Karuna Society

32 cattle rescued from slaughter

vinicius — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:17 +0000

On 3rd July 2009, the local police department confiscated a truck for overloading of 32 cattle destined for slaughter. Among the cattle were young, healthy animals and even pregnant ones.

The cattle are now under our care. The healthy working bulls will be given to local farmers under a strict adoption plan.

One more bear cub joins the Karuna bear family

vinicius — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:02:13 +0000

In the third week of June 2009, another bear cub was rescued by the Forest Department, and handed over to Karuna Society. The cub was in bad condition when it arrived.

The legs were badly swollen as it had been tied up by the legs. It is also blind in one eye. It was traumatised by its experience and was whimpering and crying a lot. Luckily, the two other bear cubs, who are a little bit older gave him the much needed protection and support.

Medical Camp for Cattle & Dogs

vinicius — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:43:49 +0000

On June 8th 2009, WVS supported by the local veterinary doctors joined hands with the Karuna veterinary doctor and assistants to conduct a medical camp in the neighbouring village of Buchaiahgaripalli.

This event met with success as over a 100 cattle and dogs were checked and treated. The cattle owners were advised to bring their animals to the Karuna cattle hospital in case they were ailing.

Worldwide Veterinary Services (WVS) makes a film of Karuna’s activities

vinicius — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:52:09 +0000

On 2^nd June 2009, a team of four from WVS came to India for one week to film all the activities of Karuna. The team, led by Luke Gamble, veterinarian, together with Marc Rowedder from “Red Earth Studio”, make a series of films for Sky Channel, UK about animal welfare all over the world. They filmed Luke doing treatments and operations at the clinic, dealing with donkey’s, cattle and our small bears at the wildlife centre.

This is what Luke said, “It has been a fantastic trip. My full admiration for the Karuna team. I look forward to a strong relationship between our organizations in the future.”

The film will probably be aired in December 2009 or January 2010. We will keep you informed.

Painted Storks at Veerapuram

karunasociety — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:12:29 +0000

Karuna Society has been involved with rescue operations of painted storks for the last 5 years. Thousands of painted storks migrate every year, around January, to the warmer areas of Veerapuram and live there till August. We have an attendant to take care of injured birds and chicks that fall from trees due to strong winds.

They are treated by our wildlife veterinary doctor and cared for till they are able to rejoin the group. In case they are unable to do so, they live with us in the aviary at our Wildlife Rescue Centre.

Donkey with tetanus

vinicius — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:58:47 +0000

In April 2009, we received a donkey infected with tetanus in an advanced stage. Thanks to the special care in our in-patient ward it is gradually recovering.

Two bear cubs join Karuna family

vinicius — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:49:26 +0000

In the first week of April 2009, two bear cubs rescued by the Forest Department, were handed to Karuna Society for taking care. They are under our special care until they are big and fit enough to join Raja and Balu.

Kindness Farm

vinicius — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:48:50 +0000

In March 2009, Karuna Society purchased 18 acres of agricultural land next to its present organic farm. We are grateful to Philip Wollen for his generous donation that enabled us to buy the land. This new land which will be used for growing organic produce for sale in our shop and fodder for the animals is named “Kindness Farm” as it is a source of kindness to man, animals and Mother Earth.

Cattle/Large Animal Hospital Under Completion

vinicius — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:39:12 +0000

The building for this hospital is under completion and soon it will be fully functional. It admits inpatient cows, bulls, calves, donkeys, ponies and injured goats for treatment and surgery by our specialized veterinary doctor.

We even have a camel in our care. We provide shelter, nursing facility and feed to the inmates. We provide mechanical lift facilities for disabled animals. Outpatients are welcome for second opinion and treatments.

Cattle hospital area

Inside view of operation theatre

Raja joins Balu

karunasociety — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:39:21 +0000

In February 2009, Karuna Wildlife Rescue Centre received a new male illegal dancing bear, Raja, rescued by the Karuna Team. Special thanks go to Mr. Manjunath of IABWS.

Raja has now become a loving companion to Ms. Balu who has been with us since 2004.

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has recently given Karuna Wildlife Rescue Centre permission to shelter a total number of 6 bears and 10 monkeys.

