Rescue,Love,Save-1000's of Suffering Animals.India

Dear People...Dear  Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters                     

Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.

From my Heart to your Heart,

May we all be Blessed with more compassionate understanding. No exceptions. Friends. Adversaries. Everyone!

In these most difficult of times the Shelter is simply going beautifully, and the animals in Tiru are really cared for,

Of the three population groups (the Owner Animals. the In-patient Animals, and the Homeless Animals), the care of the Homeless Animals is the most difficult to uplift.

• Care of the Owner Animals can be uplifted by encouraging their care directly with the owners.
• Care of the In-patient Animals is under our direct attention..
• But care of the Homeless Animals (I'M PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT OUR 9000 HOMELESS DOGS) depends on their relationship with the people amongst whom they live day in day out. If that relationship is not good, they receive no real caring, no protection when they are in harm's way; they have no reliable food source, and no supportive energy as they live their lives. If that relationship must be uplifted, it's not easy to do! What we're really talking about is opening the community's Heart to the animals.

THANKFULLY, the homeless animals in Tiru are cared for beautifully..

MANY SAY THEY HAVE NEVER, IN INDIA, SEEN PEOPLE SO CARING FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS--AND THE ANIMALS MORE OPEN TO PEOPLE- AS ON THE STREETS OF TIRUVANNAMALAI.

This is truly meaningful and significant. I regularly ask Vishwa about it. And he assures me that it is profoundly visible.

We've put in much energy and love to make this come about.

And I am so grateful it has unfolded like this.

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In an earlier Report I explained why, in Tiru, the people amongst whom the homeless dogs live are so caring. THIS ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE THE DOGS ARE OPEN TO THAT CARING. If they were aggressive or unreceptive it wouldn't work.

This Report focuses on the things we do to have the homeless dogs "open to" and not afraid of people. Remember, we have 9000.

The creation of and possible solution to the problem revolves around the catching and sterilization of the homeless dogs. All municipalities have to put forth considerable effort to sterilize its homeless dogs. We do 80 to 100 sterilizations a month.

The whole process of sterilization is potentially a horror for dogs. They can be so traumatized in the process that there is no way they would ever be open to humans again. Many have to be chased down and caught which is very often a brutal process. Then they are put into a motorized vehicle which none have ever been exposed to, another potentially traumatizing eperience. They are then taken to a shelter, probably terrified that they're going to be killed. When time comes for the operation, they're sedated, taken to an operating theatre, given an anesthetic and operated on. Then they're put in a room, often unattended, where they regain consciousness. With no understanding of what's happening as they regain consciousness it is frightening and disorienting. Then they're kept for several days while they convalesce. And then they're put back into their territories, most likely afraid of and aggressive to human attention.

We do things quite differently. We put in a major effort to make the experience as non-threatening as we can. First, in catching the homeless dogs for sterilization our people catch the dogs with a lot of love and care. (This is very different than most municipal shelters where there is often brutality involved. It takes much more time but is well worth it.) If our people have to chase a dog down, after they catch them, they stroke and lovingly reassure them that everything will be okay, that we are good people, and will bring them back.

We have people inside the van to reassure the dogs. It is the first time any of them have been in a motorized vehicle. We put a lot of effort into reassuring them as the van moves and takes them to the Shelter. It's very scarey for them. We have Staff at the Shelter to reassure them. We give them tasty snacks and a lot of affection in the cages before sterilization. Our staff knows the most important thing they can give them is love and caring. And that this will help them in the future.

When they are sedated to be taken to the operating room, our people know that they're still aware and give them reassurance.

Our doctors know, that tho' they're unconscious, they can still hear, and say reassuring things as they operate.

Coming out of the anesthetic can be frightening for them. So we have someone with them that reassures them as they regain consciousness.

We give them a lot of love and caring while they convalesce.

And when we put them back into their territories, they are almost always now open to humans.

At this point we have completed around 10,000 sterilizations. So most of the homeless dogs have been in our care for 6 days...and are OPEN.

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This Report, like many of the others, gives an overview of the energy our Work has generated to lift suffering from the Animal Realm, and how that impacts the Human Population through them being nicer to each other. Once the Heart opens to the animals, it opens in every direction. So people are nicer to each other, too. It's simply the nature of the Heart.

