Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters,
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
From my Heart to your Heart.
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This is a Report that gives an overview of the energy our Work has generated to lift suffering from the Animal Realm, and how that impacts the Human Population through them being nicer to each other. Once the Heart opens for the animals, it opens in every direction.
OUR STATS SINCE OPENING - JANUARY 2007 THRU MARCH 31, 2022 (Please note that the year is 2022, not 2023...It is very, very time consuming to keep the stats...We will update in our next Report.)
SHELTER STATS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2022--JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH. (Again, please note that the year is 2022, not 2023. We have been too busy to update the stats, but will do so next Report.)
MONTHLY (these figures are current!), we:
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The stats are stunning - especially if you haven't before seen the level at which we are operating. But the important thing is HEART...HEART...HEART...It suffuses all of our Work.
It is so uplifting to experience the happiness of the animals in the Shelter. And as you walk around the Municipality, it feels so good to see the transformed relationship between the animals and the people.
We are amongst the very few shelters in the country, perhaps the only one, that runs 24/7 rescue. Any time of the day or night, within 125 kms, we will be there in a short time to rescue ANY precious one in need. AND we are the only ones who go out up to 100 kms to find good homes for puppies and dogs. Vishwa has trained several college students to search for these homes. (The students are so deeply moved by their Work, that they will only accept reimbursement for expenses.) At this point in time, we have placed over 1600 puppies and dogs, mostly puppies, in good homes. Om Namah Shivaya.
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We've had a surge in street puppy births. It's significant. It's the result of fewer sterilizations over several years. For more than a year during the Covid intensity, we weren't allowed to catch dogs for sterilization...and then for several other reasons, the number we caught was low. We were doing about 40 sterilizations a month. Now we've increased that number to 100. And we're putting more energy into adoptions. It's a heavy additional load.
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A really big factor is my decreased activity. I think I told you that Dr. Raja and Vishwa are running the Shelter, and it's stronger than its ever been. But we need help if we're going to survive long term. It's not a crisis. But I'm 86 now - in good health and not planning on "kicking off" soon. But 86 even looks old when I type it. Clearly this is the home stretch, and I'm the main person raising money.
A goodly portion of our operating funds are met by regular ongoing donations. However, it's beyond important that we build our donation base to take up the slack created by my imminent retirement. I feel we have 6 months to a year to do it. I am not talking about you increasing your donations, rather about the potential blessing it would be to us if you could bring in new solid supporters. This is what I am sincerely and respectfully asking of you. You truly understand the difference we make. Our total operating expenses are conservative, but they amount to around $12,500 each month....Om Namah Shivaya.
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Here are some recent rescue stories from our beloved Vishwa (your favorite part, I believe):
A young hen. (This is a simple story, but something in it really moved me.)
A young dog in pain.
An abandoned pup in distress.
A two year old dog.
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This brings us to the end of the Report.
Hoping that each of you is doing excellently...that you're unfolding beautifully and strongly inside.
As in previous Reports, I've included a collection of photos. Hope you enjoy them. Remember the dominant theme is simply LOVE.
PLEASE...REMEMBER...DONATIONS.
THE PRECIOUS ONES NEED US...AND WE NEED YOU.
RECURRING DONATIONS, EVEN QUITE MODEST ONES, ARE BEST FOR US.
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With love, blessings, and wishes for all things good. May we All, each of us, act in a way that emits uplifting, healing energy.
Leslie, the Ageing Expatriate Warrior.
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary & Rescue Shelter has earned the following badges on GlobalGiving:
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Dear People... Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters...
From my Heart to your Heart.. Difficult, difficult times for our Beloved Planet No matter what's being debated on the outside, even if it is unsettling, it's important to go inside and connect with Light. It's all there. In memories. In feelings. In hopes. We must go inside and uplift our own Inner State. And if we put that Higher energy out, it will help uplift others. It can be very powerful. And thru interconnectedness, it can spread and spread. Om Namah Shivaya.
This Report, like many of the others, gives an overview of the energy our Work has generated to lift suffering from the Animal Realm.
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OUR STATISTICS SINCE OPENING JAN.2007 THRU MAR31 2022.
