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From the Visakha SPCA, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

In this newsletter:

a.. The sea turtle saga: a court success

b.. Pradeep Nath's recent court hearing

c.. Victory at the Visakha airport to prevent animals from being shot

d.. Shelter updates - cat project

e.. Catching the cat eaters

f.. New monkey dwelling and aviary

g.. Rescued monkeys

h.. Demonstration in support of the cow

Dear friends, The great summer flood disasters took us by surprise this year,

and we have been busy providing relief to the surrounding areas ever since. We

had been worried about this current cyclone season (September - November), but

we did not expect such tragic, unprecedented conditions to develop so early.

The good news is that we have helped well over 27,000 animals with the generous

support of WSPA and individual donors. On behalf of the animals, we express our

heartfelt gratitude to you all. Thankfully the floods have subsided, but our

outreach teams still continue their vital work as much as they can. Our flood

reports can be read online. http://www.visakhaspca.org/updates/

 

The sea turtle saga - a court success

Pending since 2000, we have been fighting this false case brought against us for

allegedly disturbing a sea turtle's nest. It finally was quashed in the Andhra

Pradesh High Court in August 2006. Read the full story:

http://www.visakhaspca.org/updates.asp

 

Read our new sea turtle report:

http://www.visakhaspca.org/programs/seaturtles.asp

 

Pradeep Nath's court hearing against cow-butchers

In January 2004, Visakha SPCA founder Pradeep K. Nath was severely and brutally

beaten by butchers as he attempted to call the police to stop the illegal

slaughter of five cows and two calves who were being taken by two laborers to

the slaughterhouse. Read the full story: http://www.visakhaspca.org/updates.asp

 

Victory for animals at the Visakha airport

For the past four years Visakha SPCA has been writing to the District

Authorities to stop shooting birds around the airport and to stop threatening to

kill pigs and goats in the airport's vicinity because of the hazards to the

plane traffic. Read the full story, http://www.visakhaspca.org/updates.asp and

the article in The Hindu. " Protecting flights from bird-hit "

http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/08/stories/2006090803350200.htm

 

Shelter updates - cat project - http://www.visakhaspca.org/programs/abc_cats.asp

We continue to improve our cat ABC (animal birth control) project. We are doing

several surgeries a day and need help so we can do more. Sadly, we are now

finding dead kittens and cats in the dustbins around town and it is quite

distressing. We are also looking for funding to build a separate place for the

kittens and a quarantine. It is imperative that we maintain and expand these

programs to make a real difference for the cats. Please contact us for further

information about how you can help. http://www.visakhaspca.org/contact.asp

 

Catching the cat eaters

VSPCA has been great at turning people's minds around to help rather than prey

on animals (sea turtles, cobras, parrots). Recently, we began rehabilitating

feral cat eaters by paying them to humanely catch the cats and bring them to us

for spay/neuter. The cats then go on to live their full nine lives. Click here

for the full story. http://www.visakhaspca.org/programs/cateaters.asp

 

New monkey dwelling and aviary

Finally after many months of design problems, dramatically increased

construction costs, foul weather and debilitating disease afflicting our

workers, we are moving our monkeys and parrots into their new dwellings.

 

Rescued monkeys

Three monkeys have been rescued from their life in shackles and living in a

garbage heap. Read more... http://www.visakhaspca.org/updates.asp Read the

press article in The Hindu - " Shackled simians wait for Saviour " .

 

http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/01/stories/2006080101440200.htm

 

July demonstration in support of the cow

" We protested along with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad people against the

Simhachalam temple - one of the oldest and most revered temples in the area.

Calves are donated by the hundreds to the temple by ignorant devotees who do not

realize the temple turns around and sells them through a middleman to butchers.

In the old days the temple would maintain a goshala (shelter) to take care of

them, but now the calves are dragged away for the meat market, even though cow

slaughter is against the law in India. We are still petitioning and monitoring

the temple to end this unfortunate practice " .

- Pradeep Nath

 

We Need Your Help

Please help Visakha SPCA grow so we can extend our reach and influence for the

animals. We need your steady and continuing support to run the shelter, fund our

outreach teams and continue our humane awareness programs which are going to be

big soon as we promote World Animal Day and World Wildlife Week during the first

week of October. Please consider donating.

http://www.visakhaspca.org/donate.asp

 

Sign the WSPA sponsored petition to the United Nations " Animals Matter to Me "

click on:

 

http://www.animalsmatter.org/VisakhaSPCA_IN

 

Visakha SPCA www.visakhaspca.org

 

26-15-200 Main Road

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 530001 India

 

The Visakha SPCA Newsletter is reported by Pradeep Kumar Nath

vspcadeep Visakha SPCA Founder and President, and written by

Weintraub vspcaindia Visakha SPCA Representative, from USA.