(IN) VSPCA: plastic bag campaign, new video rescue updates

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To see the photos please see the link at:

http://www.vspca.org/updates/2010-04-21/index.php

Greetings friends,

 

Can we share some dreams together — for a better future?

Pradeep Nath , President of the VSPCA has a vision. A formal writ petition

has been given to High Court and the Forest and Pollution

ministries to ban all plastic bags in our state of Andhra Pradesh

— for reasons of harm to animals and the environment. Plastic

bags are now littered all over — caught in the trees and

floating in the rivers. They clog the gutters and contribute to

floods. They are especially hard on wildlife on land and also in

the water leading to numerous animal deaths. Free roaming cows

routinely eat them along with the rest of the garbage on the

street.

 

Further compounding the problem is that in India there is little

trash and recycling pickup. It seems an impossible task to ban

the bags due to their increasing ubiquitous use but in the year

2000 Pradeep did succeed in banning the colored plastic bags in

the city of Visakhapatnam. (Colored bags are more of a risk as

the cows are attracted to them more and try and eat them.) While

it was only a ruling it was a start and now VSPCA is going after

a ban for the white plastic bags ones as well! Several other

Indian states have already done this — so there is hope. Please

help support us in this mission!

 

We have so much to share with you including:

 

Watch a new dramatic short video of the VSPCA cows rushing out

for their special feed. Watch on YouTube.

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?HelpAnimalsIndia/66f2c4b6e8/TEST/381575ff6e/v=qaAROO5k2l\

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Read an interview about VSPCA, including some Buddhist insights,

on Little Lotus Hearts' Shelter Spotlight.

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?HelpAnimalsIndia/66f2c4b6e8/TEST/cb67ea224c

 

 

Ongoing rescues

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Exhausted, scared, starved — this poor deer was rescued by the

VSPCA team after the police rang us up. She was so thirsty she

had gone down to the sea to try and quench her thirst — a sure

sign of drought and climate change. She belongs in the hills and

forest, not at the beach! She is being treated with fluids, rest

and restored to help for eventual release.

 

These puppies need your help! If we receive more funding we can

pick up more sweet guys like this! Please consider sponsoring one

of our shelter animals!

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?HelpAnimalsIndia/66f2c4b6e8/TEST/b6012dddf6

 

 

This pup was found with injuries by the side of the road, since

this photo was taken he has recovered well and is up for

adoption. We named him Tumkapalli after the village we picked him

up from.

 

Another pup up for adoption — he was abandoned by the railroad

station. Because of his brave spirit we named him Bheem after one

of the heroes in the Mahabharat.

 

Our vegan feeding programme for the poorest of the poor people in

our region continues. These beggars also have compassion for our

street dogs so we want to help them as well. Our target is twenty

to forty people per day for three days a week. We deliver the

food packets by auto rickhaw.

 

Times are tough but we can keep helping our animals and our

programs with friends like you from across the world. We very

much appreciate all who have helped us in the past and presently.

We have no endowment or cushion of funds. We don't want to turn

away needy animals — kindly consider donating to help us.

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?HelpAnimalsIndia/66f2c4b6e8/TEST/9a35de183f

 

 

On behalf of all at VSPCA,

Weintraub

VSPCA Global Outreach volunteer

 

In memory of our dearly beloved and life of the party — shelter

dog Johnny. We mourn the one who was with us for over 13 years

but left us much too soon.

 

Visakha Society for Protection and Care of Animals

26-15-200 Main Road, Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh 530001, India

Tel: 91-891-2716124 (office) 2001046 (shelter)