Update as on Thursday, Jan 13 - 1300 hrs.

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UPDATE - THUR JAN 13, 2005 - 1300 HRS

 

Chennai: Dr. Sara Winikoff of AVAR, USA has been working at our Chennai Guindy

Centre since Tuesday morning. We are indeed most thankful to her having come

down from California to help out at this time.

 

Nagapattinam: The Nagapattinam District Collector has ruled that no cattle can

be permitted to roam on the streets. They must either be kept tethered by those

who are claiming to be their owners or else admitted by them at one of the

relief camps set up by the Government. The Blue Cross and Karuna teams there

will ensure the feeding and water supply to these animals. We are thankful to

the District Administration for doing this since many of the cattle were eating

rubbish and plastic.

 

The small animal clininc manned by Clementien Pauws at the Veterinary Hospital

is serving the purpose intended.

 

The feeding of dogs in that area also continues.

 

Tomorrow, Friday 14th is Pongal - the harvest festival and the most important in

Tamil Nadu. The staff of the Blue Cross who have been in Cuddalore and

Nagapattinam want to return to Chennai for the holiday. Unfortunately, we do not

have the man power available to replace all of them since work has to continue

at Chennai and our other centres. A fresh team are leaving tonight to replace

four or five at Nagapattinam who will leave Nagapattinam tonight. Raghavan and

Clementien will stay on along with about 10 others who will be joind by Daniel

and his team from the Blue Cross tomorrow.

 

We have closed down the Indian Bank storage area and moved everything to the

Nagapattinam Veterinary Hospital premises. One ambulance will also be returning

to Chennai tomorrow, leaving only one ambulance and the hired trucks there.

 

Thank you for all your support and help - we have most things under some sort of

control and are not just lurching from crisis to crisis.

 

S. Chinny Krishna

Blue Cross with inputs from Clementien Pauws of Karuna and S. Raghavan, Blue

Cross co-ordinator in Nagapattinam.