(Included in "Non Dogs Treated" are 2,839 cows & calves, 2,438 goats & sheep, 1,769 cats, 236 monkeys, 1,230 birds, 319 rabbits///and 126 squirrels/donkeys/pigs/peacocks/parrots/eagles/horses/deer/bullocks/ snakes/turkeys/owls/ducks/mongooses/turtles/chameleons/buffalo.)
MONTHLY, we are:
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The Shelter is going beautifully. It feels s-o-o-o good inside. I wish all of you could experience it. The animals truly feel safe, cared for, and loved. They are not kept in cages, but are free to move amongst our devoted Staff. They are not simply in captivity; they have choices. They can play, rest, wrestle, go off alone, wander around...whatever. They have a life. And they're happy. You've heard me talk about the importance of this. Many years ago, my Teacher told me that the physician heals with the Heart. And so thru all our activities, there's demonstrative love. Touching. Stroking. Holding. Reassuring. Kissing. Om Namah Shivaya.
I came across notes on a rescue from 2017 which really underscored the importance we give to each indivdual creature:
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There are two significant issues we are presently addressing. One involves emergency rescues. The other involves sterilization of homeless dogs to control the population. I'm going to discuss the rescues now, and the sterilizations in the next Report.
We are one of the very few shelters in the country who offer 24 hour rescue. And we will go out up to 50 or 60 kms. We have anywhere from 40 to 70 rescues a month. The ones during the day are not a problem as our Staff can go out on those. And we have three Staff at night. and they can handle the early evening rescues in town. But the late evening or middle of the night ones are a problem. They can sometimes take three or four hours if they're 30 to 50 kms out, and Vishwa has been doing all of them. (Dr. Raja, dear Dr. Raja, comes to the Shelter if any animals need emergency care.)
So to handle the middle of the night rescues, we are training one of our college student volunteers that go out up to 100 kms looking for adoption homes for our puppies. Amazingly enough, the "adoption guys" won't accept any compensation. But we insist on paying for their petrol and food. (There are some difficult rescues that only Vishwa can handle...like the bull that fell into the deep well in the middle of the night that I wrote about in the August Report.)
The dedication...the deep compassion...of Vishwa and Dr. Raja is humbling. They have never, and I mean never, declined to move strongly for any suffering creature, no matter what was involved. As you might guess, I really, really worry about them and plead with them to take some rest. But they won't, even though I feel they get near the point of collapse. But no matter how hard I might push or worry, they simply won't hold back. Bless them! Bless them! Bless them! My beloved Vishwa and Dr. Raja.
Here are some more stories of past rescues. Many of you tell us this is your favorite part.
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WHEN WE FIRST OPENED IN JANUARY 2007, there were over 7,000 homeless dogs in Tiru and the stray population was out of control. With no small animal vet within 75 kms, no treatment facility, rabies and widespread abuse, there was unbounded misery. There were around 350 suffering and dying animals on the streets—mostly dogs and puppies, but others too (monkeys, cows, squirrels, peacocks, etc.). IT WAS AWFUL!
But using LOVE, LOVE, and more LOVE, everything has been transformed.
WE HAVE 7 MAJOR PROGRAMS:
TODAY, TIRU IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. The homeless dog population is decreasing for the first time in forty years, AND it is rabies-free. There are no more suffering and dying animals on the streets. There are 10,000 fewer puppies born each year, almost all of whom would have suffered and died. There is no longer widespread abuse, and thus very few aggressive dogs, and only a small fraction of dog bites.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMELESS DOGS AND THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM THEY LIVE DAY IN, DAY OUT, HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRANSFORMED.
One can experience the change by walking on the streets. Each year street conditions get better and better, and Tiru is amongst the very few municipalities of size where this has happened. In the poignant words of a longtime Tiru resident made at the fourth anniversary puja. ”Public memory is short. Few can recall the rampant stray dogs everywhere, young and aged, starving and diseased, scavenging in the garbage heaps, fighting amongst themselves, ignored and abused by the human population, while remaining a menace to all including themselves. In four short years, the roads are more peaceful, with few strays to be seen, and the naturally loving relationship between humans and animals restored to its true state.”
