, we received a small monkey who was attacked by dogs. She was in shock and didn’t eat or drink. Now, a few weeks later she is recovering well. I have named her Rosie and she eats and drinks and can sit up. Still some more time is needed for a full recovery.
Dear Friends, Thanks to the support of a “Friend of Karuna” from Singapore the construction of the animal enclosures at Karuna’s new wildlife centre has started again after 5 years being delayed. The framework for the Peacock enclosure was completed but the mesh is of special quality and must be ordered from Bangalore. The first
Karuna Society has rescued a number of bears over the years – both from abusive captivity and what would have been otherwise fatal injuries and dangerous circumstances in the wild. Currently we have six sloth bear permanent residents in their own compound, built thanks to a generous donation from Phillip Wollen and “Free the Bears”,
We are very happy to share with you that on Friday, 1 December 2023, we have officially started the second phase construction of the Karuna Wildlife Rescue Centre (animal enclosures) with a small Puja. For the marking and other technical details, one of our board members Mr. J. N. Jagadeesh, civil engineer, is helping us.
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, Finally GOOD NEWS for the rescued wild animals in our old centre! Karuna Society has received the final letters from the Central Zoo Authority, with the permissions needed to continue the construction of our new Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which was discontinued in 2017. Our first priority is the construction of the