Monthly Activity Report of Animal Rahat for July 2019

Animal Rahat Monthly Report – July 2019        4 

included the story of some residents of sanctuary. The most interactive session was question hour. It  was not planned, but after the interaction with animals; children started few questions and  surprisingly this session finished with more than ten questions from children and teachers. During this  visit students also observed the reaction of sanctuary residents to the flute played by Mr. Rasul  Mulani. Apart from this exposure visit altogether eight CC workshops were organized in schools which  were participated by 576 students and 32 teachers.    During exposure visit of students at Animal Rahat’s Sanctuary Media and press were also present  there for some time; they took few shots of the students in sanctuary. Media interviewed two  students. Detailed work of Animal Rahat was shared by Dr. Naresh with the media. Mr. Shashikar told  about the awareness program and the importance of such activities in the society. He also shared  about the need of mechanization and role of government in helping the animals.  A part from above mentioned meetings AWUs have been doing individual interactions with bullock  owners during regular scouting. Teams have convinced bullock owners about importance of tying by  one side with long rope in place of both side tying that too tightly and 45 owners have started this  practice. We convinced 07 bullock owners regarding shed for bullocks. Altogether 62 bullock owners  have started to use Morkee while resting their animals. Similarly, through regular interaction and  meetings on benefits of grooming including demonstration at many villages has resulted in, 43 bullock  owners have started to groom their bullocks regularly. Team also interacted with many bullock  owners on the necessity and benefits of clean drinking water and painting the water tank using lime  and 23 bullock owners have cleaned their water tanks and painted them using lime. We have  demonstrated use of tikkil to control ectoparasite at one site and 05 bullock owners have used this  method. Apart from using tikkil we demonstrated cleanliness of shed, disposing dung & waste away  from shed, grooming and burning waste after spraying tikkil. It is a holistic approach which is being  done by us for ectoparasite control. Due to this approach 07 owners have improved the quality of  their sheds i.e. softened their shed floors which is good for their bullocks.  We have also convinced 04  donkey owners to use Bhorkadi; tying donkey below fetlock with loose rope. Team has promoted two  owners for free shade (Mukt Gotha) for three animals.   D uring this month team have demonstrated painless castration in  07 bulls  and majority of these  includes the young bull calves at villages.   D uring this month our teams confiscated 92 torture devices which include 10 hobbles, 75 nose ropes,  05 wooden logs, 01 muzzle (to prevent calf from suckling mother) and 01 spiked bit.  D uring this month  46  dogs (23 Males & 23 Females) and 01 cat (M) were sterilised at AWU Solapur  and Sangli. This month we have done fourth and final round of sterilisation and vaccination of dogs at  Bawachi village of Sangli district and in total 159 dogs were sterilised during these four rounds. Now  Bawachi village dogs are 100% sterilised and vaccinated against rabies.  T otal no. of animals advised rest is 126  animals (02 Horses, 09 Donkeys & 115 Bullocks). Maximum no.  of rest was advised in cases of lameness. Animal Welfare Unit (AWU) – Solapur have ensured rest for  maximum number of bullocks.

 Animal Rahat July 2019 Month Report                                                                 Dated: 12/08/2019