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Our Services and Activities
The co-existence with man is
day-to-day becoming a hardship for the animals. Under such
circumstances, it is unacceptable for us to see animals roaming
on roadsides and dying due to accidents or starvation. Everyday
at some or the other location the neighborhood dogs are
poisoned, beaten to death and tortured. To resist such gruesome
activities against animals, we are pledged towards bringing
relief to these suffering creatures. Our activity comprises of
all sorts of efforts to bring relief to suffering animals,
whether big or small. Our main activity is Animal Birth Control
(sterilization) and Immunization. We pick up animals in
different conditions from all parts of Delhi. Either people call
us or our members inform us about the animals, whether owned pet
or any stray. Our daily pick up vary between 10 to 30 different
type of animals, among them hit and run cases, treatment,
rehabilitation of old, infirm, sick, puppy, and other abandoned
animals. We pick up stray dogs from the road, sterilize them and
give them anti-rabies injection. This serves a dual purpose. It
reduces the number of stray dogs without killing them and
anti-rabies injections make them safe for human cause. In case
of accidents, the victimized animals are provided with on the
spot treatment and brought to our Animal Shelter as and when
required. Everyday we treat and feed around 30-40 large animals
and quite a large number of small animals. Expensive injections
are given to all the animals at the home of Mrs. Irani Mukherjee,
the Hon. Founder Chairperson. Each animal is treated like a
guest at a five-star hotel.
Instant Relief
The society brings instant relief to the suffering of
large animals by sending the ambulance. Injured large animals
are picked up and brought to the Hospital cum Shelter for
treatment and in some cases, "spot treatment" is also given to
them. There is a common clinic for the animal with full
amenities for surgery. Our hospital is fully equipped to deal
with all sorts of emergencies including surgery. Our mobile van
is well equipped with medicines and surgical requirements. We
also attend to large animals like cows, buffaloes, horses,
donkeys, etc. normally. We get the opportunity to treat birds
quite regularly. Occasionally, we attend the call for camels and
elephants also. Our Mobile Van and Sumo Ambulance has its fixed
schedule for attending large animals.
Animal Pick-up
We attend calls the entire day, rescuing
animals at the site of traffic accidents, from homes, and from
streets where animals are hurt and in need of help. Whatever the
situation is our staff on mobile duty rushes to any spot at any
time, when need be there. Since we do not have any proper place
to treat big animals, we need our van for first aid as and when
information is received and arrange for its pickup by some other
organisation that have the facility. We are waiting to get a van
for pick up of big and large animals, though we do not know when
the negotiations will be fruitful. We regularly attend to horses
in Tonga stands (Savitri Nagar, Zamrudpur, Govind Puri, Khanpur,
Bhatti mines, etc.). We intend to work for donkeys and pigs in a
bigger way but scarcity of funds and space do not allow us to
work extensively for this cause. Our mobile clinic gives door to
door service to poor owners of horses, buffaloes, cows, pigs and
donkeys, etc. the services rendered by our Mobile Clinic was
very much appreciated by local people.
Benevolent Treatment
We treat the animals, sterilize them, feed
them thrice a day and finally take them back to the same area.
Then we release the animals on the same spot from where they are
picked up. We search out an animal lover in the area who would
ensure that the animals are fed. We again return to the same
spot for annual injections. We try to give all possible help to
the animals brought to us. We do not 'euthanise', which means
killing by giving injections when animals are sick. If any
animal dies we give it proper burial and perform rituals. CAL
ensures that whenever a dead animal is found or informed by any
animal lover, it is also given a decent burial. We are also
concerned with the beasts of burden like horses, donkeys, and
elephants that are over worked and underfed. Periodical trips
are made by the activists to feed such animals and offer them
medical assistance.
Adoption Programme
After the animal is cured our members help us
to identify people interested in adopting these dogs and get
them adopted in homes where they will be looked after. So far a
lot of dogs have already found homes for themselves.
Feeding Stray Dogs
Our vans distribute about 200 packets of food
everyday to the stray animals. Around 165 packets are
distributed for small animals, which include dogs and cats.
About 35 packets are daily served to various types of large
animals. Feeding is done in Delhi and nearby areas and majorly
in the South Delhi Area. Till today dogs are fed very punctually
outside the School in Lodhi Estate, where Mrs. Irani Mukherjee,
our Hon. Founder chairperson, used to teach.
Various beneficiaries that we attend include
dogs, cats, cows, buffaloes, pigs, equines, elephants, birds,
rabbits, and any other animal in need of our treatment and care.
