Provide Medical Care to Bangalore's Street Animals

As the lockdown eases and the COVID 19 numbers began to drop, we have become busier than ever. There is a sudden increase in the number of motherless puppies being dropped off at the shelter, and our puppy unit is facing a deluge with our unit running double its capacity. Currently we have 85 pups under our care needing puppy tonics, nourishing food, deworming & vaccinations. Some of them need round the clock care.

The ones who have completed their vaccinations and healthy, have been moved to our adoption unit. All efforts are being directed towards finding loving homes and families.

Even as we grapple with increasing numbers, we felt the need for a rehaul and upgrade to our trauma care unit. However, we had to get the renovation done with makeshift arrangements, as we continued to provide medical help to the animals that came to us during the time, as there is no scope for us to cease our work, no matter what the situation may be.

The sheer range of diseases & conditions seen in the OPD is overwhelming. From malnourishment, accidents, maggot infested wounds, to tumours, some of them are intensely heartbreaking.

Each case requires basic first aid & care, a diagnostic work up followed by treatment and a post operative recovery period before release. All of them require medications, both short term & long term, and the medication bill runs up to about 5 lakhs a month.

This is our most pressing need at the moment, to have our medication bills covered, so we can give the best to our intended beneficiaries, the stray animals of Bangalore.

Administration of medicines, is a crucial aspect of our trauma care, and runs like clockwork. Apart from the animals at our trauma care unit, some of our permanent residents also require long term medications for their chronic diseases.
Hence, I request you to kindly consider donating towards our medication bills.
I thank you for your continued support and wish you the very best.

Hello !
I hope you and your family are doing well.
At CARE, we have had to scale up our operations, as we were one among the few shelters that was operational throughout the COVID period.

For most part of the time, we had placed restrictions on visits & volunteering,despite the city going through phases of Unlock. It was a difficult decision to take, but the benefits definitely outweighed the cons. We could continue to keep our staff healthy & happy, thus our animals were well taken care of without any hiccups.

As the cases at the CARE OPD mounted, we also had to gear up for feeding the animals on the street.
The pandemic caused major havoc in the lives of lakhs of animals that scavenged for their food. With most eateries closed down and people not venturing outside as much, the animals took a huge hit.
What began as a small scale exercise, then snowballed into a major operation of mammoth proportions.
We began to not only provide food for the animals, we also began to provide food to verified feeders across the city, so they could in turn cover more animals. In this way, we were able to feed more than 1000 street dogs over a period of 6 months.
With the situation returning to normal, and most establishments staying open,we continue to feed these stray animals, as we realise that some of them particularly, the weak, the old and mother dogs require that extra help as they navigate through this challenging situation.

Meanwhile, our CARE for CATS centre, an exclusive facility for 60 cats, is up and running, and we thank you for your help in covering our running costs for the first 3 months.
For a quick virtual tour of the Care for Cats facility, please click on the link at the end of the report.

We continue to look forward to your support, as every contribution of yours helps us go that extra mile, which is most often the bridge between life and death for these beautiful creatures.
Thank you for your continued support.

Links:

• A short tour of our CARE for Cats Facility.