URGENT HELP NEEDED: Can anyone go to India asap and help with the dogs in Chennai?

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Hi All,

I'm forwarding this appeal for help to everyone, for speed. Please pass

it on to anyone who may be able to help and send any replies direct to

Candida (candidax), not to me.

Thank you.

Patricia

 

Patricia Tricker, Vegan Society Trustee & National Contacts' Coordinator

Cottage 3, Arrathorne, Bedale, DL8 1NA

e-mail: vegan

 

THE VEGAN SOCIETY IS 64 YEARS OLD - see www.vegansociety.com.

 

-

Mahersh Shah

Vanessa Clarke ; Patricia Tricker ; IndianVegan Society

Cc: candidax

Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:16 PM

URGENT HELP NEEDED: Can anyone go to India asap and help with

the dogs in Chennai?

 

Dear Patricia, Vanessa, Shankar,

(cc Dr Candida Nastrucci)

 

I met Dr Candida Nastrucci last week at the London Vegans meeting, at

which she was the speaker, representing the Dr Hadwen Trust - she's a

scientist for the organisation.

 

Anyway, it turns out that Dr Nastrucci has recently come to London after

living in Kerala, India, for some time where, due to her compassionate

nature and love of animals (just like all of you of course), she rescued

15 street dogs and managed to transport them across the country to a

safe haven at Chennai.

 

Unfortunately, it seems that the new arrivals are causing all sorts of

problems that were not anticipated, resulting in the dog centre being

unable to cope. The centre urgently needs practical help, and Dr

Nastrucci is appealing for such help.

 

If you have any ideas or contacts (here, in India or anywhere) who might

be able to help with this matter, please email Dr Nastrucci on her email

address below. (A detailed account of what has happened and what is

needed is given below).

 

I hope you don't mind my emailing you like this for this particular

matter.

 

With best wishes,

Mahersh.

 

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URGENT HELP NEEDED: Can anyone go to India asap and help

with the dogs in Chennai?

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:43:59 +0100

Candida Nastrucci <candidax

candidax <candidax

 

Hallo All,

As some of you already know I went to India several times in the past

few months and have rescued some street dogs with the aim of offering

them care for their injuries and give them a better life or the chance

to experience life.

Some of the dogs I have found with other volunteers have been given to a

good home, some have been killed by the government once vaccinated and

sterilised as they were brought back where we had found them, those who

survived but had not found a home are in a safe place now and they are

going to be taken to Europe.

The original programme was to bring them back on street after

vaccination etc but it was scrapped due to the fact that dogs are still

killed, as recent events had shown.

So I had to move the dogs from Kollam in Kerala to Chennai (Madras) to a

rescue centre that could keep them all until September when I could take

them to Italy in a nice place in the countriside with lots of land.

 

The problem is that the lady who has them now is having a lot of

problems with them because and she said she cannot handle them anymore.

She wants me either to go back and fly them them to Europe now (which is

practically impossible as the documents are in Italy, the flight

arrangements are not ready and I can't take days off my job just now) or

to have somebody staying there and taking care of them until the docs

and procedure are ready (mid-August) because she and her staff have too

much work with the other 1000 animals that she can't give any more time

to my dogs. They are causing her many problems, eating wires, being very

sick because of that, eating and chewing everything they find (some of

them are around 5-6 months old, trying to escape, being bad with other

dogs. These dogs were used to stay with people/volunteers all the time,

to play in a large garden, to receive love and attention and now they

are in a place where there is no time for everyone, as there are around

700 other dogs, and they are left alone in a much smaller garden to

share with other 45 dogs. So they are tired and vandalise everything.

 

I am here then to bring an appeal and call for volunteers, a person who

really loves dogs and animals, who is happy to work for them and get

dirty if necessary and would like to help on a very practical level and

could go to Chennai to help in the shelter asap. The ticket with Air

India is only about £280 return and I could contribute to that. Living

expenses are very low there but some financial independence would be

beneficial. Once the right person is found we could discuss the details.

 

The problem is really urgent, she has also family problems and she is

really very stressed and I am worried that she may get ill and she has

so many animals to take care of, that if she is not well it would be a

disaster for many animals. Yesterday one of 'my' rescued dogs managed to

escape but it was a miracle that she was found by chance by one of the

members of staff looking for a new dog in the area that they were called

to pick up, then they found out that she was one of mine.

 

Is there somebody you know and trust that could be interested? You can

pass this email to people you may think suitable.

 

If you want to help please contact me asap at

candidax <candidax

Many thanks

Candida

 

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[Guest guest]

I received this message from Mr. Ghosh yesterday and have responded as

mentioned below.

 

S. Chinny Krishna

Blue Cross of India

 

> Dear Candida,

>

> The only one who has 1000 dogs at any time in Chennai is the Blue Cross.

> There is a shelter at Red Hills run by PfA which may have a large number

> of dogs - is this the one you are talking about?

>

> We will be happy to keep the dogs in our shelter at Toducadu, about 45 kms

> from here or at Kunnam, about 55 kms from here. The Kunnam shelter is

> primarily for large animals and for primates rescued from labs. Our

> Guindy shelter is more than full.

>

> Please note that we do not serve any non-vegetarian food at any of our

> shelters.

>

> We will keep them but we have to insist that all the females be spayed

> and the males neutered as soon as they are healthy enough.

>

> Please visit our website www.bluecrossofindia.org and I am attaching a

> paper on our ABC programme.

