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Project Report | Aug 6, 2022
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's August Report

By Leslie Robinson | Founder

Welcome to our beloved Shelter
Welcome to our beloved Shelter

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

Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.

These are such difficult, difficult times. It is a time when it's important to look for the light within you---memories, thoughts, aspirations---and to uplift your own Inner-state. And by putting that higher state into your outside actions, you also help others.

This is a Report that gives an overview of the energy our Work has generated to lift suffering from the Animal Realm.

OUR STATISTICS SINCE OPENING JAN.2007 THRU MAR31 2022.

  • Clinic Visits..........................  78,559
  • In-Patient Treatments..........214,595
  • Anti-Rabies Injections...........20,309
  • Emergency Rescues...............8.094
  • Dogs Sterilized ........................8,687
  • Animal Adoptions....................1,447
  • Non-dogs Treated....................9,058                                                                     (Included in "Non Dogs Treated" are 2,839 cows & calves, 2,438 goats & sheep, 1,769 cats, 236 monkeys, 1,230  birds, 319 rabbits///and 126 squirrels/donkeys/pigs/peacocks/parrots/eagles/horses/deer/bullocks/ snakes/turkeys/owls/ducks/mongooses/turtles/chameleons/buffalo.)  

SHELTER STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2022--JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH 

  • Clinic Visits.............................2,957
  • In-Patient Treatments.............6,750 
  • Anti-Rabies Injections...............367     
  • Emergency Rescues.................141
  • Dogs Sterilized ...........................70
  • Animal Adoptions........................42
  • Non-dogs Treated......................458                                                                     (Included in "Non Dogs Treated" are 133 cows & calves, 144 goats & sheep, 116 cats, 1 monkeys, 28 birds, 17 rabbits, 2 squirrels, 2 pigs, 1 peacock, 2 parrots, 5 horses, 4 turkeys. 2 ducks.) 

MONTHLY, we are:

  • Treating 800 to 1500 out-patients in the Clinic, most of whom are “owner dogs”.
  • Giving 1800 to 3000 treatments to in-patients, almost all of whom are “homeless dogs”.
  • Going out on 40 to 70 emergency rescues.
  • Doing 20 to 40 sterilizations.
  • Giving 80 to 200 anti-rabies injections.
  • Placing 8 to 20 puppies in good homes.
  • Treating 100 to 200 animals other than dogs

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SUMMARY OF THE SHELTER:

  • We’re known as THE SHELTER WITH HEART. Our dogs and puppies run free and are happy. They’re not just kept in captivity.
  • Our belief is that deep healing only takes place if an animal feels safe, cared for, and loved.
  • They’re cared for by our devoted Staff of 25, plus 2 full-time veterinary doctors, each of whom is a qualified surgeon.
  • We use traditional and alternative medicine, and LOVE to lift suffering from the over 7,000 homeless dogs and thousands of other creatures in need---big, small, wild, domestic, owner, homeless.
  • The core of our Work is demonstrative Love--hugging, touching, stroking, kissing.
  • People experiencing our Shelter for the first time sometimes get teary because they didn’t know a place such as ours existed.

WHEN WE FIRST OPENED IN JANUARY 2007 there were over 7,000 homeless dogs and the stray population was out of control. With no small animal vet within 75 kms, no treatment facility, rabies and widespread abuse, there was unbounded misery. There were 350 suffering and dying animals on the streets—mostly dogs and puppies, but others too (monkeys, cows, squirrels, peacocks, etc.)   IT WAS AWFUL!

BUT USING LOVE, LOVE, AND MORE LOVE, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED.

WE HAVE SEVEN MAJOR PROGRAMS:

  • Sterilization/anti-rabies program.
  • A busy Clinic.
  • A busy Hospital.
  • Sanctuary, if a creature cannot make it on its own.
  • Adoption program. We go out up to 100 kms looking for homes for our Precious Ones. Over 1,400 puppies have been placed in good homes.
  • 24/7 emergency rescue. No matter what time, we’ll be there in 20 to 30 minutes. Our doctors are on 24 hour call.
  • Hospice. We are a no-kill shelter.

TODAY IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT…The homeless dog population is decreasing for the first time in forty years, AND it is rabies-free. There are no more suffering and dying animals on the streets. There are 10,000 fewer puppies born each year, almost all of whom would have suffered and died. There is no more widespread abuse, and thus very few aggressive dogs, and only a small fraction of dog bites.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMELESS DOGS AND THE PEOPLE AMONGST WHOM THEY LIVE DAY IN, DAY OUT, HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRANSFORMED.

One can experience the change by walking on the streets. Each year street conditions get better and better, and Tiru is amongst the very few municipalities of size where this has happened. In the poignant words of longtime Tiru resident, Dev Gogoi, made at the fourth anniversary puja…”Public memory is short. Few can recall the rampant stray dogs everywhere, young and aged, starving and diseased, scavenging in the garbage heaps, fighting amongst themselves, ignored and abused by the human population, while remaining a menace to all including themselves. In four short years, the roads are more peaceful, with few strays to be seen, and the naturally loving relationship between humans and animals restored to its true state.”

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Sonetimes it's stunning for me to see the stats. But the most important thing is HEART...HEART...HEART. It is really uplifting to experience it inside the Shelter and it feels so good to see, on the streets, how the Precious Ones' lives have changed.

We are grateful the way it has unfolded. We pray--and it is so important to millions of animals across the country--that the knowledge that has been given to us spreads, and that the relationships of the animals with the people they live with every day may be transformed.