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Sometimes it's stunning for me to see the stats. But the most important thing is HEART...HEART...HEART. It is really uplifting to experience it inside the Shelter and it feels so good to see, on the streets, how the Precious Ones' lives have changed.
We are grateful the way it has unfolded. We pray--and it is so important to millions of animals across the country--that the knowledge that has been given to us SPREADS, and that the relationships of the animals and the people they live with every day may be transformed.
When peoples' Hearts have truly opened to the animals, it is so auspicious. For when there's an opening like that in the Heart, it doesn't only open in one direction; people are nicer to each other, too. It's profoundly there. You can't see it, but it's there. It's simply the nature of the Heart. And the societal implications are immense.
We humans are so complicated. It's so difficult to work with us directly to get us to be nicer to each other. It's so much easier, and more effective, to work on opening our Hearts to the animals, thereby deepening the caring we have for each other. It's a real, effective way of uplifting human communities...Om Namah Shivaya.
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Comments recognizing our Good Work.
****Following is an excerpt from a 2009 public letter of endorsement from the Animal Welfare Board of India who were actively overseeing all the animal shelters in the Country..."In the short span of time that they have been in existence, they have established themselves as one of the very best animal sanctuaries, veterinary clinics, rescue shelters and hospices in the Nation."
We have a 2010 full letter of appreciation and support from the President of Ramana Maharshi Ashram.
Also, the highly reputable GLOBAL GIVING IS OUR CROWDFUNDER:
AND WE HAVE BEEN HONORED BY THEM.
Out of the over 4,000 NGO"s
IN 2018, THEY NAMED US ONE OF THEIR TOP TEN.
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This brings us to the end of the Report.
Hoping that each of you is doing excellently...that you're unfolding beautifully and strongly inside.
As in previous reports, I've included a collection of photos. Hoping you enjoy them. Remember...the theme is simply LOVE.
PLEASE...REMEMBER...DONATIONS.
THE PRECIOUS ONES NEED US...AND WE NEED YOU!
RECURRING DONATIONS, EVEN QUITE MODEST ONES, ARE BEST FOR US.
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Sending Love, Blessings, and all things good...May we All, each of us, be blessed with more compassionate energy.
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary & Rescue Shelter has earned the following badges on GlobalGiving:
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Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters,
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
These are such difficult, difficult times. It is a time when it's important to look for the light within you---memories, thoughts, aspirations---and to uplift your own Inner-state. And by putting that higher state into your outside actions, you also help others.
This is a Report that gives an overview of the energy our Work has generated to lift suffering from the Animal Realm.
OUR STATISTICS SINCE OPENING JAN.2007 THRU MAR31 2022.
SHELTER STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2022--JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH
MONTHLY, we are:
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SUMMARY OF THE SHELTER:
WHEN WE FIRST OPENED IN JANUARY 2007 there were over 7,000 homeless dogs and the stray population was out of control. With no small animal vet within 75 kms, no treatment facility, rabies and widespread abuse, there was unbounded misery. There were 350 suffering and dying animals on the streets—mostly dogs and puppies, but others too (monkeys, cows, squirrels, peacocks, etc.) IT WAS AWFUL!
BUT USING LOVE, LOVE, AND MORE LOVE, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED.
WE HAVE SEVEN MAJOR PROGRAMS:
TODAY IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT…The homeless dog population is decreasing for the first time in forty years, AND it is rabies-free. There are no more suffering and dying animals on the streets. There are 10,000 fewer puppies born each year, almost all of whom would have suffered and died. There is no more widespread abuse, and thus very few aggressive dogs, and only a small fraction of dog bites.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMELESS DOGS AND THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM THEY LIVE DAY IN, DAY OUT, HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRANSFORMED.
One can experience the change by walking on the streets. Each year street conditions get better and better, and Tiru is amongst the very few municipalities of size where this has happened. In the poignant words of longtime Tiru resident, Dev Gogoi, made at the fourth anniversary puja…”Public memory is short. Few can recall the rampant stray dogs everywhere, young and aged, starving and diseased, scavenging in the garbage heaps, fighting amongst themselves, ignored and abused by the human population, while remaining a menace to all including themselves. In four short years, the roads are more peaceful, with few strays to be seen, and the naturally loving relationship between humans and animals restored to its true state.”