Camel rescued from slaughter

karunasociety — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:23:36 +0000

Raja, a majestic camel, was being paraded in Anantapur for sale of his meat. Karuna Society was informed and we sprang into action to save him and transport him to our shelter in Enumulapalli. Raja is often taken to the forest for grazing.

ABC Hospital

vinicius — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:30:10 +0000

The construction of the new ABC hospital and kennels was completed in December 2007.

ABC surgeries are regularly conducted on street dogs of Puttaparthi and surrounding areas. Besides ABC, other surgeries are also performed on injured or sick animals.

The ABC operation theatre was donated by “Friends of Karuna” and “Zutphense Dierenbescherming” from Holland. Post-operative care rooms have been donated by The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust, Scotland.

ABC Hospital Building

ABC Operation In Progress

The Brand New Sita

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:16:10 +0000

Sita is one of the most unstoppable dogs currently living at Karuna, but when she got here the things were different for her. With almost 100% of the body covered by a very bad skin problem, she couldn’t even sleep because of the pain. We had to pack her into a big ball, and clean all the wounds everyday waiting for the skin to recover by itself without getting any more infections.

The recover took time and wasn’t easy, and today things are a lot better. The gaps in her hair are no longer skin problems, these are scars remaining from the treatment, and nothing will grow anymore on them. She doesn’t seem to care at all, once she is happy being the biggest troublemaker here.

Out-patient Clinic

vinicius — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:16:38 +0000

The out-patient clinic was inaugurated in January 2007. Since then it has been receiving at least 15 patients a day, mostly community dogs and some cats. Those animals that need long and supervised medical care remain with us as in-patients till they are ready to go back to their area/homes. In case they are not fit enough to go back, they receive life time care at our shelter.

The clinic

Dig with wildpig bite bein treated

New Home For Our Lady Bear

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:57:11 +0000

Today it’s a special day for Balu, our beautiful lady bear rescued from a dancing circus in January. She has been living all this 10 months in a small cage at the roof of our hospital during Karuna was doing a lot of effort along with other organizations to construct her brand-new compound.

After some sleep and a small trip, Balu can now keep recovering of her sad past in this new luxury 1/2 acre home that includes a private pool and flower decorated walls.

The compound was only possible due to donations of Free The Bears Fundation and The Winsome Constance Kindness Trust, whom we thank very much for believing in Karuna’s work with wildlife.

Bulls For Caretakers

admin — Wed, 12 May 2004 04:36:59 +0000

After rescuing over 200 bulls from slaughter, Karuna promotes a responsible act for local farmers. Until the court case is decided, the bulls are still officially in our custody and property of the government. All the villagers that wished to take care of a group of bulls had to sign an agreement that points:

the bulls are still over official custody of Karuna;
they must give them back if they can’t feed or don’t want them anymore;
the animals can’t be sold or sent to slaughter;
commitment to the animals’ health, feeding and good fit condition.

With that, Karuna expect to give these animals a good living environment and help the farmers in their daily work.

Tsunami Gets Recovered

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 05:14:48 +0000

The ‘tsunami’ word usually remind us of a lot of destruction and suffering, but in Karuna Hospital, this was the name given to a very sympathy dog found in the water and salty mud left by tsunami in Tamil Nadu.

He had very low temperature, distemper, lots of injuries in his legs, very skinny and blind. Now he is safe and recovered from all this, and even blind and having some mobility problems due to distemper, it’s impressive to see how Tsunami recognizes the place and moves around freely tapping the ground.

Helping Animals In The Tsunami Area

admin — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:35:53 +0000

Today a Karuna team of six people, 5 dogs and 6 puppies arrived back safely to Puttaparthi coming from the Tsunami area in Tamil Nadu. A completely devastated scenery of grazing areas and the non-availability of clean water to drink led the animals to a cruel survival challenge.

No one knows how many were washed away, died of ingesting salt water, taken for slaughter, wandering around without proper food & water or stolen by other people who lost their cattle. There is no way to identify a stray animal from an owned animal, but one thing is sure: most of the animals are feeding on rotting garbage or on nothing, and drinking contaminated water.

Goats are grazing on the roadsides, totally and completely contaminated with bleach powder. They get diarrhea. Between 200-300 dogs died in Nagapattinam, poisoned by local authorities.The tsunami has affected the animals in a different way than it has the people.

We had been feeding literally hundreds of animals along the shore and in Nagapattinam, but this was only very little that we could do, compared to the need.