Care for animals -the story of the street dogs and a few kind souls
Published July 12, 2010 | 
This is a story of a street dog, which lives in our residential colony. We call him coco for his tan felt and he responds to the name by fiercely wagging his tail. Sustaining itself on the food scraps and bread crumbs from the houses, he used to spend the rainy days under a huge truck which always remains parked on the road. One day, the residents were shocked to see him lying bleeding on the road in an apparent hit and run accident. As it was a stray dog nobody dared to go near him and to inspect what went wrong. It spend many days under the safety of the truck and one day it came back to the open limping. Its forearm was badly mutilated, making it useless for its normal functions. Still we were all happy that he inched back to life.
However, we still feel that had we then known about care animals, a voluntary organization set up by a few veterinary doctors exclusively for the rehabilitation of street dogs, Coco would have run a better chance of saving his limb. This organization set up in the year 2007 has five well-experienced Veterinary Surgeons, one New Zealand trained Veterinary Nurse, two U.K trained Animal Behavioral specialists with 30-year experience and dedicated volunteers from various walks of life. Some of the programmes they carry put include free Vaccination cum medical camps, Animal Birth Control surgery camps, Rehabilitation and adoption of stray/ orphan animals, Awareness programmes etc.
So in case you wish to do something for these hapless animals on the streets, extend a helping hand for the noble causes of care animals. Those who are interested to sponsor any of these activities or adopt a dog can also contact them. Many well known citizens of this city have adopted dogs from care animals. Though mongrels are not pedigree dogs, these are highly intelligent, have no health issues and above all are well suited for the tropical climate of Kerala. The resilience and bravery of these dogs have earned them a place even Chennai Airport Bomb Detection Squad. A study has shown that mongrels are better than pedigree dogs in respect of spatial awareness and problem-solving abilities. Dr David Smith of the Department of Animal Sciences, Aberdeen University, describes the study results as indicating that crossbred dogs are better suited as working dogs!
So, next time when you spot a distressed stray dog, call care animals instead of pelting a stone, which is something that comes naturally to all of us at Kerala, infamous for its appalling records on animal cruelty. Remember, dogs are the oldest and the most faithful friends of man , which would even shed their lives to save their master!
Care animals can be contacted at http://www.care4animals.in/index.html or 0484 6562672, 9847135759
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