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Sonetimes it's stunning for me to see the stats. But the most important thing is HEART...HEART...HEART. It is really uplifting to experience it inside the Shelter and it feels so good to see, on the streets, how the Precious Ones' lives have changed.
We are grateful the way it has unfolded. We pray--and it is so important to millions of animals across the country--that the knowledge that has been given to us spreads, and that the relationships of the animals with the people they live with every day may be transformed.
When peoples' Hearts have truly opened to the animals, it is so auspicious. For when there's an opening like that in the Heart, it doesn't only open in one direction; it simply opens, and People are nicer to each other, too. It's profoundly there. You can't see it, but it's there. It's simply the nature of the Heart. And the societal implications are immense.
We humans are so complicated. It's so difficult to work with us directly to get us to be nicer to each other. It's so much easier, and more effective, to work on opening our Hearts to the animals, thereby deepening the caring we have for each other. It's a real, effective way of uplifting human communities...Om Namah Shivaya.
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Comments recognizing our Good Work.
****Following is an excerpt from a 2009 public letter of endorsement from the Animal Welfare Board of India who were actively overseeing all the animal shelters in the Country..."In the short span of time that they have been in existence, they have established themselves as one of the very best animal sanctuaries, veterinary clinics, rescue shelters and hospices in the Nation."
****There is, too, a 2010 full letter of appreciation and support from the President of Ramana Maharshi Ashram
**** ---------- Also, GLOBAL GIVING IS OUR CROWDFUNDER ---------
WE HAVE BEEN HONORED BY THEM.
Out of the over 4,000 NGO"s
IN 2018, THEY NAMED US ONE OF THEIR TOP TEN.
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Here is a recent rescue. (Many of you tell us this is your favorite part.) Because of time and space, I'm only going to write about one. But it is major!
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This brings us to the end of the Report.
Hoping that each of you is doing excellently.
As in previous Reports, I've included a collection of photos. Hope you enjoy them. Remember the dominant theme is simply LOVE.
PLEASE...REMEMBER...DONATIONS.
THE PRECIOUS ONES NEED US...AND WE NEED YOU
RECURRING DONATIONS, EVEN QUITE MODEST ONES, ARE BEST FOR US
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With love, blessings, and wishes for all things good. May we all, each of us, act in a way that emits uplifting, healing energy.
Leslie, the Ageing Expatriate Warrior
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Dear People....Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters...
From my Heart to your Heart... Difficult, difficult times for our beloved Planet. May All of Us, no exceptions, be blessed with more compassionate understanding. May we, and all our Dear Ones, be Guided and Protected. May the entire World be immersed in more compassion...and feelings of love...Om Namah Shivaya.
This is a Report about uplifting the quality of life of the homeless dogs and puppies (as many as 7,000)...and about uplifting the Community, itself.
To really uplift the quality of life of the homeless animals, it is critically important to transform the relationship between them and the people amongst whom they live day in, day out. That is, it is necessary to open the Community's Heart to the creatures.
When we first opened in 2007 things were bad: Widespread abuse...beating...throwing stones. Frequent indifference to hunger and suffering, even to puppies. Rabies. No facility for treatment of small animals. No small animal vet within 20 kms. Population out of control. 350 animals sick, injured, or dying on the streets... mostly puppies and dogs, but others too (monkeys, cows, squirrels, peacocks, horses, goats.) It was awful.
This nightmare situation is no more. We facilitate 20 to 40 rescues a month. When an animal is in need, people move to help it, and frequently call us. It is a manifestation of the "transformed relationship" that exists here in Tiru as in very, very few municipalities of this size in all of India. And it gets better and better each year.
Without a deep awareness of two subtle, critical insights, I don't believe we could have brought this transformation about. I'll call the two insights INTERCONNECTEDNESS and THE TEACHABLE MOMENT.
