about people for animals bangalore

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People for Animals, Bangalore, is a charitable trust

that works for animal welfare and environmental

conservation.

We take care of injured, sick and abandoned animals.

Click here to find out more about our Mobile Clinics,

no-kill shelter, Save our Wild Life (SoWL)

We aim to sensitise people and organisations about

animal welfare and the environment.

Our parent organisation was started by Ms. Maneka

Gandhi in 1993. We are the largest Non-Governmental

organisation in India.

We run completely on donations

We network with the Forest Department, the Police

Department, lawyers and the press to implement our

objectives.

We are part of the Censor Board of films in India, to

prevent the misuse and wrong depiction of animals in

films.

We are part of the CPCSEA, a committee that oversees

the ethical treatment of animals in laboratory

testing.

 

People For Animals, Bangalore runs a mobile clinic

which provides free medical treatment for street and

stray animals. Since the inception of our Animal

Mobile Clinic in November 1998, People For Animals,

Bangalore has treated hundreds of animals, both stray

and domestic.

 

Whenever an animal is sterilised or treated, it is

released in the same surroundings from where we picked

it up. The ambulance operates mainly on donations as

does the whole of People For Animals. The treatments

given include:

 

Anti-rabies vaccination

Sterilization and neutering

Treatment of severe skin infections

Treatment of cancer in all stages

Treatment for accident and hit-and-run victims

Setting of broken bones

Conditions requiring operation

Post operative care and shelter.

 

We, People For Animals, Bangalore, believe that all

living things have a right to live and die in dignity,

without us interfering in the natural cycles. In

keeping with this value, no animals (these include

birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, vertebrates and

invertebrates) will have their life terminated because

it is 'inconvenient' for us to look after them.

 

Abandoned, stray, sick, injured or abused animals will

now have a loving haven, until we find them an adopted

home or until they have recuperated completely; and

those that cannot take care of themselves will have a

loving home for the rest of their natural lives.We

plan to build a low-cost, eco-friendly, animal

need-sensitive shelter cum hospital on 6 acres of land

that has been allotted to us for this purpose.

 

PFA's ETHNO-VETERINARY CONCEPT FOR THE SHELTER

How does one turn six acres of barren land into an

animal hospital and shelter with all the modern

medical facilities? How does one also integrate into

it research and practice of traditional herbal

remedies? How does one go about providing a

much-needed burial ground for pets? How does one

create the infrastructure needed to hospitalize and

treat the injured street animal, which has been

rescued by the team of committed volunteers who work

round the clock? How does one translate good

intentions into concrete? How…?

But of course, and this we say with great pride, with

the sustained support of Bangaloreans who have helped

'People For Animals' tremendously in making it into

the vigorous and active environmental and animal

welfare unit that it is today. Now that we want to

enlarge our scope of activities, we once again

approach all citizens of this city for help. The list

is quite varied and seemingly endless, but here

follows a few specifics…

Bricks, cement, steel and pipes head our list. We

would appreciate even the two bags of cement, the old

iron rods or whatever that you might have left over

from your building activities. Tiles, sanitary

fittings, windows or doors, clamps and nails, to even

the smallest nut and bolt, it's all required by us.

Then we need medical and surgical equipment, cages,

pagers, mobile phones, vehicles and also too cash

donations.

What we hope to achieve is community based animal

health care with an emphasis on ethnoveterinary

medicine. This center will encourage the use of

locally available herbal remedies to treat the most

common ailments amongst animals. We thus hope to

promote the conservation of biological diversity and

medicinal plants and the sustained use of natural

resources. And alongside reinforce the importance of

the intimate relationship between people, animals and

the environment.

Thousands of little known medically active plants grow

in India. Over the centuries, the indigenous tribal

people living in forests as well as farmers have

experimented and made use of several plants. They also

observed that animals used to eat particular leaves,

fruits or roots when they were unwell. Bears, which

have eaten too much honey, eat a particular berry

whereas dogs chew strong smelling Lantana leaves when

they've over eaten. Elderly and ill animals can be

seen sniffing the leaves of a neem tree.

It is only in the last two centuries that modern

medicine has evolved. What we take for granted today

like aspirin and antibiotics were unknown until

recently. Earlier people would seek health security

for themselves and their animals not in expensive

needles and pill bottles, but from the leaves, roots

and barks of trees that grew around them. Extracts of

otherwise poisonous plants like Vinca rosea, Rauwolfia

serpentina, Datura and many others were used to treat

serious diseases.

