"Save our tigers" - Will the initiative be extended for protecting all our animals as a whole?

It is heartening to see the Aircel's joint initiative with WWF to save indian tigers. No doubt about Animal welfare activists or any caring individual welcoming the same!
At this moment, I'm pondering about something from yesterday, will this initiative/support be extended only to save animals that has a extinct threat? Some remote village of Tamilnadu has decided to lay electric fencing to prevent elephants entering and spoiling their sugarcane fields. Shocking, but how many really care? So is it enough to care only for tigers?
We keep writing and spreading a word for animals for so many years now....
I wish a similar aggressive campaign is raised soon at an International level aimed at caring for all animals, not just tigers!!!

An Animal shelter in Coimbatore needs support - Please spread a word

Dear All,


I received this is as a forwarded appeal, thought this is something that requires immediate attention of animal lovers, especially people in Coimbatore

Abhayam Foundation, http://www.abhayamfoundation.com/ (registered trust) an Animal welfare organisation, functioning at Coimbatore is been run by Mr. Ravichandran & his wife who work tirelessly for the needy animals.

Needless to talk about the difficulties faced by the Animal Welfare Organisations, Abhayam is not really exceptional. Mr. Ravichandran deven gone to the extent of selling his house, which indeed is another difficulty for him to find a rented home for himself & his animals. We even come to know that he even buys water for daily use since he lives in a very remote area where is there is no electricity & water facilities. He was a recipient of the Jury's special award from Venu Menon animal allies foundation in the year 2006.

Ravichandran is in dire need of funds to continue his noble service, this is an appeal requesting people to help him immediately financially or whatever forms possible.

I feel it is the responsibility of animal lovers to help these kind of organisation grow, I request interested volunteers who can work for the same, we'll put our heads togather to help Ravichandran- financially, physically, all possible ways for Abhayam to progress? With the help of a genuine co-ordinator in coimbatore?

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

Few More Days

I Know I didn't care for my blog for quiet sometime now...
But...
Have got a good news to tell you all...
soon....very soon...
keep your fingers crossed :)

Mahalakshmi

CUPA Bangalore's blog featuring Pets for adoption

I'm sure CUPA is not new to many of you...

For my friends & all animal lovers in Bangalore, I refer CUPA's blog & its section on Pets for adoption - this section features all their pets that are ready for adoption in a healthy condition and this section is also been updated very frequently.

http://bloggers-bark.blogspot.com/search/label/Pets%20for%20Adoptions
Please forward to your friends too...the blog would really be informative & helpful for anyone who wants to take home a new family member :)

Also check out CUPA's website for more information
http://www.cupabangalore.org/

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

Three more Fans needed for AWPT - Please spread a word

Hi all,

Thank you all who supported my previous request for Fans for AWPT's extended shelter.
I heard from Mr. Narasimmamoorthy of AWPT that the animals now sleep more comfortably & peacefully than before. Thank God for that !
Now, they still need 3 more fans (of which one is wall mounted), one would be used for Ramu, a visually challenged monkey & for two other rooms. Ramu is always inside the cage as he cannot be independent, he feels quiet uncomfortable because of the mosquitos & flies as his cage is surrounded by trees & plants.
So, if any of you have new/old fans in working condition, please give a call to AWPT, they will collect it from you. Hope you all know the numbers, anyways, 044-22781381 / 9962968265 / 9941597790

Thank you again

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

AWPT on Animal Campaigns.com - Wish things go well and we could achieve that !!

animalcampaigns.com is a international platform for all animal welfare organisations across the globe to showcase themselves and to raise the appeals and spread a word about the campaigns they run. I never knew so long there is such a platform that could help all animal homes..Great !
I'm very glad to have connected with the animalcampaigns.com team, who have been so considerate to putforth AWPT's appeals & campaigns to the World. I am just working on furnishing a few necessary documents. I wish & pray, this should be another successful attempt to help our animals.

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

Injured kitten needs a home in Bangalore - See if any of you can help Shonali

I got an email from Sriya. See if any of you can help her out?

Dear All, My Bangalore-based friend Shonali has rescued an injured kitten- an adorable, affectionate 3-month-old that's recovering in her house. Am not sure exactly what the injury is but she mentioned that the kitten needs to find a home as it will be hard for it to manage on its own. The last resort is a shelter as it might need special care at least for a little while. My friend is going off to college this Thursday and will not be able to take care of it after that so please let all your friends in Bangalore know. Please try and find a home for the kitten and hopefully there will be a happy ending for both the rescuer and the rescued :-) Pl contact shonalimani@gmail.com directly thanks, sriya

Thanks,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

My Dog is back home - Thank you all, Thank you AWPT

Yes,
Am so delighted to see my chellam back after 4 days.
Kappai is jus back home and she is fine, healthy & normal..
Thank you all for your prayers...
Thanks to AWPT for the treatment they offered...
Thank God !!!

