Trauma Care Centre for Stray Animals and Birds

The Steppe Eagle is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae

Scientific name- Aquila nipalensis

It is about 62-74 cm in length and has a wingspan of 165-190cm.

This is a large eagle with brown upper parts and blackish flight feathers and tail.

The Steppe Eagle breeds from Romania east through the south Russian and Central Asian steppes to Mongolia. The European and Central Asian birds’ winter in Africa, and the eastern birds in India.

Throughout its range, it favors open dry habitats, such as desert, semi-desert, steppes, or savannah.

Flying colorful kites with your family or friends under the morning sun from a rooftop is an unbeatable experience. The joy of flying kites and cutting the strings of other kites is unmatched.

The kite-flying tradition is so famous that people also organize recreational competitions during this festival. How cool would it be to be the last one standing?

But what about the Birds who are flying and gliding and having their time in mid-air?

Birds cannot see this fine string while flying and thousands of them get tangled up and injured or killed during the festival each year. Also, after the kite flying is done, coils of this sharp Manja (Kite String) are found hanging on trees and lampposts: a hazard for birds and people alike.

This Steppe Eagle (Raka) was brought to Jivdaya by a local rescuer after the bird was brutally injured by a kite string and was unable to fly. As our team detected the injury, the bird was injured by its left -wing and the kite string had lacerated the bones, and also ruptured its muscles. It was in a severe condition and had an outflow of blood, so doctors concluded to opt for emergency surgery.

The doctor had to take sutures to join the torn muscle and get it back to fly in the wild.

Raka was under intensive care for over 12 weeks, with daily follow-ups. After a long treatment and care, Raka has been released to the wild recently.

April, May & June are the hottest months in many parts of India, especially in Ahmedabad. Every year temperature crosses 45 degrees Celsius but this year it has already crossed 47degree Celsius long back. Many people have lost their lives in this heatwave while others are suffering terribly. Climate change made a huge impact on our environment.

Despite having all the facilities if we are suffering, then imagine the condition of our stray buddies. Every day we are receiving cases of heatstroke and severe dehydration. Jacky is one such case. Jacky came to us with bleeding from his nose and heavy breathing. Doctors immediately checked and identified that Jacky had a heatstroke. Our team promptly started his treatment by bringing his body temperature down in a controlled climate and started a wet pack followed by the necessary medication.

Initially, Jacky was having more than 105-degree Celsius body temperature which later came down to 102 after stabilizing his condition. After a lot of hard work, Jacky was out of danger and went back home with his family.

This is a common problem in the summer but sometimes heatstroke could be fetal. We request all to be a little compassionate and provide shelter and a bowl of clean drinking water to our furry friends and save many lives.

Check the video in the link for a basic idea and necessary dos and don’ts for Heatstroke. Hope it will be helpful for many of us.

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