Rami the Sloth Bear Cub

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...

Karuna’s Recent Wildlife Rescues

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...

Karuna’s Rescued Deer

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 – Sept 2014

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...

Rescue and Release of a Sloth Bear

THE RESCUE AND RELEASEOF A SLOTH BEAR March 2014 In the early hours of 16th February 2014, Narendra Reddy, the secretary of Karuna Society, received a call from the Forest Department that a young Sloth Bear was trapped in barbed wire on the boundary of the mango...