Did you ever
realise that homeless animals outnumber homeless people and the main reason
animals are even in shelters is because their owners gave up on them OR animal
control authorities found them on the street?
Do you even
know how many stray cats and dogs are killed every year JUST because the
shelters are too full or there just aren’t enough adoptive homes? It’s pretty
sad, isn’t it?
In India,
the Animal Welfare Board of India is the statutory advisory board advising the
Government and was established as early as 1962. However, this was only under a
section of the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act, 1960. There was a lot of
cruelty involved when animals were used for entertainment purposes.
This
cruelty- to bring to your attention included animal abuse, animal neglect in
both the unintentional and intentional infliction by humans upon animals.
Specifically it meant causing harm or suffering to the animal in order to
achieve some human gains such as for food or fur and often can be encompassed
in zoo sadism (pleasure derived
from cruelty to animals).
Animal Welfare is a very important topic in current
times, It refers to the state by which the animal receives treatment.
This also includes animal care, animal husbandry,
and humane treatment.The protection of an animals welfare basically means
providing for his/her physical and mental needs.
Although, it has not yet become a global phenomena,
the welfare of animals is gaining a lot of importance in India. There are is a
substantial rise in the number of volenteers who support NGO’s for the welfare
of animals.
In fact, The Bombay Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty of to Animals was set up as early as 1874. This charitable organisation
also includes the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals. Ever since
it came into existence its main purpose has been to prevent any form of cruelty
to animals and to provide relief and help to all animals in Mumbai city. It is
an animal hopital that is accessible around the clock (24 hours) and treats
about 400 animals PER DAY! (and these are all different species). Mumbai is full
of animal welfare organisations to rescue different types of animals. From dogs
to cats, bird, owls, turtles, horses, rabbits, ducks, parrots, etc.
Animal cruelty is an especially common problem in
India and animal welfar organisations are constanlty getting calls on a daily
basis to report animals in distress. Animals too CAN feel pain, how we humans
feel pain. However, they are yet tortured, maimed, illegally bred and poisoned.
If you cant be a paren to an animal, cant you think of being a foster parent
instead? Fostering an animal just means that you are temporarily taking care of
the rescued animal untill they find a permanent home. This time duration can
last from a few days to a few months, all depending on the medical condition of
the animal or the time it takes to find a loving home.
1) Animals Matter to Me (AMTM)- an NGO in Mumbai, India committed to the welfare of stray dogs, cats,
birds and all kinds of species.
2) The Welfare of Stray Dogs – The Welfare of Stray Dogs is a Mumbai-based organization working to
eradicate rabies and control the street-dog population in a humane, scientific
way.
3) Peta India: This is a welfare organisation PETA India that operates under the simple principle that
animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use for entertainment,
while educating policymakers and the public about animal abuse and promoting an
understanding of the right of all animals to be treated with respect.
4) World For All
Animal Care & Adoptions is a
registered Mumbai-based animal welfare NGO that has revolutionised the model of
stray animal adoptions. It has homed over 7500
stray animals, conducted the sterilisations for over 9000 and attended to over
10,000 emergency medical aid calls.
5) Awaaz- Voice of Stray Animals: It is an organisation run by Amit Pathak. He has been working for he welfare of animals actively rescuing more than hundreds of injured/wounded/ill animals, which include dogs, cats, and on few occasions large animals such as cattle and donkey. He started his work as a volunteer and today has registered his own ngo-Awaaz Voice of Stray Animals to help animals in distress . Most of his work is spent in helping the animals from the slums and industrial areas of Mumbai, which has negligible amount of awareness - 'About Animal Welfare'. With Awaaz Voice of Stray Animals, he hopes to help in spreading awareness about animal welfare, sensitizing people and provide medical help to the animals- free of cost.
6) ALAS - Animal Lovers Association Society : Founded in 2004, this organisation was formed to help stray animals in distress between Mira Road to Bandra in Suburban Mumbai. This organisation also runs a mobile clinic that is equipped with emergency drugs and medical equipment.
7) Ahimsa Hospital: Ahimsa Is a non-profit body that works right at the grass-root level with stray animals to ensure their safety and well-being. This NGO alone has been able to save over 100,000 innocent lives and also the sterilisation of 26,000 strays which has helped to make the city healthier not just for the animals but for humans as well!
8) Indian National Kennel Club (NKC): This NGO was founded in 1957. Its motto is “Dogs for a Good Life ... A Good Life for Dogs". The organisation registers pure-bred dogs and litters, maintains records of dog’s pedigrees and issues necessary certifications of dog registration and transfer of ownership. Dog shows, workshops and seminars are all held whenever necessary. The main purpose of this NGO is to inform, educate and empower the general dog owner and hobbyist-breeder to have a better understanding of their dog and establish a mutually fulfilling relationship between them.
9) In Defence of Animals (IDA), India, Mumbai
IDA, India was started as a non profit in on the 31st of October, 1996 in Mumbai. It initially started as a project aiming at neutering spay street dogs. Besides this it also is dedicated towards establishing and even defending many rights of non-human living creatures.
