Quite a month for the volunteers at Kvli/ Bvli

The last few days have been full of events.
The Kandivali / Borivali team has been able to bat well & carry on the innings.
1. Open stitches at Samarpan - Jyoti found a female dog operated but the wound had opened up on the highway opp Samarpan. We could fix the same with Ivermectin, Pentid & Acrylin. She is hale & hearty & the wound has now healed. A complaint, with pics was sent to IDA, Ahimsa & PAWs. We hope to see less of such 'accidental operations'.
2. Wounded dog at Permanent Magnet - Mr. Pangam found a young dog with a wound on his cheek 10 days back. It seemed to be a bite which was getting infected. We managed to give a regular spray of topicure, antibiotics. The wound has dried up & the dog is ok.
3. Severe maggot cases - TataPower House & Gundecha school. Christina & Mr. Raichura found a dog with a severe injury on the right shoulder. He comes out only at night. Rahul & I paired up with Christina to catch it. We have give it enough ivermectin in food & on the wound. IDA tied darting him but he gave us a slip at night in the Dream Park. He still roams around nr Gundecha school.
Tata Power house had a huge maggot infested case. Luckily IDA got him at 2.30 am ( night) but I do not expect it to survive. The sad part is that this seems to be an abandoned pet.

4. Fracture case at 90 ft Road - Rupa found a friendly female dog apparently run over by a car. The front leg dangled for 5 days. Dr. Premal has helped by plastering the fracture. The dog is at Rupa's house temporarily.
5. 15 day old Kitten at 90 ft Road - rupa got a small kitten 2 days back. It was in shock & not moving much. Unfortunately, we could not reach it to Ahimsa on time.
6. Large head wound at Dream Park - Christina has been tending to a wound case near Dream Park. She has given an Ivermectin injection & antibiotics - Hope she recovers fast.
7. Repeat wound at Yoko's - Black dog at Yolo's has reopened an old wound on the hip. Rahul, Ambar & I attended the dog as he is quite friendly.
8. Maggot case at Andheri - I got a call from PAWs regarding a maggot case at Auto Hanger. Gave ivermectin & Pentid. The wound has healed & the dog was being fed Pedigree by the security guard.
9. Severe head wounds at Mc Donald's - Found 2 dogs who are visible only after the Dandiya ( after 11 pm) . Both had severe head wounds. I could only pour Ivermectin on the ounds as they kept running around. Havent located them in the last 4 days. Hope they survive.

The IDA night service is a blessing & will be able to get all emergency & sick cases. Hope the volunteers burn some midnight oil to help out.
Atul's car & funds are a great help to transport the animals

Diwali is round the corner & expect burn wounds too.

Regards

SE

Our little Actions Do lead to some change

A security gaurd at Axis Bank, Thakur Village hit a dog with a stick. It appears that the dog was seriously injured & could not walk for some time. Later, it recovered & ran in fright inside the Garden. Komal had a serous argument with the security gaurds & threatened with a police complaint. The gaurds apologised & regretted their action. The dog was not located as it was very dark at that time

Sourabh Edwankar

Mixed Efforts & Our Volunteers in action

Jyoti saw a large male dog near Samarpan with a broken leg. As per the guard, it was hit by a vehicle - 2 days back. She asked on who can help out. Since the dog was not known, it would have been difficult to get him in our car. Most volunteers were at work. Jyoti contacted Karuna ( Bahena) & IDA. Karuna gave the dog an injection & promised to check on later. IDA examined the dog & implied that it would be a fracture. On Jyoti's insistance, the dog was taken by the IDA van for treatment at the centre. It was good to see both NGOs help within 24 hours & get a solution fast. Hope to see the dog - healed & well soon.

Sourabh Edwankar

Another Dreadful Case...Pictures not meant for sensitive people

This is a case from lane behind Gokul Garden in Thakur Complex. Two male dogs (Totally White) were badly wounded due to human actions that mere sight of them would make you ask how cruel can humans be? These were twins. One of the dog had his one eye broken, a very bad cut on his neck and also his tail cut with knife. Another was slightly better with major neck wound and fews minor wounds all over his body. After confirming with doctor at Ahimsa Hospital, it was clear that this was due to Human Cruelty. Rupa Shah, a very active volunteer of the area got to know about this from a Security Guard of a nearby building on 22nd Aug and on next day she decided to ferry them to Hospital.

The other day on 23rd Aug, Rupa along with her friend and another volunteer Sharmee Bhatt were in that area since afternoon keeping a strict vigilance on those dogs as they had called Pradeep ( A professional Darter) to help us catch the dog. I was called by Rupa to drive the ambulance. Sincere thanks to Pradeep as he came all the way from Mulund leaving Ganesh celebrations and was at the place by 4.00 pm. The dogs were caught in mere fifteen minutes and were taken to Ahimsa by me and Rupa.

The latest update that we got is that Dog with one eye has passed away and the other dog is recovering but will take months to be normal. Lets be more vigilant prevent such cases in future.

Monkey Rescue.. Kandivali Team Efforts

Christina found an injured monkey in Dream Park, Thakur Village. Since morning it was running around the park & by evening was tired & could hardly move. It had injuries on the face & would fall off after a few steps. Luckily it got a hiding place in the park. We found it difficult to catch it as no one was experienced enough. Christina tried hard since 11 am to get someone to catch the monkey. She continued the vigil along with the park security so that there was no harm done to the animal. They tried feeding the monkey too. The guards protected the animal from harm & sheltered it.

We checked with all NGOs, National Park but no one had a solution to pick the monkey. Finally, Nilesh of PAWS suggested that we check with Jinesh. Jinesh came down at 11 pm all the way from Charni Road. Nishant, Sandip were present to help. Jinesh finished the rescue within 5 mins & the monkey smoothly landed in the foldable cage. We were amazed at the ease with which he completed the job.
The monkey was sick & had very little strength. Its taken to SPCA & I hope it survives.
We can now proudly add the monkey to our list of rescues.

Thanks to the guidance of Nilesh, Goodicia, Shakuntala & Dr Jangle, we persisted & got a logical conclusion. Christina, Nishant, Sandip & I thank Jinesh for his timely support & effort to land at such a short notice.

Sourabh Edwankar.

Our very Own Resue Vehicle Ready & Armed!

Rear Open View


Back Side


Right Side


Left Side


Front View

All the major credit to our active volunteer Sourabh Edwankar that its finally 15th July 2009 and our rescue vehicle is all loaded. It was only due to Saurabh's determination to modify it as per animals' & users' comfort, he single handedly took the responsibility and got it done . Team is undoubtedly thankful to Mr. Atul Shah for his such a big generous donation.