In January, former Commissioner Akbar, one of our founding trustees, spent several hours a day with the Supt. of Police, giving him a good sense of how excellent things had become on the Tiru streets, both between the homeless animals and people, and amongst the people themselves. The SP was truly impressed. We're hoping to get some recurring support from the Municipality...Please say a prayer for us!
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Here are some recent Shelter rescues. (Many of you tell us this is your favorite part.)
Three young puppies.
A kitten.
An older story that really moved me...It's about a pup they named "Leslie".
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This brings us to the end of the Report.
Hoping that each of you is doing excellently...that you're unfolding beautifully and strongly inside.
As in previous reports, I've included a collection of photos. Hoping you enjoy them. Remember...the theme is simply LOVE.
PLEASE...REMEMBER...DONATIONS.
THE PRECIOUS ONES NEED US...AND WE NEED YOU!
RECURRING DONATIONS, EVEN QUITE MODEST ONES, ARE BEST FOR US.
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With love, blessings, and wishes for all things good...May we All, each of us, act in a way that emits uplifting, healing energy.
Leslie, the Ageing Expatriate Warrior
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary & Rescue Shelter has earned the following badges on GlobalGiving:
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Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...Dear People.
These are such difficult times for our beloved Planet. We are being so critical of each other and the issues are many. Yet no matter what's being debated on the outside, we must uplift our Inner State. It is a time for healing. For lightening.
We must reach inside ourselves. The Light, the Joy, is within us in the form of memories, thoughts, and feelings. This is the time to connect with those "Heart things", thereby uplifting ourselves. When we project this higher energy outwards, it affects those we come in contact with. And they, in turn, pass it on to those they come in contact with. And on and on.
We are all connected and affecting each other. The awareness of that INTERCONNECTEDNESS was given to me by my teachers - that everything we do ultimately affects everything else. It’s easiest to understand in a physical sense. The simplest event, even a pet hamster squeaking to call you over to him, affects everything else you do. From that moment on, you’ll physically be in a different place than you would have been. You’ll run into different people, see different things, think different thoughts. It’s almost mind boggling to see how everything affects everything else.
Sometimes when I'm walking around, I send "good thought waves" to everyone I see. I don't know if it helps. But there's a part of me that believes it does.
During his lifetime, my Guru would always begin his evening talks with, "I welcome you all with all my Heart. This is my most important practice, welcoming another Being with love."
Most of you know that he told me over thirty years ago that the physician heals with the Heart. That's why the energy suffusing all our Work here is demonstrative love--touching, stroking, reassuring, hugging, and yes, kissing. Our belief is that deep healing will only take place if an animal feels safe, cared for, and loved.
Our Staff has been told how important their work is. It's been made clear to them that it's not just Dr. Raja, Vishwa, or myself who give the animals that love. It is them, the ones who are with the animals continuously, who must give them that love, and it is vital to what we do. They've been told, too, that no one can tell them how to express that love. They have to find the way from their own Hearts. The animals can tell the difference between someone being very, very nice to them and someone who is real and really cares.
This is a special Report. It is deep and raw. Heart is the most important healer, and this Report is about love.
I'll focus on two things: the love that one experiences INSIDE THE SHELTER, and the wonderful transformation that has taken place in the relationship between the animals ON THE STREETS and the people amongst whom they live, day in, day out.
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INSIDE THE SHELTER. It isn't an atmostphere that is contrived, with everyone being "nicey, nice". The relationship between Staff and animals is close and real. Everyone cares for the animals differently according to their own essence. Things ebb and flow quite naturally. The animals experience that, are a part of it, and feel safe and secure. They have choices. They have lives. They're not just in captivity with people "being nice to them".
These creatures - almost all street dogs - are territorial. Most have gone thru some pretty intense experiences and most have known hunger. One would expect all these creatures running free to be in a constant state of conflict with intense encounters and continuous unrest. Anything but What Is. That these freely-roaming creatures should live so comfortably with each other, so affectionately, feeling safe and secure, borders on astounding. That they should share space, people, and food the way they do is miraculous.