Regards,

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

I pray my dog should recover soon and come back home!!

One of my dogs kappai is sick....she needs to undergo a surgery for tumour...poor dog, she was very co-operative while taking her to AWPT hospital..hope she will undergo surgery tomorrow....i pray God to be with her, give her the strength to face the surgery & come back to me in a very healthy condition..Please pray for her speedy recovery.

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

New request from AWPT

Hi All,

Am back with a new request this time...
AWPT has rescued a lot of animals recently and as a result, their food needs have also considerably gone up.
Especially lots of Pups & kittens who just live on milk, milk & milk alone !!!!!
They are in need of additional milk packets, preferably milk powder which can be stored and used for some more time.
If any of you are interested in feeding the tiny tots, please call Mrs. Padmavathy @ 22781381 or 9962968265 or 9941597790.
They will collect it from you upon a call !

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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Take Woofus Home - Prize Changed to a Life-sized stuffed toy of woofus

Hi all,

Following the controversies regarding the 'take woofus home' contest, landmark has changed their offer, the prize is now a stuffed toy of Woofus...
Thanks to whose who wrote..
Thanks Landmark a lot for respecting our feelings & considering the appeal..
Please drop in a thanks note to the landmark people..

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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Explanation from Mr. Lijin Thomas of Landmark....lets wait for the final decision !!

Following the 'Take Woofus Home' I discussed earlier, I wrote to Mr. Lijin Thomas - Head of Marketing of Landmark, who has replied my email as follows

Dear Mahalakshmi,
We sincerely appreciate your concern. We have taken precautions to ensure the Puppy is given the best care. Terms and conditions of the promotion clearly communicate (in posters / entry forms) that the winner will be decided only after assessing the capability of the winner to take care of the puppy in the best possible way.

But since we have received quite a few mails raising the same concern, we will be reevaluating this promotion with the concerned publisher on Monday 18th May 09. We assure you that we will surely take the concerns raised very seriously and will re-work the promotion. Please accept our sincere apologies for hurting the sentiments of many our valuable customers.

Thank you
Lijin Thomas

Thanks for his response, Lets hope for the considerate results.

Will keep you all posted on this

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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‘Take Woofus Home’ contest - Heights of Unethical promotion !!

It is really atrocious on part of Landmark-Tata group to roll out a promotional campaign like this !!!!

Titled "Puppy Love", this is their press release today (pasted below)- it appeared in The Hindu Metro Plus - Saturday May 16.

Puppy love

Take home a Labrador pup

If you love puppies and books, here’s something to interest you. Landmark and Think Big Books organise a contest that allows you to take home a chocolate brown Labrador pup! The contest closes on May 25.To participate in ‘Take Woofus Home’, you have to buy any book in the “Woofus” series, featuring an inquisitive puppy that asks a lot of questions, from any of the Landmark stores in the city, and complete the slogan “I deserve to take Woofus home because.…”. The Woofus series is a set of five picture books for pre-schoolers, written by Reena I. Puri and illustrated by Savio A. Mascarenhas. The winner of the best slogan gets to take home the pup during a book launch on May 29 at Landmark, Citi Centre at 5 p.m. This would be followed by a dramatised book reading.For details, call 2847 7777
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There is nothing to wonder if Landmark soon announces "Get a baby free for baby care Books"...
Are puppies meant to be given away as "prize"?
If people prove to be really committed towards growing a puppy, they can walk in to any animal shelter and take home one, not getting one as a free addition for some books.
These promotions literally change the attitude towards animal welfare and I wish Animal Welfare Board tightens its rules so as to avoid these kind of Unethical promotions. Earlier a pug was harassed for a different promotion and now its time for Lab???

Please call the number or write to landmark@vsnl.com, citicentre@landmark-tata.com and lijin@landmark-tata.com asking them to call off the contest and to treat dogs as companion animals as opposed to prizes won at a bookstore

Regards,

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

What those rescued pups are upto??????

hahahaaa...

Ofcourse enjoying their stay at AWPT !

Well fed by Mrs. Padmavathy, happy & healthy they are...getting ready for adoption in next two weeks???

look at these photos :)

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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Ramu.. A chocolate lover

Ramu is a cute little monkey rescued by AWPT sometime back..Poor little monkey lost his eyesight when he fell down from the tree. He was abandoned by his own mother :(

Ramu is now been treated at AWPT, If any of you like to see Ramu, please pay a visit to AWPT.

