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DAY- 5 - AT TSUNAMI RELIEF CAMPS - ( WILDLIFE S.O.S ® &

FRIENDICOES-SECA)

Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:57:27 +0530

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Organization: WILDLIFE S.O.S ® - New Delhi - India

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TSUNAMI RELIEF WORK

 

" Working to save lives "

 

The days are longer now for all our three teams in the field. Some

times the feeding and the treating of the animals goes on till midnight

and the truck or a hut becomes their bed for the night .........

 

Team I : Fodder feeding was undertaken at Cherur, Velankini and

Akaripattai. Since these were severely hit by the tsunami specially

those who were devoted to the temple at Velankeni have a great need for

solace and are finding it very difficult to reconcile themselves to the

tragedy. " Ariammal " returned to her hut after several days of searching

for her lost daughter to find instead her three dogs had returned

" home " rather the place where the hut had existed. She requested Dr.

Cyril for four loaves of bread to feed them. She said " at least the sea

spared my three children even if it took my daughter " . Unfortunately it

was too dark to take a photo of the happy scene. The grass is cut during

the whole morning so the feeding goes on till late at night as the team

moves from village to village feeding the animals that faithfully wait

at their old " homes " .

 

Team -II :Dr. Prabhakar arranged and distributed dry and green fodder

at Pudhupet, Pudhupettai, specially to the free ranging cattle on the

sea shore (over a 100 ) at Chinnur, Killai, Devanampattinam, Thazhanguda

and Sothikuppam. More than fifteen families brought over 40 cows for

treatment and over 150 goats were treated for dehydration and injuries.

Dr. Prabhakaran of Team -II treating an Injured Cow

 

A cow at the fodder distribution

 

" Food at last ..Cuddalore district, Chidambaram taluka

 

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Dr. Arun treating goats at a temporary shelterTeam-III :Dr. Arun is

concentrating on the thirty three villages which the District

Magistrate declared as the most affected. " Fortunately there are no

incidents of people killing dogs reported in this parts of the Tsunami

affected area " , reported Dr.Arun The district administration officials

estimated that in Nagercoil and Thuckalay a total of 44 cattle, 228

goats & 3053 poultry is dead due to the disaster leading to a loss of

Rupees around Rupees ten lacs. However twice the number of animals has

survived. " It is our duty to feed and care for these un-owned animals

till the survivors over come their fear of the sea and come back to

begin their lives afresh, " said Dr. Arun, who is camping in that

district and treating the affected animals. " Moreover, the free ranging

cattle are not used to eating dry fodder, so we are arranging green

fodder for them, which is a challenge in the Tsunami hit areas. "

 

Reach out .....!!

 

 

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Dave Neale

UK Director

Animals Asia Foundation

 

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