Hope for the Strays- NGOs & Rehabilitation Centres in India


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We all are very well known with conditions our stray dog wandering around the Indian roads. These poor creatures have to fight every day with hunger, weather, traffic and most important the common people of the society for their survival. Most of the people are afraid of these dogs and consider them unwanted, but it’s hard to explain to them that even after not having a place to live, no food to eat, and no love and affection, they still not bother people until they feel threatened. 


They only react aggressively only when they are being beaten up or tortured immensely by people. Most of these even after facing such adversary and not being socialized with people, still are very friendly. You can see this for yourself by just calling out with all the love and a whistle, and they will respond with happy faces and wagging tail.


                                                           
 Sadly, this behavior is not often seen from society towards these beautiful creatures instead, those who care for them are often criticized and stopped. We have many examples in our society wherein people who used to feed these stray, care for them and lend a helping hand to protect these poor souls were being threatened by the neighbor and in extreme cases some were also asked to vacate their apartment and relocate especially in Co-operative housing societies in metropolitan areas. People have made a perception about these strays that these are dangerous, ugly creatures that are dirty carrying diseases which could harm people if they come in contact with them which is not true at all.

                                           


            

On the other hand researches and studies have proven this these stray could be as healthy as a pedigreed breed dog and can be a very good family dog if properly domesticated. But even after having such sort of researches, it's very difficult to change people’s perception and their attitude towards these strays. In order to change this perception of people, the role of NGOs and rehab-centers in India is really important which is working night and day towards the betterment of these strays.

 These NGOs and Organizations  like PETA (People For Ethical Treatment Of Animals), POSH Foundation, AMTM (Animals Matter to me Mumbai), Paws for cause, and many more are doing a commendable job when it comes to saving these strays and giving them a new life. 


I have personally visited a few of the shelters of the most renowned organizations such as AMTM wherein these strays along with the other breeds as well which have been abandoned because of health issues, temperament, road accidents, and mostly irresponsible owners are being taken very good care of.  They have a dedicated trained staff along with volunteers as well who are working every hour of the day trying to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome these unfortunate ones who have already seen the worst part of their life.
                                    


                                                         
Cases of such kind like abandonment, injured, etc are very common now and are even increasing every day. Organizations like these having limited resources and space are often unable to attend each and every case as these run mainly on trust funding and sponsorships or donations in kind which are the only sources for survival of these NGOs. 


These organizations have to bear all sorts of costs while taking care of these strays such as food, shelter cages, medicines, space for adding a number of cases every day and also for the trained staff who could handle them properly. Also, these organizations attend the cases which are the most terrible ones requiring urgent help and care which again involve repeated surgery and all thereby increasing the operational costs overall.

Moreover keeping so many dogs in single enclosed spaces can also lead to aggression and temperament issues in them which could make the situation more worst. So they need to have a proper infrastructure which would include a clinic and operation area to attend cases of extreme urgency, kennels individually for dogs, separate areas to keep the infected ones away so that they could properly be treated, play and training area to socialize them for rehabilitation, mobile ambulances which would carry out rescue operations and finally all the necessary equipment and assets which would be required in the process.    

These NGOs are really important for both strays and society as well because these are the only link between the two which would be very much needed to live together in harmony without any sort of tussle. Also, they are the ones who can change people’s perceptions of these beautiful creatures. Here are some activities which are carried out by these organizations to help for the stray and the abandon one.

Rescue Programme - These NGOs are every time on alert basis ready to help and rescue cases such as accident, acute illness, abandonment and brutal assault of these strays so that they can be saved in time and can be given a new life.

Medical care and treatments – For those cases which need urgent medical attention are given every sort of medical care whether it be surgery or so and is carried out by trained veterinarians.




                                     

    



Rehome and Rehabilitation – These stray when reviving back to their finest conditions after proper care and affection are being rehabilitated with foster or families who are willing to make them a part of their lives.


  Socialize and trained- These stray and or in the case of abandoned ones are so depressed and anxiety affected that these need to be socialized and trained at a level so that they could easily fit into a family or being adopted.
                                          





Neuter and Birth Control- These organizations have a major role in controlling the population of these strays by neuter programs so that their population is kept in check which would otherwise lead to an imbalance in society and will worsen the situation.

Awareness – These organizations play a major role in spreading the awareness regarding these stray in the society so that people should not abuse them and treat them ethically.


Hope for the unfortunate Ones- These also are the only last hope for those ones like paralyzed, senior or aggressive ones which would never be adopted ever in their life and find comfort in these shelters till their last days.

Protection Of Rights for the Stray Dogs– These strays  in the society do have certain rights for themselves which refrain people from abusing or torturing them for any reason and these NGOs are taking active role to get these rights implemented in society. 

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