A few days back a rickshaw arrived at the clinic and a paralysed dog was dumped in front of the gate. This happens regularly. The rickshaw turned and left with the lady and child who dumped the dog. Some of our staff saw it and made an alarm. Two years ago, with the kind donation
Please see our February Treatment Report – we treated nearly 230 animals and they received 2,426 separate treatments. This month the distemper cases have increased (we treated 87 dogs with distemper this month, compared to last month’s 73) but thankfully, parvo-virus cases have significantly decreased, with only 25 dogs needing treatment, compared to last month’s
On the occasion of World Wildlife Day on March 3rd, a team from Karuna Society and the local Forest Department conducted an awareness drive in the surrounding villages on March 2nd, about Forest fires and hunting. Forest fires are a common occurrence especially during the hot summer months and we urged the villagers to
Straw is warmer, drier and softer than cloth material, and the preferred comfortable bed for our rescued paralysed dogs! The straw is replaced frequently by our hard working staff. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/D7XqoWcsXLE
Our hand-raised Slothbear Ramaa was a few months old but not yet in direct contact with the other adult bears. As she needed to explore relationships, practise new skills and find the outside world, we took her out for walks in the sanctuary. She was still a toddler and instinctively stayed close to the “Mother”,
Tell people to stop killing dogs or cats and everybody loves you. Tell people to stop torturing and killing cows, chickens, pigs, or turkeys, and suddenly you are a self righteous a**hole who needs to mind his/her own business! Karuna has rescued more than 700 Cattle from slaughter, and they are living their lives out
The biggest threat to life that urban monkeys face is electrocution on the live electric wires seen everywhere. These sweet and innocent monkey babies were injured and lost their limbs and their families. They have all recovered after months of treatment and nursing, and have now formed a troop with other
We have had another busy month and are pleased to share our Treatment Report for January 2021! Local dogs are still coming down with distemper and we treated 73 of them, 6 of which had to be admitted. An additional 40 dogs were treated for parvo-virus. Another 14 dogs came in after accidents or injuries,
Thank you to Help Animals India, who sent us funds to buy fun toys to enrich the lives of our rescued cats at Karuna Society! We have over 30 rescued cats, who are disabled and/or traumatized so they are unable to be released and survive on their own. Enjoy a little video of them playing
We were thrilled to be featured in the News magazine “Sakshi” recently! They described Karuna being founded thanks to the driving force of Clementien; our many activities serving the animals; our awards; and most importantly, our achievements helping the local animals, cattle and wildlife over the course of 20 years.