Dogs
Due to their huge population the dogs happen
to be our most frequent visitor. From the very beginning, our
services were devoted to the welfare of dogs and also for the
cats. We serve the stray dogs as well as pet dogs. At our
shelters, we have housed dogs in much more numbers than any
other animal. As human beings, all other animals also have a
right to live. There had been cases of poisoning where we tried
to take legal action and even educate the offenders.
Cats
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Next to dogs, the cats form the second
largest population among the animals housed in our shelters.
Cats are also sterilised and the ones that do not find any
caretaker in the civil society are kept under our care and
protection. These animals are most susceptible to the gruesome
attitude of many people who poison the cats in their locality.
We promptly take legal steps to express our disregard for such
criminal activity of these people.
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Cows/Buffaloes
The livestock like cows, buffaloes, goats and
sheep’s are a bit fortunate lot among all the animals, as people
appreciate their economic value in the form of several food
products. However, we treat all ailments of these animals. We
attend to any road accidents, where sometimes we are required to
provide on-site treatment and medication. We also arrange
programmes for monitoring cruelty against these animals by their
owners. Several of these livestock are neglected by the owners
and are left on the streets. Regarding cruelty by owners, pigs
are the worst sufferers as they are considered to be low-value
in term of economic benefits. We reach the sites and we counsel
those owners so as to do justice to their livestock. Lots of
cows are there in Hauz Rani, Begumpur villages. Our Mobile
Clinic gives door to door service to poor owners of cows, pigs,
etc.
Equines
We have been serving several equines. The
horses and donkeys both face much bitter experiences with their
owners. These animals are used to drag carts as goods carrier.
Many a times these animals are made to over work without water
and food. Even the small mules are also made to run with these
carts. We have tried to counsel few owners to have mercy on the
condition of the animals, especially their young ones. Our
mobile clinic also serves the poor owners of horses and donkeys.
We regularly attend to horses in Tonga stands in Karbala, New
Delhi and Old Delhi Railway Stations.
Elephants
At regular intervals we visit the Yamuna
Pushta area (river bank) in Delhi where we interact with the
owners of the largest animal on earth, the elephants. We survey
the conditions in which these human friendly and one of the most
intelligent animals are kept. We educated their owners regarding
the ways to maintain healthy upkeep of the elephants that had
been in a very long association with the human society. We
sensitize the owners regarding cruelty against animals and
persuade them to have mercy on the elephants.
Birds
We attend to many birds that are injured in
road accidents. Birds are very prone to accidents as there is
less vegetation and more of physical structures and fixtures in
the urban area. Moreover, in Delhi due to very high number of
vehicle presence on the roads, birds get hurt every now and
then. Even large birds like eagles are prone to accidents and
our doctors attend them. As per our activism towards the right
to freedom for these flying animals we visit parts of Old Delhi
where many rare endangered species are kept for sale. We had set
free many birds and whenever required we have been active in
taking legal steps to punish the culprits.
Other Small Animals
We are sensitive towards all animals and thus
take care of small animals too. The small animals include hares
and the poultry such as hen, cock, etc. We attend to any
ailments or accidents. We look majorly into the matters of
slaughter of these animals. We had been active towards legal
process to stop slaughtering. Thus, to ensure the living rights
of these poultry animals we widely advocate vegetarianism.
Free Checkup Vaccination Camps
Every year
about three-four times we organise Free Animal Check Up and
Anti-Rabies Vaccination Camps. The main attractions of the
camps are dogs, cats, cows, buffaloes, and every other type of
small and big animals. Vaccination programme is conducted only
for dogs. These free camps had been organised in several parts
of Delhi, Gurgaon and even NOIDA. From Friends Colony to Naraina
we have covered a large span of Delhi. Our camps also benefit a
large segment of the rural population living on the periphery of
Delhi. These camps are aimed at making people more sensitive
towards the needs and required care of the animals. The camps
were organised in Neb Sarai, Sainik Farms, Naraina, Raghubir
Nagar, Mayapuri, Sanjay Colony, Madangir, Khirki Extn., Ber
Sarai, Panchsheel Park, Khel Gaon, Masjid Moth, Mehrauli, Green
Park, Friends Colony, Chhattarpur Village, JNU, South Extension,
Kotla Mubarakpur, and many other places. Most wide coverage of
our services had been in the South Delhi area. We had also been
organising free mobile anti-rabbies vaccination and
clinic services for animals, at various places like New
Friends Colony, Shahpurjat, Under Hill Road. Since, the initial
days of the programme around 1000 dogs and 150 cats had been
vaccinated. At an average we vaccinate 40 to 50 dogs every
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