>

> Best wishes

>

> S. Chinny Krishna

> Blue Cross of India

>

>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

>> Patricia Tricker <vegan

>> Jul 6, 2009 3:49 PM

>> URGENT HELP NEEDED: Can anyone go to India asap and help with

>> the

>> dogs in Chennai?

>> To:

>> Cc: candidax

>>

>> Hi All,

>> I'm forwarding this appeal for help to everyone, for speed. Please pass

>> it

>> on to anyone who may be able to help and send any replies direct to

>> Candida

>> (candidax), not to me.

>> Thank you.

>> Patricia

>>

>> Patricia Tricker, Vegan Society Trustee & National Contacts' Coordinator

>> Cottage 3, Arrathorne, Bedale, DL8 1NA

>> e-mail: vegan

>>

>> THE VEGAN SOCIETY IS 64 YEARS OLD - see www.vegansociety.com.

>>

>> - Mahersh Shah

>> Vanessa Clarke ; Patricia Tricker ; IndianVegan Society

>> Cc: candidax

>> Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:16 PM

>> URGENT HELP NEEDED: Can anyone go to India asap and help with

>> the

>> dogs in Chennai?

>>

>> Dear Patricia, Vanessa, Shankar,

>> (cc Dr Candida Nastrucci)

>>

>> I met Dr Candida Nastrucci last week at the London Vegans meeting, at

>> which she was the speaker, representing the Dr Hadwen Trust - she's a

>> scientist for the organisation.

>>

>> Anyway, it turns out that Dr Nastrucci has recently come to London after

>> living in Kerala, India, for some time where, due to her compassionate

>> nature and love of animals (just like all of you of course), she rescued

>> 15 street dogs and managed to transport them across the country to a

>> safe haven at Chennai.

>>

>> Unfortunately, it seems that the new arrivals are causing all sorts of

>> problems that were not anticipated, resulting in the dog centre being

>> unable to cope. The centre urgently needs practical help, and Dr

>> Nastrucci is appealing for such help.

>>

>> If you have any ideas or contacts (here, in India or anywhere) who might

>> be able to help with this matter, please email Dr Nastrucci on her email

>> address below. (A detailed account of what has happened and what is

>> needed is given below).

>>

>> I hope you don't mind my emailing you like this for this particular

>> matter.

>>

>> With best wishes,

>> Mahersh.

>>

>> -------

>> URGENT HELP NEEDED: Can anyone go to India asap and help

>> with the dogs in Chennai?

>> Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:43:59 +0100

>> Candida Nastrucci <candidax

>> candidax <candidax

>>

>> Hallo All,

>> As some of you already know I went to India several times in the past

>> few months and have rescued some street dogs with the aim of offering

>> them care for their injuries and give them a better life or the chance

>> to experience life.

>> Some of the dogs I have found with other volunteers have been given to a

>> good home, some have been killed by the government once vaccinated and

>> sterilised as they were brought back where we had found them, those who

>> survived but had not found a home are in a safe place now and they are

>> going to be taken to Europe.

>> The original programme was to bring them back on street after

>> vaccination etc but it was scrapped due to the fact that dogs are still

>> killed, as recent events had shown.

>> So I had to move the dogs from Kollam in Kerala to Chennai (Madras) to a

>> rescue centre that could keep them all until September when I could take

>> them to Italy in a nice place in the countriside with lots of land.

>>

>> The problem is that the lady who has them now is having a lot of

>> problems with them because and she said she cannot handle them anymore.

>> She wants me either to go back and fly them them to Europe now (which is

>> practically impossible as the documents are in Italy, the flight

>> arrangements are not ready and I can't take days off my job just now) or

>> to have somebody staying there and taking care of them until the docs

>> and procedure are ready (mid-August) because she and her staff have too

>> much work with the other 1000 animals that she can't give any more time

>> to my dogs. They are causing her many problems, eating wires, being very

>> sick because of that, eating and chewing everything they find (some of

>> them are around 5-6 months old, trying to escape, being bad with other

>> dogs. These dogs were used to stay with people/volunteers all the time,

>> to play in a large garden, to receive love and attention and now they

>> are in a place where there is no time for everyone, as there are around

>> 700 other dogs, and they are left alone in a much smaller garden to

>> share with other 45 dogs. So they are tired and vandalise everything.

>>

>> I am here then to bring an appeal and call for volunteers, a person who

>> really loves dogs and animals, who is happy to work for them and get

>> dirty if necessary and would like to help on a very practical level and

>> could go to Chennai to help in the shelter asap. The ticket with Air

>> India is only about £280 return and I could contribute to that. Living

>> expenses are very low there but some financial independence would be

>> beneficial. Once the right person is found we could discuss the details.

>>

>> The problem is really urgent, she has also family problems and she is

>> really very stressed and I am worried that she may get ill and she has

>> so many animals to take care of, that if she is not well it would be a

>> disaster for many animals. Yesterday one of 'my' rescued dogs managed to

>> escape but it was a miracle that she was found by chance by one of the

>> members of staff looking for a new dog in the area that they were called

>> to pick up, then they found out that she was one of mine.

>>

>> Is there somebody you know and trust that could be interested? You can

>> pass this email to people you may think suitable.

>>

>> If you want to help please contact me asap at

>> candidax <candidax

>> Many thanks

>> Candida

>>

>>

>>

>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com

>> Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.5/2220 - Release Date:

>> 07/05/09

>> 17:54:00

>>

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