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Chintu, was a ‘Street turned Community Dog’, whom we knew since December 2004. He started living in a building staircase in the colony where I too stay ever since he was wrongly dropped off here post-Sterilization. He must be…
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After the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon’s directive to Presidents of all Gurgaon-based Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs) to stop harassing people/residents who have pets and tend to street dogs, comes the below mentioned letter issued by Federation of Noida Resident Welfare Associations to…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animal Laws of India, Articles, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Series, Information that empowers!, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Birth Control Rules 2001, Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation, Directive by MCG to RWAs against banning pets, Federation of Noida Resident Welfare Associations, Federation of Noida RWAs, Gurgaon, India, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), Noida, People, Pet Dogs, Pets, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Residential Welfare Associations, RWA, RWAs, Street Dogs
Below are embedded image files/scans of a 3 page letter issued by Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon to Presidents of all RWAs in Gurgaon to stop harassing people who tend to street dogs and those who have pets (by…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY)Series: Animal Rescue and Treatment, Games people play, Information that empowers!, Pets, Stories from Ground Zero, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation, Directive by MCG to RWAs against banning pets, Gurgaon, India, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), People, Pet Dogs, Pets, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, RWA, Street Dogs
Living with Street Dogs – (Dog Bite) Following up on our post prior to this, we found the article on this link extremely informative as well on the subject of how dogs and humans can co-exist in peace and dog…
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Category: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animals, Articles, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY)Series: Animal Rescue and Treatment, Information that empowers!, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animals, Awareness, Dog Behaviour, Dogs, India, Kindness, Man and Animal, People, Pets, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
Often, on our helpline, blog comments section, we get a lot of queries on how should people be behaving around street dogs so as to not provoke them or get bitten…while we do share what we know over those forums,…
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Category: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY)Series: Animal Rescue and Treatment, Information that empowers!, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animals, Dog Behaviour, Dogs, India, Kindness, Man and Animal, People, Pets, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Games people play, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Constitution of India, Delhi, Delhi High Court, Dogs, India, Indian Penal Code, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Pets, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
We are no experts and neither do we run an animal ambulance or hospital that tends to animals. We do it one street dog (or at best two or three) at a time and try to do our best in…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY)Series: Animal Rescue and Treatment, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, Medical treatment of Animals, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Rescue, Animals, Do-it-Yourself: Animal Rescue and Treatment, Dogs, first aid for dogs, first aid kit, India, Kindness, Man and Animal, sterilization surgeries, transportation, Veterinary aid
A few weeks back, someone happened to share with us the following article over an e-mail, the reason we are sharing it here is because we also get asked such questions repeatedly, by the people whom we interact professionally or…
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“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as their is somebody to love you”, said Roald Dahl. Each rescued dog we revisit after rehabilitating them back to their home territories post treatment showers us…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, Inspiration, Relationships
Tags: Animal Rescue, Dogs, India, Jaagruti, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality
Over the past many months, Jaagruti’s helpline has been inundated with calls and queries from people across many major Indian cities, like Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore and other metros where RWAs or Residential Welfare Associations that are formed in various societies…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets
Tags: Animal Laws, Dogs, India, Judiciary and the animals, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Pets, Residential societies cant ban people from having pets
Beena Mohapatra, a domestic maid from Kolkata feeds 35 dogs in her locality. We are glad to come across a story with striking similarity. This picture was making rounds across a lot of groups and Facebook’s Animals – Facts and…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, Games people play, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Bina Mashi, Dogs, Domestic Help, India, Kindness, Kolkata, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, Street Dogs
The below article written by Eunice deSouza in Pune Mirror is worth reading and sharing with as many ‘humans’ as you know. For this post says so much of what we at ‘Jaagruti’ always wanted to put in words. As…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, Games people play, General/Animals, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: birds, Dogs, Emapthy, Emotions, Eunice DeSouza, India, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality, Pune Mirror, Street Dogs
The most important thing in this world is to learn to give out love, and let it come in. – Morrie Schwartz – Every moment is extra precious for 4-yr-old Lucas Hembree. Suffering from Sanfilippo syndrome, he isn’t expected…
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*This story is authored by Ramendra Singh and is kind courtesy of The Times of India BHOPAL: He does not mind skipping his lunch In fact, he did so on many times in the past. But there is one practice…
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Category: Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Dogs, India, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Street Dogs
‘The next time you are a little down, do an act of service — it might just be the gift you need.’ This was the message that came to us through a mail that shared the story of Roadie, a…
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23 September 2011: We found Hasmukh sitting next to an electricity metre box in the service lane on the road a kilometre off our place. On our next round that evening, he was still sitting at that spot, panting. On…
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Category: Animals, Games people play, Jaagruti's interventions, Medical treatment of Animals, Relationships, Road Safety, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Accident, Animal Cruelty, Delhi, Disability, Dogs, Homeopathy, India, Kindness, longreads, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Paralysed Dog, Street Dogs, Veterinary aid