When peoples' Hearts have truly opened to the animals, it is so auspicious. For when there's an opening like that in the Heart, it doesn't only open in one direction; it simply opens, and People are nicer to each other, too. It's profoundly there. You can't see it, but it's there. It's simply the nature of the Heart. And the societal implications are immense.

We humans are so complicated. It's so difficult to work with us directly to get us to be nicer to each other. It's so much easier, and more effective, to work on opening our Hearts to the animals, thereby deepening the caring we have for each other. It's a real, effective way of uplifting human communities...Om Namah Shivaya.

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Comments recognizing our Good Work.

****Following is an excerpt from a 2009 public letter of endorsement from the Animal Welfare Board of India who were actively overseeing all the animal shelters in the Country..."In the short span of time that they have been in existence, they have established themselves as one of the very best animal sanctuaries, veterinary clinics, rescue shelters and hospices in the Nation."

****There is, too, a 2010 full letter of appreciation and support from the President of Ramana Maharshi Ashram

****    ----------  Also, GLOBAL GIVING IS OUR CROWDFUNDER ---------

  • They are the largest, most selective, worldwide crowdfunder.
  • They are so selective of which NGO's they accept for listing, that the Income Tax Departments of both the US and the UK accept their standards. (Donations from US citizens are tax deductible in calculating their US income tax. Donations from UK donors qualify for Gift Aid thru which the UK government adds 25 percent to their donations.).
  • They have over 4000 NGO's listed with them.  And they are connected with over 500 corporations as Partners, many of whom are Fortune 500 Companies.

                              WE HAVE BEEN HONORED BY THEM.

                                     Out of the over 4,000 NGO"s

                   IN 2018, THEY NAMED US ONE OF THEIR TOP TEN.

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Here is a recent rescue. (Many of you tell us this is your favorite part.) Because of time and space, I'm only going to write about one. But it is major!

  • Of all the many rescues Vishwa has done, it was the one where I was most concerned about him...really, really concerned. It was truly very dangerous. And, with his beautiful Heart, he simply can't say, "no".
  • He got the call early evening...A 4 1/2 year old, fully-grown bull, had fallen into a 60 foot well. It was 40 kms out.
  • By the time Vishwa got there, it was almost completely dark. The owner and 40 or 50 neighbors had gathered, all with flashlights. They were talking to the bull. Encouraging him. But no one had much hope.
  • There was 15 feet of water, and 45 feet from the water surface to the top of the well. There appeared to be no footholds, so the poor creature had been swimming the entire time and was really tired. (To my mind, there must have been some protruding bricks he could rest his feet on, as I don't see how he could possibly have lasted.}. Let me stress that no one had much hope.
  • Vishwa went down once and called me after coming back up. He said the bull had started to trust him. He and I had an exchange in which I intensely told him my fears...
  • But he went down again, and several people with him. Those above lowered eight heavy ropes that Vishwa was able to get under the bull's belly, and legs.
  • It must be only thru God's protection that Vishwa didn't get gored.
  • I can't even imagine how the actual rescue happened. The eight ropes that Vishwa got under the bull's belly, and leg joints they somehow got up to the people on top; (Or maybe the ropes were so long that they were held from the beginning).
  • It's almost inconceivable that the poor exhausted, frightened creature was able to stay afloat.
  • The neighbors, gathered above, were able to lift the enormous bull to safety..He had been with his owner, who loved him dearly, since birth. The owner just stroked, kissed, and kept talking softly to him, and crying.
  • Some had taken videos and photos. But all came out too dark to see anything.
  • Om Namah Shivaya.

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This brings us to the end of the Report.

Hoping that each of you is doing excellently.

As in previous Reports, I've included a collection of photos. Hope you enjoy them. Remember the dominant 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

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With love, blessings, and wishes for all things good. May we all, each of us, act in a way that emits uplifting, healing energy.

Leslie, the Ageing Expatriate Warrior

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Enjoy. With love from Us and the Precious Ones.
Enjoy. With love from Us and the Precious Ones.
Our beloved Staff...Here for the Precious Ones.
Our beloved Staff...Here for the Precious Ones.
Dr. Raja and his magical hands.
Dr. Raja and his magical hands.
Love is the healing Elixir.
Love is the healing Elixir.
Simply Love.
Simply Love.
But nothing feels safer than Mom.
But nothing feels safer than Mom.
They waited so long to bring this sweetie.
They waited so long to bring this sweetie.
But she's ready to go home, now.
But she's ready to go home, now.
He can heal while at home.
He can heal while at home.
It's important, too, to really like each other.
It's important, too, to really like each other.
Yes...
Yes...
Just sitting.
Just sitting.
PureHeart Sekar soothing him.
PureHeart Sekar soothing him.
I thought the chairs were for us.
I thought the chairs were for us.
Near the entrance.
Near the entrance.
The outer veranda.
The outer veranda.
Alongside the garden,
Alongside the garden,
Part of the outer veranda.
Part of the outer veranda.
The Shelter Puja.
The Shelter Puja.
Honored by Global Giving in 2018--Out of 4000
Honored by Global Giving in 2018--Out of 4000
Dr. Raja on way home after a l-o-o-o-n-g day.
Dr. Raja on way home after a l-o-o-o-n-g day.

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Arunachala Animal Sanctuary & Rescue Shelter

Location: Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu - India
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Leslie Robinson
Tiruvannamalai , Tamil Nadu India
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