(IN): PETA rescues 11 dogs from SPCA, suspects mismanagement of funds

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PETA rescues 11 dogs from SPCA, suspects mismanagement of funds

*Pranav Kulkarni <http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/pranavkulkarni/>* *

Posted: Friday , May 29, 2009 at 0141 hrs IST*

 

The unit has 11 staff with average salary of Rs 3,000-Rs 4,000 with the

doctors getting paid Rs 5,000 per month. It thus goes without saying that

the total expenditure on the salaries is in the range of Rs 40,000-50,000

per month. Additional expenses include, the running cost of the shelter,

food, anti-rabies vaccination, medicines and so on.

 

While the trustees and the staff members say that insufficient funds is the

reason behind not being able to maintain the place, SPCA is funded by The

Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and according to Raj Shekhar,

secretary, AWBI, “There are two kinds of donations that we give to SPCA Pune

— one for Animal Birth Control Programme (ABC) and the second one for the

shelter cost. We had funded them with Rs 1,85,000 in the year 2007 for ABC

and 10,000 in 2008 for shelter cost.” Boman Amaria, trustee, SPCA further

added, “We are given a no-interest loan of over one-two lakh every year by

Jeevdaya Foundation as well. Further, over 60 members pay a yearly donation

of Rs 1,000 per head to the organisation.”

 

While the staff claim to have utilised the donations for the appropriate

reasons, Mala Kumar, another trustee said, “We do not have any idea about

how the funds are managed.”

 

 

 

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Re: (IN): PETA rescues 11 dogs from SPCA, suspects

mismanagement of funds

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SMS text recieved frm Anuradha Sawhney, Chief Functionary PETA-India,

'We went in as Animal Welfare Board members & raid was done after the

Board got the report & told us what to do.

We only followed the orders of the board. Not a PETA raid but a raid

by the Board.'

 

On 5/30/09, Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl wrote:

>>However, I feel that any complaint against the operations of an NGO

>>should not be reported on aapn. Policies may be posted. The fact is

>>that quite a few " modern " journalists do not let facts stand in the

>>way

>>of a good story and it is so easy to destroy a voluntary organisation.

>

>

> If this policy had been in effect a couple of years ago,

> Chinny Krishna himself & the Blue Cross of India he has built up

> could have been endlessly slandered through other media by

> representatives of other organizations, without my having the

> opportunity to set the record straight via AAPN amplifying ANIMAL

> PEOPLE reportage.

>

>

>>I write this because I personally know a gentleman, Mr. Dady C.

>>Dady, who has devoted his life to help the Pune SPCA and animals there

>

> Such history is laudable but often irrelevant to the

> circumstances of a crisis. For example, few people have devoted

> more of their lives and resources to helping animals than the late

> Helen Jones, founder of the International Society for Animal Rights,

> who at the end of her life became an alcoholic animal hoarder.

>

> What would be relevant would be having visited the Pune SPCA

> recently, or having testimony from credible independent parties who

> have. The accusers in this instance may not be credible, & that

> would not surprise me, but without current eyewitness testimony, we

> have no way of knowing.

>

>

>>I feel that such reports must be confirmed before being published by

>>aapn.

>

> I feel that every report should be confirmed before anyone

> posts or forwards it anywhere, including activist alerts, the

> allegations behind boycott appeals, etc. -- but there is nothing

> that makes the activities of an organization claiming to help animals

> sacrosanct, & if in fact it is not helping animals, or is a front

> for scamming, then exposing it does help animals.

>

> Instead of reflexively jumping to the defense of someone's

> reputation, based on past history, it would be useful to find &

> present current sources, with current information. Then, if the

> allegations about the Pune SPCA are false, it will be possible to

> both credibly defend the organization, and refute and rebuke any

> false accusers.

>

> I am trying to track down credible people I know in Pune, to

> see what perspective they might be able to offer.

>

>

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> Clinton, WA 98236

>

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