Children naturally feel concern and compassion for animals but with time and education geared towards achieving materialistic goals, these virtues get sidelined. It is well documented that lack of respect for other species often leads to violence towards humans too. Hence, it is important to teach students the value of compassion and empathy when interacting
Shivani is a Karuna Society SUCCESS STORY. After months of gentle care, paralyzed Shivani was about to walk again! Shivani was brought in by a villager several months ago with distemper of the nervous system and she was completely paralyzed. We were hand feeding her and she received daily drips and Neuroxicam injection. After a
Karuna’s Organic is in bloom! Our fruits, vegetables and leafy greens are sold locally and the profits help to support the expenses of our rescued animals. If you happen to visit Puttaparthi, please do visit our shop! (Near to Sai Towers – anyone can direct you!)
It is desperately needed to educate children on the importance of respecting and caring for animals! In December 2019, Karuna’s Vice President Romula DSilva conducted two (2) Humane Education sessions of two hours each, at the Sri Sai Vidyaniketan English Medium School in Puttaparthi for students of grades 6 & 7. An additional session
Donkeys sometimes have a hard life in India, as they are treated like Beasts of Burden. We have rescued many seriously injured donkeys, often with big, gaping wounds on their backs from carrying heavy loads. Here are a few of our nine permanent donkey residents! Please LIKE and SHARE! 🥰
Little abandoned calf Aarush is being hand reared by our cattle caretakers, led by Narasimha. Permanent resident Tiger is usually very bossy but he has adopted Aarush and is extremely loving and gentle with her! We struggle to care for our hundreds of rescued animals so please do HELP, every little bit helps us to
We are so grateful for the “Jeanne Marchig Animal Welfare Award” from one of our long-time donors! http://www.marchigtrust.org/recipients.htm
Sruthi was brought in by her owner with a broken leg. She’s such a sweet puppy! We put on a splint and kept her safe with us for several weeks, and now she has healed well and is walking again. Soon she’ll be ready to return home.
Where in the world can we see a buffalo die from old age? Maybe only at Karuna! This buffalo, Mabel, was rescued in 2002 from illegal transport to slaughter. She lived out her life with us, but a few hours after this picture was taken, she got her wings and left this world to journey
In December 2019, Karuna’s Vice President Romula conducted two (2) Humane Education sessions of two hours each, at the Sri Sai Vidyaniketan English Medium School in Puttaparthi for students of grades 4 & 5. Around 100 students attended the sessions for those two grades. During these interactive sessions, the importance of animals in our life,