animal welfare

Two years ago, Puttapana Basappa was grazing his goats in a field when he spotted a young monkey who had fallen from a tree and was injured.

In a video that has gone viral on social media, the men are seen discussing their rescue mission. One of the men volunteers to go in the tube well, instructing his friends to hold him by the legs.

“Sometimes the animal doesn’t want to be friendly because they’re too scared. So they have to be carried in the net. A few minutes of discomfort means a lifetime of freedom.”

In Mumbai, a passerby found Anaya on the railway tracks presumably hit by a train and bleeding profusely.

Panchot has an informal village trust christened the ‘Madh ni Pati Kutariya Trust’ which holds this land. And while the land may not technically be in the dogs’ names, all the income from the land is set aside for the dogs.

Hundreds of stray animals, as well as birds, die due to the scorching heat and lack of access to clean drinking water.

We all know just how curious cats can be. Murugammal had kept some curd in a steel pot; the cat dipped her head into it, and it somehow got stuck.

A remote hamlet in Leh’s high altitude Hemis National Park constantly loses its livestock to snow leopards, but have turned to homestays around conservation tourism, reaping rich rewards. Sharada Balasubramanian takes a closer look.

‘I’ll give you your freedom. But if you want to stay with me, I’ll leave no stone unturned to take you home with me to France. You really are my dog.’

The KSPCA is on a mission to protect street dogs in the area, in its new campaign