We have a devoted Staff of 25, plus three full-time veterinary doctors each of whom is a qualified practicing surgeon. Dr. Raja, the head doctor and our President/Trustee, is believed to be one of the best surgeons within 150 kms. The Government Veterinary Hospital that treats only large animals has him do all their complicated operations. The Forest Department brings all their difficult cases to him. He does long, complicated operations that most other surgeons wouldn’t dream of doing! Vishwa, is the overall Director of Operations, and is sometimes called "The Martian" because he can do things that Earthlings couldn’t do.
Sometimes when animal lovers are visiting for the first time, I tell them to close their eyes for a minute and just experience the feeling of the energy. I tell them that the softness, the quietness that they're experiencing is Grace. And that it's within that field of Grace that everything is unfolding. Often, people visiting for the first time get teary, because they didn't know a place such as ours existed.
Sometimes, early evening, I'll just come and sit in the energy... experiencing the wonderful creatures around me, not focusing on anything in particular, just...sitting. And it feels s-o-o-o GOOD and so-o-o PEACEFUL and it's s-o-o-o HEALING.
It truly is a special shelter…We have 24/7 emergency rescue. If an animal is hurt during the night we will be there in 20 to 30 minutes. The doctors are on 24 hour call. We have students going out up to 100 kms looking for good homes for puppies. Vishwa then goes out to check them. About 40 to 50 percent are good. He then usually places the pups within a week. At this point in time we have placed over 1300 dogs and puppies in good homes. We have lifetime sanctuary for animals that are not strong enough to make it on their own. We have taken in over 6,000 animals thru emergency rescues since opening.
We will treat any creature in need. We have treated over 7,000 animals other than dogs—cats, over 1,400 cows, monkeys, horses, goats, pigs, peacocks, eagles, birds, snakes, mongooses, reptiles, and others.
The following link will take you to a 3 minute video taken inside the Shelter. (ALERT: TO GET BACK TO THE REPORT AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO, YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THE LINK!!!!) I rode up on my two wheeler as a lady was taking videos outside the Shelter. I invited her to come in with me to get a good clip inside. This is a copy of what she took. It really shows the "life and love" that I'm talking about.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4on7cvbMhE
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ON THE STREETS. There was so much suffering when we first opened fifteen years ago: over 7,000 homeless dogs, and the stray population was out of control. There was no small animal vet within 75 kms, and no treatment facility. There was rabies, and widespread abuse. There was unbounded misery: around 350 suffering and dying animals on the streets--mostly dogs and puppies, but monkeys, cows, birds, squirrels, peacocks, horses, and goats, too. It was awful!
Gradually, after we'd been open for five or six months, we started noticing that the animals seemed better off even tho' we hadn't seen most of them. And we realized that the community of 170,000, generally, were being nicer to them - and that if we wanted to really uplift their quality of life, this better relationship between the animals and the people had to continue.
So we started focusing on transforming that relationship: giving talks, having spots on TV, signs, ads in newspapers, and so on. But nothing seemed to work. A week after people heard a talk, or saw a video, they pretty much forgot about them.
Then came the illumination. We noticed that when we treated an animal in a crowded place, such as a railway station or market, people would gather around and watch, as many had never seen anyone giving such love to a homeless animal...nor had they seen that love being returned. The difference was, now they saw it with their Hearts...and they didn't forget! It subtly changed their awareness....And so we became aware of the TEACHABLE MOMENT!
There were many Teachable Moments when catching dogs for sterilization. Our people did it with a lot of love. Some dogs were caught just with the promise of good snacks. If a chase ensued, as soon as the dogs were caught they were given a lot of love--stroked, hugged, and told that we were very good people, and that we would bring them back to their familiar place. There was always someone in the van to stay with the dogs and reassure them. So much of the catching in other places is often brutal, and when people see this, it negatively affects the way they treat dogs.
We go into almost all areas to catch dogs for sterilization so almost everyone sees a catching. The tenderness affects them, and they start being more tender with dogs. And that slowly and steadily spreads thru Interconnectedness.
It's no longer awful on the streets. It feels so good to walk around and experience the difference. The Community's Heart has opened to the animals...AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY--PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. When the Heart opens, it doesn't open in just one direction. When people's Hearts open to the animals, people start being nicer to each other, too. You can't see it, but it's the nature of the Heart, and it's happening.
