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Working for Animals

WFA raises funds and provides support for
approved animal shelters in India, in particular
Darjeeling Animal Shelter, Kalimpong Animal Shelter
and Help in Suffering Animal Shelter.

Animal Protection Project

Working for Animals Inc also assists other animal
protection projects in India with which it is
familiar and which it particularly endorses.

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WORKING FOR ANIMALS

Working for Animals Inc. is a registered Australian charity raising funds for approved animal shelter projects in India.

Working for Animals Inc. has a small committee which works pro bono to help the animal shelters which Christine and Jeremy Townend founded in the Indian towns of Kalimpong and Darjeeling in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. Kalimpong Animal Shelter is largely funded by Animaux Secours in France, and Darjeeling Animal Shelter is largely funded by One Voice, France. Other major donors are Animal Protection Network (Sweden) and the Animal Welfare Board of India which funds the two ABC (Animal Birth Control) programmes conducted by KAS and DAS.

WFA Inc. also sends funds from time to time to Help in Suffering Animal Shelter, in Jaipur Rajasthan.

SOME OF THE WORK DAS AND KAS CONDUCT

1) ABC: Both Darjeeling and Kalimpong municipalities agreed to stop poisoning dogs with strychnine on condition that Darjeeling and Kalimpong Animal Shelters conducted ABC programmes in each of their home towns.

In the ABC programme street dogs are caught, vaccinated against rabies, neutered, identified with an ear mark and, after a full recovery, returned to the place from which they were captured. Usually three days is the recovery period as the keyhole flank spay is a tiny, neat incision usually less than an inch in length. Returning the dogs to the street, rather than poisoning them, not only avoids a great cruelty, but also means that the vaccinated, spayed dogs guard their own territory. Thus there is no empty biological niche into which new dogs, which may be vectors of rabies, can move.

2) RESCUE: Dogs which are severely injured are rescued by KAS and DAS. If the shelters did not exist, these dogs would die slowly on the street.

3) TREATMENT: Many people bring their animals to KAS and DAS for veterinary care.

4) CAMPS: Both KAS and DAS conduct village camps in remote areas, which are often only reachable by rough, dangerous roads. At these camps the village animals are given appropriate inoculations and veterinary treatment and, in the case of cats and dogs, neutered.

If you are a veterinary Surgeon or veterinary nurse, and wish to volunteer your services to either KAS or DAS, for further information please visit: www.pavva.org.au or contact WFA at info@wfa.org.au

Darjeeling Animal Shelter/One Voice (DAS)

Darjeeling Animal Shelter/One Voice (DAS)

Darjeeling Animal Shelter is a project of Darjeeling Goodwill Animal Shelter, a registered Indian charitable trust, founded in 1993.

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Kalimpong Animal Shelter (KAS)

Kalimpong Animal Shelter (KAS) – Animaux Secours

Kalimpong Animal Shelter has conducted a successful Animal Birth Control programme, supported by the Municipality, since 1996.

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WFA RECENT NEWS ARTICLES

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Chowrasta, the most intriguing square in Darjeeling is one of the best spots to hang out, with friends, family, and children. It is thronged by many locals and tourists alike every day and the place has been an open home to many dogs and of course, the Ponies, which are used for joy rides.

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Vale Susanne Briggs
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Vale Susanne Briggs

It is with great sadness that I have to record the passing in May of WFA committee member and secretary, Susanne Briggs.

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A Lion for Lambs
02/08/202202/08/2022
A Lion for Lambs

A Lion for Lambs. Well known journalist Bryan Seymour has recently interviewed Christine Townend for an article on live sheep exports and laboratory-grown meat.

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Weekly Report from Kalimpong Animal Shelter
24/04/202202/08/2022
Weekly Report from Kalimpong Animal Shelter

The clinic at KAS has been the centre for treatment of animals near and far and KAS clinic has always been playing an important role in providing treatment to these animals, come rain or shine.

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FOR DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERING CONTACT US TODAY

If you would like to contact the team at Working For Animals simply complete the form below. Our head office is based in Sydney, Australia.

Our Australian Head Office Details

Email: info@workingforanimals.org.au
Mail: PO Box 7144, Leura NSW 2780. Australia
ABN: 13 919 391 377
Donations: Click here to make a Donation

Would you like to Volunteer?

Darjeeling Animal Shelter and Kalimpong Animal Shelter are grateful for volunteer vets who work alongside our staff and vets. Ideally volunteers would stay for a minimum of three months. There is good accommodation provided in private rooms with attached bathrooms, and three vegetarian meals per day also provided.

In the past year alone, KAS has spayed 743 dogs, and 118 cats, vaccinated 2229 dogs again rabies and 435 against distemper. and parvo. These figures do not include the countless number of village cattle, goats and chickens that have been treated.

    WORKING FOR ANIMALS INC (WFA)
    Email: info@workingforanimals.org.au
    Mail: PO Box 7144, Leura NSW 2780. Australia
    ABN: 13 919 391 377
    KALIMPONG ANIMAL SHELTER (KAS)
    Mr Arpan Karthak,
    Kalimpong Animal Shelter,
    Bong Busty,
    PO Kalimpong, Dist. Darjeeling. 734 301
    West Bengal. India
    Telephone: + 91 (O)3552 270534
    KAS clinic no: 03552 270101
    DARJEELING ANIMAL SHELTER (DAS)
    Ms Furmit Lepcha
    Darjeeling Animal Shelter,
    Kothi Goan, Harsing Hatta,
    Le Bong, Darjeeling,
    West Bengal 734 101. India.
    Tel: +91 95472 70076
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