Courtesy: The Times of India (dated 2 October 2011) Credit and Author: Gajanan Khergamker (The Times of India, dated Oct 2, 2011) Forty eight-year-old Smriti Parmar had been suffering from chronic depression and her blood pressure had shot up alarmingly…
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Courtesy: This poem made its way into our inbox someway through this link of Meigs Co Dog Shelter, whom we hereby credit for penning this down. Please share this poem with anyone who has abandoned or is thinking of abandoning their pet. It may…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Pets, Poems, Relationships
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Dogs, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Pet Abandonment, Pets, Poetry
Author: This story has been contributed by Rishi Dev (Citizens for Animal Rights) Four cooperative group housing societies in sector 10, Dwarka are facing a new kind of menace from two street dogs, Dolly and Chotu. Both of these dogs have lived…
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Category: Animals, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Delhi, Dogs, India, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality, Street Dogs
‘Magic’ is another of our rescued dog stories, for the story of his rescue and recovery is nothing but ‘magical’. Last year when the Commonwealth Games 2010 ended, it was time to release the street dogs back into the games…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, General/Animals, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Medical treatment of Animals, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, Dogs, India, Jaagruti, Kindness, Man and Animal, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Street Dogs, Veterinary aid
Life is a puzzle which gets deciphered when we look back and connect the dots. When I was in school, I had yearned for people to come over and talk to us about animals and environment but no one did,…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Stories from Ground Zero, Videos, Videos on Animals
Tags: Animals, Delhi, Delhi Fire Service, Department of Environment, Eco-Club, Environment Education, India, Jaagruti, Kindness, Kite string injury, longreads, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, Pigeon, School, Video
By Ipshita Mitra (Courtesy: The Times of India, dated 14 July 2011) They are cuddly, cutesy and furry but that’s not about it. More than just friends, dogs can be your medical guardians too. Dog ownership can assure you a healthy…
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By Biswadeep Ghosh (Courtesy: The Times of India dated July 13, 2011) He may not have a name. He might be a stray dog. But, he deserves every ounce of love he gets. He stays near my house. He doesn’t…
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Category: Animals, Do you know?, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Cement Plant, Dogs, Environmental protest, Farmers, Farmers Protest, gujarat, India, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality, Street Dogs
By Vasudha Mehta ‘Jaagruti’, A visit to PAWS (Plant and Animals Welfare Society), Thane This is a month overdue report of my February 2011 visit to PAWS in Thane, an animal rescue and welfare organisation located in the Dombivli East,…
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This poem is the first in the series of many poems penned down and shared with us by Ms. Bhavani Sundaram to inspire you in sustaining your efforts to rescue an animal in distress… A heart of gold to accept all animals…
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This post is kind courtesy of Charu Shah FOOD TO AVOID FOR DOGS- Alcoholic beverages– Can cause intoxication, coma, and death. Avocado– The leaves, seeds, fruit, and bark contain persin, which can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Bones from fish, poultry, or…
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Category: Animals, Do you know?, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, Pets, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animals, Cats, Dogs, Man and Animal, People, Pets, Poisoning in pets, Veterinary aid
For a background or part 1 of this story on Commonwealth Games (Delhi, 2010) and street dogs, kindly click here and then read on below On 5th October, 2010, the Animal Welfare Board of India wrote to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, Dogs, India, Man and Animal, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dogs
The below story is kind courtesy and copyright of : Daily Good. We are sharing it here because it meets one of the objectives behind the intent of ‘Jaagruti’ which is – spreading respect and compassion towards members of the canine family. Two-Legged Dog…
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Category: Animals, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Pets, Relationships, Videos on Animals
Tags: Disability, Dogs, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality, Pets, Video
Courtesy: Mail Today, dated: 17th August 2010 Shopkeepers of Aada Bazaar in Indore downed their shutters as a mark of respect for Lallu — a much- loved 15- year- old stray dog of the locality who died on July 17….
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Such scenes are an everday occurence all around many cities across the world. People buy pets, some even pamper them BUT then dump them on the road, at a city shelter in their old age-at an age when they need…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Games people play, General/Animals
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Dogs, Man and Animal, People, Pet Abandonment, Pets
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The above photograph was clicked and contributed to us by Kris Kumar on 5th July, 2010. It was clicked at PVR Anupam-Saket, a multiplex in Delhi. In this small temple beneath a tree behind the multiplex where these two resident…
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Category: Animals, General/Animals, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Religion, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Videos on Animals
Tags: Dogs, India, Kindness, Man and Animal, Mythology, Street Dogs, Video
An article by Erika Abrams about how to interact with dogs and read their signals… To read the second part of this article, please click here
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Category: Animals, Do you know?, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animals, Dogs, India, Man and Animal, Personality, Pets, Street Dogs
Each one of us would have heard the story of the thirsty crow who brings pebbles in his beak and throws them in a pot to raise the level of water in there so that he can sip it and…
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Category: Animals, General/Animals, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Videos on Animals
Tags: Animals, Cow, Crow, India, Kindness, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, Summer, Thirsty Animals, Video
टेढ़ी पूँछ वाला जानवर केवल पुचकार का भूखा है, पर हमारे यह राजनेता सत्ता, रुतबा, धन दौलत और ना जाने और किस किस चीज़ की कभी न भरने वाली भूख रखते हैं…..
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Category: Animals, Do you know?, Environment, Religion, Videos on Animals
Tags: Animals, Bahai, Buddhism, Christianity, compassion, Confucianism, Environment, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, love, Man and Animal, respect, Taoism
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