Animal Welfare.

Living in the city, animals are under constant threat of trauma accidents due to reckless driving. Depending on the severity of the accident, an animal may need anything from 1-6 months of specialist care, such as orthopedic surgery for a fracture or acupuncture for compression.

Our team is always on the ground finding animals that need help, diagnosing conditions and treating them on the spot. Post treatment, we vaccinate and neuter animals before returning them back to the community. 

It is the duty of the BMC to provide ethical, acceptable standards and, above all, safe sterilisation and vaccinations of community animals. As this is not being done by the BMC with the budget allocated for this, the NGOs and private individuals are doing so in their own capacity, and trying to do this to spot optimise the health and control the population of our community animals. 

It is not easy to catch, house, and treat the community pets, and to be able to do so in the volume that is needed. Yet we are catching, conducting diagnostics, and treating all community animals for various infections. Post-treatment, we neuter and vaccinate them before leaving them back to their individual areas.

Post surgery or sickness, our team is available to ensure an animal makes a good return to health. For a week after their release, we make sure they are fed and checked daily while they adjust to their environment. We share our contact numbers with street dwellers who are amenable to giving food and water to the animals, so they can contact us in case of relapse.

We are doing all that we can to help control the number of strays on the streets through our safe sterilisation programme. Neutering also helps to improve the health and behaviour of animals, giving them a better chance of survival. We work closely with reputable vets who share our vision for population control through ethical protocols and high standards of treatment and post-op care.

With better nourishment a stray animal has a much better chance of fighting illnesses and disease. We run two daily feeding programmes for dogs and cats, covering the entire Mahalakshmi Racecourse and the coastal road at Haji Ali, Mumbai.

We have addressed the issue of having to put animals through long journeys for veterinary care, through our animal medical vans which deliver vet care directly to the community. Through this programme, we can help treat over 100 stray animals every month.

When we found this poor little black kitten, she was in a coma. We rushed her to one of our veterinary partners for emergency treatment. Despite intensive treatment Blackie remained in a coma for three days. Finally, the vet issued a ‘last resort’ dose of medicine which brought her round. Blackie has since made a good recovery, and we are making plans for her adoption.

Meera is an old dog. We found her dragging her paralysed legs near Mira Road station. After three months of intensive acupuncture and hydrotherapy, Mira started walking properly again. Since then, she has lived happily at the Ailbaug Company Guest House.

We found poor Julie lost and injured. We treated and cared for her while we looked for her owners. She’s since been reunited with her family, and she has made a full recovery.

Tuku was in desperate need of surgery. We handed him to one of our partnering vet clinics where he was treated, and he has since made a full recovery.

Poor Nina was badly injured when we found her on the city streets. She’s since received expert treatment and is back to her playful self now that she’s made a good recovery.

When we first met Shasha, she couldn’t walk, and she wasn’t eating. She needed a big operation to make her well again. She is now back on her paws, and we’re pleased to report that she’s got quite an appetite.

We recently found Kitty with an injured paw. She spent two days in an animal hospital where she received some much-needed care, treatment and affection. She has since made a full recovery, and we’ve returned her to her home area.