Help homeless animals access life-saving treatment

In the aftermath of the Manali floods that devastated the region in July of this year, we saw an increase in the number of animals requiring rescue and medical treatment. We went from a monthly average of 20 new rescues between January and June, to a monthly average of 54 new rescues for the three months immediately after the floods. The excessively damp conditions meant that wounds took longer to heal, maggot wounds were larger than those seen in previous years, and resources were spread even thinner than usual.

Despite this, we were able to continue rescuing animals and treating them until they could be released, although we are still treating a few animals that were more severely injured. One such dog, called Bhuvan had a very large maggot wound on the top of his head and neck. When he was found, he was. Unable to stand because of weakness, dehydration, and infection. To begin with, treating his wounds was easy because he did not have the energy to resist and spent his day sleeping and regaining his strength. However, after a few weeks, he was active and playing. But this also meant that he had the energy to remove every bandage we put on him to help his head wound heal. This severely delayed the healing process, so we had to come up with a solution. We asked a supporter from Australia, who was visiting India to bring us a No Flap Ear Wrap, designed for dogs needing to keep their ears secure after surgeries, injury or infections. This worked like a charm, and Bhuvan was not able to remove it, so we used it to keep his bandages secure each day, and now his wound is almost healed.

After things had quietened down from the floods, we resumed our very important work of sterilization and anti-rabies vaccination camps. In October we vaccinated 100 dogs in Kullu town, and 44 in Keylong, bringing our total to 1911. We also held several anti-rabies vaccination camps in various locations, bringing our total to 3543 dogs vaccinated against this deadly disease.

Koko, the baby.monkey that we rescued after her mother was electrocuted and died, is growing up. She has. abest friend at Manali Strays... Archie the cat. We rescued Archie, but decided to keep him rather than release him. He helps to keep the mice away from our electrical items and is great company for Koko.

2023 in numbers (up to 1st Dec):

• 709 dogs sterilised
• 32 general surgeies performed
• 315 animals rescued and treated at our rescue centre
• 1219 rabies vaccines administered
• 480 pets treated in our outpatient department

The support of monthly donors really helps to make all this possible, so thank you to our regular donors. And thank you so much to any new donors who have contributed in the past few months. We are in urgent need of upgrading our fencing, so your support means a lot.

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