10) Karuna for Animals in Distress: This registered charitable NGO works for the welfare of mute and innocent animals. Animals too can suffer the same way we humans can suffer and that is why they are mute in the first place. It was set up in 1999 and has made relentless efforts to improve the standard amd quality of animals rights and their care. Vans operate in areas from Bandra to Dahisar, Mulund to Chembur and has a head office in Andheri. As said by this organisation, its not that animals cant communicate, we need ti know their language!.
Another very important NGO worth mentioning is the AIAWA
- All India Animal Welfare Association.
Besides JUST MUMBAI, there are
plenty of other places across
India that are wonderful shelters for animals – GIVING
THEM a HOME that they DESERVE!
These include:
1) People for Animals, New Delhi
People for Animals, also known as
PFA, is India's largest animal welfare organisation with a nationwide
network of 26 hospitals, 165 units and 2.5 lakh members. Coincidently PFA
is also on the Film and Censor Board of India to check animal abuse in
films and has in fact successfully filed cases against films that misuse
animals.
2) Animal Air Unlimited, Rajasthan
Three people founded this shelter and
sactuary in Udaipur: Erika, Jum and Clair Abrams-Myers. Having lived in India
for 15 years now they have also started Animal Aid Unlimited, upon witnessing
the shocking and startling conditions of the animals over there.
In 2003, they
opened the Animal Aid Hospital and this grew rapidly in the area, leading to
the treatment of over 50,000 animals by 2015. They have volunteers from across
the world who give their time towards this cause.
3) Charlie’s Animal Rescue Center
(CARE), Bengaluru:
An organisation that was started with the main purpose of housing,
rehabilitating, re-homing and even giving imely medical aid to abandoned and
stray animals, this organisation provides 24 hour veterinary care.
Some of the
services offered here are impatient facilities and adoption of cats and dogs,
ambulance services and a medical center which is currently being built that
will consist of an operation theatre, an OPD, x-ray and scanning facilities for
stray animals.
4) Blue Cross of India, Chennai
The Blue Cross of India is perhaps
one of the country’s most recognised animal welfar organisations abnd also one
of the first of the new genre of organisations to look after the welfare of ALL
kinds of animals. It is home to all kinds of creatures that have been
abandoned, injured, abused or disabled. This organisation alone has been able
to rescue, treat and save a whopping number of animals and birds since 1964!
5) Friendicoes, New Delhi
This animal welfar NGO has taking
care and saving homless lives of animals for over thirty five years for Gurgaon
and Delhi. Due to a massive financial crunch, this NGO was in the news last year.
6) The Bombay Society For The
Prevention of Cruelty To Animals (BSPCA)Mumbai
This charitable organisation is a one
of kind in India. It has been running for over 134 years now and its purpose is
to prevent cruelty to animals and provide relief and help to ALL animals in
Mumbai city. This animal hospital works around the clock, 24 hours and treats
approximately over 1000 animals every year.
Some of these animals include owls,
vultures, geese, turtles, horses, monkeys, dogs, emus, different species of
birds, etc. In addition to this, they have started their own new projects such
as an ICU, a blood bank, a cardiac centre, an animal birth control centre, an
electric crematorium and a shelter for ownerless animals.
7)
Debasree Roy Foundation, Kolkatta
An NGO, which started since 2009 DRF
is a registred NGO that aspires to establish a good relation between animals
and humans by bringing them closer through comprehensive adoption programs and
awareness camps against animal cruelty. DRF is concerned with rescuing sick or
injured dogs and giving them new homes. In fact, making sure that these animals
are vaccinated and healhy is a very important goal of DRF
8) The Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care
Centre (SGACC), New Delhi
This NGO is India’s oldest and in
fact Delhi’s largest animal shelter. Being an ‘all-animal’ shelter that was
founded in 1980 it also happens to be Asia’s largest one also! It is home to
over 3000 different animals at any given point of time. There are also OPD
clinics, special care units, modern dental care, operation theatres and many
other units. Its main purpose is to provide the wounded, sick and abandoned
animals with food, shelter, medication, safety, kindness and care for as long
as they require it.
9) Visakha Society For The Protection
and Care For Animals (VSPCA), Andhra Pradesh
Animals are very often abused and
misused for all the wrong reasons. One of those reasons, being illegal trade.
The Visakha Society For The Protection And Care For Animals came into exitence
in 1996 to stop the illegal trade in internationally-protected sea turtles,
recue water buffaloes and cows that are too old or injured to be kept by their
previous owners. It also provides a permanent happy sanctuary to the hundreds
of cats, dogs, rabbits, horses, tortoises, ducks and other animals who have
been suffering sever abuse and neglect.
10) Posh Foundation, Uttar Pradesh
A shelter and treatment centre for
animals in Noida, Uttar Pradesh the Posh Foundation is an India-based NGO
thatis actively based in animal awareness related issues and has a very strong
vision of working for a world where all humans respect and live in harmony with
other members of the animal kingdom.
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