We humans are such complicated creatures and it's so hard to get us to be nicer to each other directly. This is such a simple way to uplift the entire community: just get it to open their Hearts to the animals.
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RESCUES
Many of you like to hear about our emergency rescues. We have about 10 to 40 a month. Here are some of the more recent ones.
****Mother monkey and her baby: A policewoman from Pradakshina Road called the Shelter about 6pm. A mother monkey had been hit by a vehicle. Ravi went out. The mother was unconsious. The babe, a male about 2 months old, was huddled against her. By the time they got back to the Shelter, the mother had died. Sugana will care for the babe about four months. She has named him Vaaly and he's with her 24 hours a day. She carries him in her sari. He goes home with her, and sleeps with her...well he did for the first seversl weeks. She's now had him two months, and he stays up much of the night and wants to play. He gets milk in small nippled bottles throughout the day. And slowly Sugana added grapes, bananas, and pomegranite seeds, which is his favorite. He's starting to spend several hours a day (increasing) at the shelter in the large monkey cage--He's made friends with another baby monkey and they wrestle, play, and eat together. (Sekar or Raja stayed with him the first month.) He's gradually being introduced to all the other monkeys, and in another two months, he'll be weaned and spend all his time with the others. If he ends up in a small family group, they'll be released. (We keep track of them to make sure they're doing okay.)
****Baby goat: Vishwa got a 7:30pm call at home from someone he knew. A baby goat had fallen into a 30 foot well about 23 kms out. Vishwa went with the van. There was 4 feet of water, and fortunately a dry plot of land where the babe could stand. Ten people were standing around, three with flashlights. They were calling to her sweetly. She was scared. Vishwa went down on a rope with a cage. The sweetie wasn't afraid of him and knew she was being rescued. She was about three months old. She must have fallen into the water because she had no wounds. He sent her up first. The owner was there. She immediately ran to him.
****The Forest Dept. called the Shelter about 10am. A young female deer, 2 or 3 years old, had been hit by a vehicle about 25 kms out. She had bad wounds on both back legs, and an injury on her shoulder. Prem, Dharma, Venkatesh, and Pandi went. She was along the side of the road when they got there. She ran into the forest, and it took 1/2 hour to catch her. They took her to the Shelter. A guy from the Forest Dept. came along. Dr. Raja gave her an i.v., a pain killer, anti-biotics, and cleaned and bandaged the wounds. We kept her four weeks while she healed. Vishwa then called the Forest Dept., and they told him to release her in the nearby forest. He checked back several days later to make sure she was okay. .
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IF YOU'VE WONDERED WHY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ME...
I've been flattened by Covid 19 for 5 1/2 months, and fully bedridden.
I HAVEN'T SAT, STOOD OR WALKED THE ENTIRE TIME.
I had no pain, and am cared for beautifully by people who love me and whom I love--my family, primarily Sugana, Dr. Raja, and Vishwa. (Sugana is here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and Vishwa is here a lot, and always available within a half hour.) Dr. Raja is amazingly handling all the high level stuff.
I've good doctors, and an excellent physical therapist, and I started practicing sitting up for short stints about three weeks ago, and am making steady progress. Within two months I hope to start practing standing...Om Namah Shivaya.
Thank you, thank you, thank you...for the steady support...It was critically important...
The Shelter is going beautifully, totally run by my beloved Dr. Raja and Vishwa.
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Our stats in the months of July, August, and September were:
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This brings us to the end of the Report.
Hoping that each of you is doing excellently...That you're unfolding beautifully and strongly inside. My Baba said that nothing is gained without some inner austerity. I sometimes think of it in wordly terms for myself as, "Growing up ain't easy!"
As in previous reports, I've included a collection of photos. Hoping you enjoy them. Remember...the theme is simply LOVE.
PLEASE...REMEMBER...DONATIONS.
THE PRECIOUS ONES NEED US...AND WE NEED YOU!
RECURRING DONATIONS, EVEN QUITE MODEST ONES, ARE BEST FOR US.
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With love, blessings, and wishes for all things good...May we All, each of us, act in a way that emits uplifting, healing energy.
Leslie, the Ageing Expatriate Warrior
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