Trypanosomiasis, also known as 'surra', is one of the

economically most important diseases of farm animals

affecting livestock health and economy in several

tropical countries including India. Lack of

cost-effective drugs is a serious drawback in the

treatment of this disease. Most of the

antitrypanosomal drugs currently available in the

market are either highly toxic to animals or the

parasite rapidly becomes resistant to these drugs.

Medicinal plants could be an answer to this problem

and we would not have to be dependent on international

drug companies, which work on high-profit margins. The

death of the twelve tigers in the Nandankanan zoo

brings home the point that we need to prepare

traditional medicines under enhanced quality control

without sacrificing the therapeutic quality.

For more information contact: 'People for Animals', 27

Crescent Road Cross, High Grounds, Bangalore 560001.

Phone No.: 2289775 or 2264758 E-mail us at

pfa_bangalore

 

People For Animals would like to incorporate the

following facilities in our new hospital-cum-shelter :

 

X-Ray

Scanning

An out patient department

Operation theatres for large and small animals

An Aviary

An isolation ward

Bathing and exercise areas

Staff residences for 24-hour care

A discussion room

An audio-visual library and reference library

A water body for birds and other water loving species

A separate wing for wild animals in need of care

A special enclosure for the departed

Temporary boarding and lodging for short periods for

pets.

We plan to have the following activities at our

shelter:

 

An adoption program

Rescue and rehabilitation center for performing

animals such as bears, monkeys, snakes, birds etc

First-aid workshops for volunteers and the public

Free sterilization and vaccination for stray animals

A 24-hour emergency squad

A 24-hour mobile clinic for emergency attention.

Free service for domestic animals from the surrounding

rural areas

The Ahimsa (No-Kill) Animal Shelter

Our latest and most ambitious project, to date is the

setting up of a No-Kill animal shelter-cum-hospital at

Kengeri, to care for sick, injured, homeless and

abandoned animals of Bangalore.

Immediate Goals of the shelter

To have veterinarians and staff living on the

premises, to ensure that 24 - hour medical assistance

is available.

The shelter will be Bangalore's first no-kill shelter,

where we will respect the dignity of life of all

creatures and will not put any animal down unless it

is suffering from excruciating pain, or is mortally

wounded or incurably ill.

We will also aim at preserving the natural beauty and

harmony of the land on which our shelter will be

built. The buildings and shelters will be constructed

to be as environment friendly and energy efficient as

possible.

The Animal Birth Control Program

PFA, Bangalore is beginning a sterilisation and

vaccination drive for street dogs. Through this 5 year

Animal Birth Control / Anti Rabies Vaccination

program, we aim to bring down their numbers and

control rabies.

We aim to ultimately serve our beautiful city of

Bangalore by serving its animals and its environment.

The major benefit of caring for street animals,

sterilising and vaccinating them, and promoting

environmental conservation, is to make Bangalore safe

and healthy for everyone.Our organization is as much

People for Bangalore as it is People for Animals.

 

The Mobile Clinic

One of PFA Bangalore's most successful projects is the

mobile animal clinic, which we run free of cost for

large and small stray animals. We'd like to make it a

round-the-clock, all-days service.

 

Save our Wild Life (SoWL)

PFA volunteers have formed a squad to rescue animals

in distress. They work to check illegal wildlife

trade, prevent overloading of bullock and horse carts,

rescue performing animals like bears, snakes and

monkeys and enforce anti-cruelty laws. If you'd like

to be part of this policing squad, get in touch with

us.

Environmental Quotient (E.Q) Sessions

We have recently begun a series of free interactive

sessions which aim at bringing about action through

information to the public. A series of expert guest

speakers give interactive lectures and presentations

on various environmental and animal welfare issues.

The sessions we have had so far have been very

successful in reaching out to the public and educating

them on the various issues that require urgent

attention.

 

The Humane Education Program in Schools

This far reaching educational program aims to create

awareness in the children of today about animal rights

and environmental consciousness and conservation. We

focus on educating children and training them to think

about their eco-system and lifestyle, and to be aware

of how we are all part of the ecological cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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