On December 17th, Karuna hosted a visit from staff and students at the NGO named TREP (Total Residential Educational Programme)., located in Bangalore. They provide value-based, balanced education for poor, needy, single-parent, orphan and talented kids. In fact, TREP has been conducting field trips to Karuna for over 10 years! The kids learn about the
Sparky, a stray dog about six years old, had an accident in Anantapur and a good samaritan brought him into our clinic for treatment. He was already blind in one eye with a paralised front leg, but his back leg was now also hurt. We pinned the leg and kept him as an inpatient. After
Anil was in an auto accident recently and his back legs are now completely paralysed. His owner is unable to care for him and so we have accepted Anil as a new permanent resident. We appreciate any help you can give to buy his food and provide treatments! Sometimes paralysed legs recover with enough care,
Saachi is a sweet and beloved girl dog who lived at the SK University in Anantapur. After giving birth to four healthy puppies, she got into a horrible accident and her front leg was badly mangled. Although the loving students at the college took her to the local veterinary hospital, they didn’t have the facilities
This German Shepherd from a nearby village got into a terrible accident – his owner didn’t see him sleeping under the car and he backed up! His owner brought in the dog and we admitted him as an inpatient. After only a month, he was all healed up and ready to go back home with
Ramu the bull was rescued in 2003 from transport to the slaughterhouse in Chennai together with 305 others. Ten trucks full of cattle were confiscated and the animals were handed over to Karuna Society for custody. Some pairs of working bulls were adopted by farmers but many stayed at Karuna. Ramu, also a strong working
On October 16th at about 4pm, we received a call from the Puttaparthi District Forest Officer (DFO) Mr. Ravindranath Reddy, seeking our help to rescue a bear cub at Gudibanda Mandal, Mandalapalli village (94 km from Puttaparthi). Due to heavy rains and thunder we could only leave the next morning at about 4 am: the
Several days ago a mother dog with her five puppies, hardly a day or two old, were dumped in front of our Clinic, we have no idea who did such a thing! We have taken in the puppies and the mother who is now well taken care of.
Karuna Society’s Board came together in person recently for the first time in 2.5 years! During the Covid lockdown and Clementien’s illness, all relevant meetings were held by speakerphone, video call and/or one-on-one personal visits. We missed interacting and seeing each other in person at the same time! It was good to pick up the
Today is Karuna Society’s 22nd Birthday! 🥳 Many animals are under our lifetime care. At Karunapalli, at the other side of the Chitravathi river, Karuna is maintaining a group of approximately 100 healthy rescued cattle; 40 are buffaloes and the rest are white local cattle. They are already with us for 10 to 15 years