(IN) FW: Kalyan in urgent need of animal centre..

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Kalyan in urgent need of animal centre

 

Posted On Saturday, May 09, 2009 at 03:07:25 PM

An Animal rehabilitation centre is required on priority basis in the

suburbs as there is a large number of abandoned and ill animals

Sparsh Sharma

Horses, bullocks, cattle, dogs can be seen wandering about aimlessly in

the suburbs. These domesticated animals-abandoned by their owners who

find them no longer useful-are not able to find food and shelter on

their own.

 

The problem is compounded by the fact that in suburbs like Dombivli and

Kalyan, KDMC does not have a rehabilitation center for such aged, often

disabled and disowned animals.

Nilesh Bhanage, a PAWS (Plant and Animals Welfare Society) founder says,

" KDMC has a cattle-pond opposite Pragati College in Dombivli-east. We

had approached the commissioner of KDMC in 2007, with a proposal to

build an animal hospital on that premises.

We are still following it up with KDMC. But we are yet to get an

approval due to red-tapism in our corporation. We have two ambulances to

ferry injured animals upto Parel hospital. We ferry animals from

Badlapur, Ambarnath and Ulhasnagar to Parel. The long journey is

traumatic for them. There are a large number of animals in these areas

and a hospital is badly needed. "

Members of another NGO, In Defense of Animals (IDA)-India, which holds

camps for horses in Karjat and Kalyan regularly also, feel that it is

high time KDMC provided space for a rehab center. Says Dr Amit Sharma, a

veterinary doctor with IDA,

" There are so many animals wandering on the roads in the suburbs,

especially Kalyan. These are mostly working animals like donkeys,

ponies, horses and bullocks, which are no longer good enough to earn for

their owners, or are suffering from chronic illness, irreparable

injuries and fractures due to common road accidents. These poor

creatures are thus let off by their owners in public places. "

He added, " Without proper feed, water and shelter their worse condition

becomes worse. If the corporation or an individual provides us with some

land, we can build a shelter for such animals.

We have an ambulance which carries animals and it can be pressed into

service here. " Naina Athale, managing committee member of IDA-India,

informs, " Abandoning pets is also a criminal offence under the PCA Act

(Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act) of the Central Government. "

When contacted, Aziz Shaikh, deputy commissioner, KDMC, said, " No

decision has been taken yet on the proposal. There are no other plans. "