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Relief Update - Team -2 ( Friendicoes & WILDLIFE S.O.S ) Days

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TSUNAMI RELIEF WORK

 

" Working to Save Lives "

 

Relief update - Team -3 (Reporting from kanyakumari District )

 

This boys found their pet dog two days after the Tsunami hit their

home.. A happy reunion

 

At last some news has come to us from Dr Arun in the Kanyakumari

district. Arun has been moving methodically village to village as per

the list of 33 villages given to him by the District collector. He has

been treating and distributing fodder and dry food to dogs and cats in

12 villages so far. At Perayavilai he saw highly traumatized women

having lost many of their men folk to the sea. Mary's dog had survived

and was treated for dehydration and shock. At Periakadu, Selvam and

others like him met Dr Arun to get their goats treated for bloat, nearly

40 goats survived here.

 

Several turkeys and calves escaped having floated on top of thatches

ripped off huts. Salinity in the drinking water has given all the

animals and humans stomach problems. Liver tonics, antibiotics,

de-worming, has been given and wherever people offer to care for the

animals medicines are being given to them to continue the treatment. A

villager brings his goats for medical treatment..Muthuswamy had refused

to leave even when the water came in without his 3 cows and a calf and

thinks it is a miracle they all survived. Bore wells and wells continue

to be saline. Intravenous fluids administered to many cattle. Treated

pet dogs for injuries and poultry. Sister Rosylin of the Marya Rafols

Matric High School told us the children being on holiday saved their

lives but the school pets, 30 rabbits, 3 cows and 2 calves died. Their

pet dogs survived. Wherever it was needed Dr Arun is distributing dry

dog feed. He does not report dog biting nor any desire to kill the dogs

from the authorities.

 

They came in search of their pet dog and found him after one day . (See

Top Photo) Mary's dog, the only animal survivor

 

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