November, 15, 2011 – Animal Nepal rehabilitates confiscated parrots

Today Animal Nepal and AWNN, with the help of Balkhu police station, rescued four parrots and a puppy from India bird smugglers. The parrots were taken to Animal Nepal's animal sanctuary while the puppy was adopted by kind police officers.

The parrots and puppy were kept in tiny cages. The birds were being sold on the streets of Kathmandu, while the puppy was destined to be smuggled to India, to be sold there as a 'Himalayan breed'. Roots and Shoots and Animal Nepal rescued 42 such puppies in December last year.

The parrots are being rehabilitated at Chobar Animal Sanctuary. The police officers decided to adopt the puppy, which now guards the police station of Balkhu.

November 11, 2011 – Monkey kept in tiny cage rescued

A baby monkey which was kept in a tiny cage as part of an 'educational mini zoo' by Anal Jyoti Boarding School (Sunakothi) has been rescued by Roots and Shoots Nepal. After receiving vaccinations at Animal Nepal's animal sanctuary, the rescuers took the monkey to its new home at the R&S rehab centre in Nagarkot.

The baby monkey was kept in a small cage, together with some birds and rabbits, 'to educate the children about the importance of animals', according to school authorities. After regular visits by Animal Nepal staff, the school management agreed to hand over the monkey. The pet monkey was self harming and showed aggressive behaviour.

Although the monkey probably cannot be rehabilitated in the wild, it now has a large enclosure, hopefully shared with other monkeys in the future.

November 11, 2011 – Hari rescued from Harisiddi

Today we rescued Hari, a young dog whose leg was badly broken and infected after an accident. We had been trying to find him since many days; despite his injury Hari moved around a lot in his village Harisiddi. Hari will first receive anti biotics to bring the infection down. After that a splint will be put to straighten his leg.  We wish him a speedy recovery!

A video can be watched here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qmx41BwZqk

November 10, 2011 – Dog suffering from advanced cancer rescued

A dog suffering from an advanced stage of Canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) has been rescued by us today. We call her Asha (Hope) and are trying our utmost to save her life. Asha used to live in front of Nabil Bank, Pulchowk. Since she is too weak to be given chemo treatment immediately we first boost her immune system with hydration, anti biotics and vitamins. 

Watch a video of Asha here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pz2g0seTVg

November 7, 2011 - Donkey traveler Brigitte Blot visits Animal Nepal

Today Brigitte Blot, who travelled with her two donkeys throughout France and Spain and produced three books about her travels, visited Animal Nepal. Together with film maker Patrick Kersale she is working on a book and film about donkeys in Nepal. She wanted to meet the rescued equines at the donkey sanctuary and also observed and filmed donkeys at work in a nearby brick factory. Brigitte and Patrick will travel with a ‘mule train’ in the Himalayas and might even visit the equine bazaar of Nepalgunj. We wish them happy travels!

November 3, 2011 – Starving donkeys saved with nutritious food

Animal Nepal today fed 13 starving donkeys at Shiva Shakti Brick Factory. By the time we heard about the hungry equines, 9 donkeys had already died from starvation. They were kept in an unventilated room covered in feaces. Their hoofs were already infected.

Animal Nepal has reported the case with the police. It seems the donkeys were kept as a bond when their Rolpa-based owner owned money from the brick entrepreneur. Animal Nepal is abhorred by the treatment meted out to the innocent animals. 

The donkeys have been moved to an airy shelter and receive daily rations. 

Watch a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqT-tiW1HV0

November 3, 2011 – Buddy finds a new home at our donkey sanctuary

Today we rescued Buddy, a malnourished working horse with a hoof so badly overgrown, it could hardly walk. In our equine outreach programme we regularly come across such horses. Injured or sick, their owners leave them to fend for themselves. 10-year old Buddy worked in a brick factory for many years. After developing a hoof problem, he was left to graze in a nearby field.

By the time his owner handed him over to us, Buddy’s hoof was so badly overgrown, he could hardly walk.  At our sanctuary, the starving horse was fed and his hoof was trimmed.  Gentle Buddy showed his gratefulness by nudging his rescuers, Dr Sudeep, Santosh and Tek Bhandari.