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 is spitting angry tears from the branches in protest. In storage they have to be sprayed with a chemical to let them ripe quickly for sale. However, we do it differently! Instead of selling off the crop for a small amount of money, we provide this delicious fruit to all our local friends and donors, to all our staff and our animals – to our bears, peacocks, monkeys, donkeys and cows!

During the final time that the fruits are happily swinging on the trees, they are visited by countless animals as well: birds, squirrels, flies and worms take their pick. We experience extreme happiness because we have learned to share. We thank the earth and the trees, the sun and the birds for giving us so much!

–Narendra Reddy

Secretary, Karuna Society for Animals & Nature