Don't forget to take some cadbury chocolates with you..he just loves chocolates :)

Regards,

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

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Two New Puppies rescued

This morning was really a good morning for me :)

Just to recover from my laptop mania, I decided to wake up early for a morning walk today (on Sunday !?!)...Of course I started too with my mom...

On my way, I saw two Tiny (believe me...really tiny) puppies on the road..I searched for their mother dog, she was not around. I checked with the residents nearby about the puppies, they said that they were lying on the road for the past two days and mother dog had abandoned them. I waited for about 30 Minutes for their Mom's arrival, my wait was successful, at last the mother dog came. I fed the mother dog and tried leaving the puppies to her, she gave them a kick and went off..Very sad to see a Mother abandoning her own puppies (I realised little later...Today happened to be the Mother's day). I was in a dilemma whether to take the puppies and handover to AWPT or leave the puppies there for another day , by any chance mother could feed them? I never hesitated to rescue any pup, but the reason for my hesitation then was the condition of those two puppies...Too tiny they are, I was very doubtful whether they can eat independently..Of course Mrs. Padmavathy of AWPT has rescued even the just born puppies and fed them with a feeding bottle, but I was quiet hesitant..

At last I made up my mind to take them with me, I gave a call to AWPT immediately. Meanwhile, I tried feeding them, to my surprise, both of them literally fell in to the milk bowl and drank so quickly ...poor puppies, I dont know when they were fed last...To my surprise, Mrs. Padmavathy herself came home and took them. But they are not ready for adoption yet, it will take 15 more days for them to become little self sufficient. Anyways I felt bit releived after handing over the puppies to the right person.

and my morning walk....you know what I'm doing now :) sitting with my laptop to share this with you.....

Check out their snaps :)

Regards,

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy

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A Big Thanks to those kind hearts !!!!!!!

I Just heard from Mrs. Padmavathy of AWPT about the overwhelming response to the appeal..... They have almost got around 10 fans now, hope the need will really be fulfilled by this weekend max...I must thank Ergo Once again in this regard, and also to you who listened to my appeal....This energises me....
Spl thanks to Deepa, Pakshi & Ben for their swift response :)
Thanks again...Thanks a lot :)

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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Thank You Ergo !!!!!!

My heartfelt thanks to ERGO - a chennai based magazine for youth & special thanks to Ms. Sriya Narayanan , for publishing my appeal. My appeal regarding Fans & Camera for AWPT has been published in today's Ergo. I'm sure this is going to fetch a lot of responses !!!!
Here is the link
http://www.goergo.in/?p=4165

Thanks again,

Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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Pets for Adoption !!!!

Are you looking for adopting a puppy or a kitten or any other pets??
Are you a animal lover or a animal welfare activist?
If yes, I would welcome you to Animal Welfare & Protection Trust (AWPT) , chennai.

This veterinary hospital cum shelters is run by Mrs Padmavathi & Mr Narasimmamoorthy, an old couple who has dedicated their lives to animal welfare. Their main aim is to prevent cruelties perpetrated on animals, particularly stray animals and creating public awarness that animals have also a right to live in this world and deserve to be treated in a humane manner. Towards this objective they have taken up animal welfare activities such as rescue and treatment of animals in distress, abandoned animals, animals involved in accidents particularly homeless or stray dogs and cats. Their rescued animals include birds, monkeys, rabbits and even snakes.

Please Visit http://awptrust.co.cc/ for better understanding..

AWPT also gives pups & kittens for adoption.

I will be updating this blog very often and also post photographs of pets for adoption every week....please keep watching my blog for more updates on pets adoption..

Please feel free to contact AWPT at 04422781381 or 9962968265 or 9941597790 for your adoption or other Animal welfare activities.

Once again I welcome all of you !!!!!!!

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
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Help us with a Camera??

Dear All,

Am back with a new request now !

A lot of adoptions are happening now....so that's a real good news. Unfortunately, their digital camera was stolen from their shelter a week ago. They used it to take rescue photos for proof (as and when they were happening) to send to the government while asking for funds and also to send pictures to papers for adoption columns every week, which helps speedy adoptions...

AWPT would be grateful to receive a phone camera/digicam which is second-hand or not being used by the owner. She only needs a basic model as the pictures are mostly taken in daylight from close quarters. If you wish to donate one/refer anyone who will be willing to do the same, please donot hesitate to contact

Mrs. Padmavathi @ 044-22781381
or me at 9940026283.

AWPT will collect the camera from you upon a call, so please donot worry about the transporation....

Thanks,

Mahalakshmi