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To remind you of the level at which we are operating, below are our STATISTICS SINCE OPENING JAN.2007 THRU DEC.2024

• • Clinic Visits........................111,162
  • In-Patient Treatments........221,742
  • Anti-Rabies Injections.........27,372
  • Emergency Rescues..............8,843
  • Dogs Sterilized ......................9,902
  • Animal Adoptions..................1,694
  • Non-dogsTreated..................14,034 (Included in"Non-dogs Treated" are 4,472 cows & calves, 3,859 goats & sheep, 3,261 cats, 1,448 birds, 449 rabbits...and 545 squirrels/ donkeys/pigs/peacocks/parrots/eagles/horses/deer/ bullocks/ snakes/turkeys/owls/ducks/mongooses/turtles.)

   MONTHLY (these figures are current), we: 
  

  • treat 800 to 1,500 out-patients in the Clinic, most of whom are "owner dogs";
  • give 1,500 to 3,000 treatments to in-patients, almost all of whom are homeless dogs;
  • go out on 100 to 120 emergency rescues;
  • perform 80 to 100 sterilizations;
  • give 130 to 250 anti-rabies injections;
  • place 5 to 15 puppies in good homes;
  • treat 100 to 200 animals other than dogs.(Mostly cows, calves, goats, sheep, and cats...but many others too.)

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Here are some recent Rescue stories from Vishwa to warm your Heart. For many of you it's your favorite part.

• Dog....Got a noon call at Shelter from a foreign lady. There was a dog opposite Ramana Ashram with a wound on his left front leg. Pandi and Hari went. He came right to them. Knew they were there to help. 6 year old male. About 14kg. It was a really bad wound, around the entire leg, and there were maggots. It smelled awful. Dr. Raja treated him. Cleaned wound--infection and maggots. Gave several injections--painkiller and anti-biotics. We've had him a week. He went into the big cage alongside the new clinic with 4 or 5 other dogs. Very friendly. Playing with other dogs. Very happy. Mani and Santosh are caring for him. He bonded with Santosh. Wound is healing well. We'll release him in another week or two.
• Bat....Got a noon call from a shopowner. A baby bat had fallen onto his couch, and was too young to fly. Prem went. Dr.Raja checked him. He was fine. Just gave him nutrition. We kept him in a small basket inside the operation theatre. He didn't bond with anyone. He gained strength and started flying in 3 days. We released him in the trees in same place we had gotten him. He was very happy to be free...Om Namah Shivaya.
• Calf....Got a 7:30pm call from a farmer 30kms out. A year old calf had been attacked by a bull and her intestines were hanging out. Vishwa sent Pandi, Prem, Dharma, and Hari in the ambulance. The calf was unconscious when they got there. They had to carry her 1/2km to the ambulance. At 9:30pm Dr.Raja and Dr.Mahesh both operated for two hours to get her back together. She survived. We had her 10 days. The farmer was bringing green grass every day. For two days she was just on iv's and then started taking water. On the third day grass. She was getting anti-biotics every day. On the 3rd day she started standing. And slowly walking. We had her ten days. And she was then well enough to go home with the farmer. She's doing well...Thank you God.

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This brings us to the end of the Report.

These are such difficult times on our beloved Planet. Hoping that each of you is doing excellently.

As in previous reports, I've included a collection of photos--some new, some old. Hoping you enjoy them. Remember...the theme is simply LOVE.

PLEASE...REMEMBER...DONATIONS.

THE PRECIOUS ONES NEED US...AND WE NEED YOU!

RECURRING DONATIONS, EVEN QUITE MODEST ONES, ARE BEST FOR US.

GOING FORWARD WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR SUPPORT...IF YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING IN NEW SUPPORTERS THAT WOULD REALLY HELP...OM NAMAH SHIVAYA.

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Sending Blessings, Love, and Wishes for all things Good. From all of us...Me, Dr. Raja, Vishwa, our devoted Staff, and The Precious Ones.

May our beloved Planet heal. May we all be blessed with more compassionate understanding. May we all be good to each other.

Leslie, The Aging Expatriate Warrior

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Links:

• Really, really good video-Hridayam-8 1/2 minutes.
• Interview of Leslie-3 1/2 minutes
• Leslie--Centrally important talk to Staff-8 minutes.