we supervised population, but for small villages that are not equipped to take the creation on such programmes, Animal Rahat piloted the Animal Birth Financial Statement of India’s Control (ABC) programme. Started in 2014 in Wadji village, first forested this year it expanded to other selected villages throughout captive-elephant Solapur, Sangli and sanctuary at REVENUES Satara that have a Bannerghatta Contributions 34,616,562 large number of stray Biological Park Other Income 1,486,381 dogs. Working with _______________________________________________ (BBP), where the help of village Sunder now lives. panchayats, Animal Total Revenues 36,102,943 © Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan The sanctuary is Rahat veterinarians nearly 50 hectares, visit these villages OPERATING EXPENSES harbouring more than a dozen elephants and allowing them on a routine basis Programmes to roam, swim and socialise in peace. to spay and neuter Community Development dogs. And in a Services & Advocacy 4,202,203 We also assisted PETA India at historic workshops it new strategy that Compassionate Citizen Project 555,611 hosted in Bangalore and Delhi, conducted by international has already been Home for Retired Bullock Expenses 2,586,984 elephant experts Margaret Whittaker and Gail Laule, to successful in one Special Projects 1,217,090 train elephant caregivers from BBP and many central and village in Solapur, we ask community members to contribute Medical Programmes 8,372,874 state government wildlife officials on the principles of financially towards the sterilisation of their animals, which Management and General Expenses 5,817,412 gives the programme more value. We have sterilised all modern, humane protected-contact (PC) management of _______________________________________________ 117 dogs in this village. captive elephants, which does away with violence and Total Operating Expenses 22,752,174 punishment. Sunder and his closest companion, Lakshmi, are learning the PC system and responding to it beautifully. Animal Rahat began CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 13,350,769 promoting PETA Net Assets Beginning of Year 17,311,522 Tragedy struck in 2015 when Ram Prasad, another India’s humane- Net Assets End of Year 30,662,291 “temple elephant” whose life we are working hard to improve, education programme, was taken out during a festival in January and went berserk, Compassionate Citizen, OPERATING EXPENSE ALLOCATION killing a woman and injuring several other people. Because this year to sensitise Direct Programme Support 74.43% of this incident, we and PETA India helped persuade the schoolchildren to the temple management to sign an affidavit to relinquish value and needs of Indirect Programme Support 3.18% Ram Prasad to a sanctuary, where he is now being animals and to try Management and General Support 22.39% rehabilitated and can live the rest of his life free of chains to stop the cycle of and in the company of other elephants. abuse caused by ignorance. Through this The financial statement shown here is for the fiscal In big cities, municipal corporations are responsible for programme, we directly reached more than 3,500 students year ending 31 March 2015 and is based on our establishing systems for humanely controlling the dog and 142 teachers in 32 schools in Sangli. independently compiled financial statements. Animal Rahat Send all correspondence to: Animal Rahat, c/o PETA India, PO Box 28260, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049. Registered address: Animal Rahat, c/o Ravi Rajan & Co., 505A, 5th Fl, D-4, Rectangle One, District Center, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 AnimalRahat.com • [email protected] of mechanisation at the brick kilns, and as a were all required to view, outlining illegal treatment shop owners Dear Friends, Changing Minds, result, one kiln was able to retire 22 donkeys of animals and vital humane-care techniques. Turning the Tide agreed to replace to a sanctuary. Some of them were pregnant, their bullocks for Animals with diesel-run Since its founding more than a Changing Practices and their foals will now live out their lives with We were also present at the Sangola fair, where, machines. decade ago, Animal Rahat has their mothers in the lush Nilgiri Hills. as a result of our intervention last year, sheds were The Tractor Project, which Animal Rahat This year, By publicising become a truly powerful force for constructed to shade animals from the intense sun Karnataka established four years ago, is gaining steam, these humane animals in trouble throughout the Animal Rahat staff devote much-needed time and ramps were provided for loading and unloading became the helping to alleviate the daily hardship endured shops through Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts and effort to intervening on behalf of animals animals. At the Karthiki fair, the fair organising committee fourth state by bullocks in the sugar factories. A single billboards, posters of Maharashtra. in fairs held in Maharashtra throughout the year. had planted trees to create shade, per plans that we in India sugar factory uses the draught power of and leaflets and Many villagers ride initiated last year. At the Karthiki and Siddheshwar fairs, to call for approximately 1,200 bullocks, who work for our veterinarians treated more than 250 animals continuing to In 2015, Animal Rahat helped their bullocks and mandatory months on end carrying crushing loads of and also set up poster galleries and held street plays administration educate other shop alleviate the suffering of more than horses to the distant sugarcane. The objective of the project is to to educate fair-goers further and encourage them to of anaesthetics owners, we expect that all the shops will eventually switch 16,000 working animals, including fairs or have them offer subsidised mini-tractors to replace bullocks be kind to their animals. to bulls during to non-animal alternatives. more than 2,600 emergencies pull carts loaded and, in so doing, improve the lives of farmers castration responded to at all hours of the with their families in order to and animals alike. To date, the project has While the Animal Rahat team was attending to the Training animals for the circus means violence, beatings day and night. Our scouts and emergency responders freed crows and belongings eliminate resulted in the replacement of 13,408 bullocks veterinary needs of animals at the Pusegaon fair, and other horrors. But freedom from cruelty is finally entangled in glass-coated kite string, rappelled down deep wells to in 22 sugar factories in Sangli, Satara and for hundreds their fear and pain. This progress follows a decision last we noticed that horn shearing was a prevalent practice in sight for rescue fallen dogs, captured and safely released snakes from homes Solapur with 3,348 mini-tractors. Lokmangal – of kilometres, year by the Commissioner of the Department of Animal among the bullock owners, who are from the very poor animals used and came to the aid of donkeys hit by cars on busy roadways. We also one of the most prominent sugar factories often with no Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, who, after hearing from Belgaum district of Karnataka. About 700 people make in circuses. rescued many bullocks – and even camels – from a life of toil and gave in Solapur – signed an agreement with rest. This year, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), recommended Following them the chance for a brighter future and a peaceful retirement. Animal Rahat promising that by 2018, it would the community their livelihood from horn shearing in that district, that all states favour painless castration. Animal Rahat’s complaints filed be 100 per cent divested of all bullock carts! development but while talking to Belgaum residents, we learned that community development unit facilitated training against the The Animal Rahat team operates under the simple principle that team was able they are open to leaving this traditional moneymaking sessions on field anaesthesia in cattle for more than Grand Circus, to persuade the source. However, they need financial and transitional teaching kindness is essential, so it strives to sensitise animal owners, 160 veterinarians with the animal husbandry departments New Rambo residents of 29 assistance, so our community development unit is now authorities and young people to animals’ needs and interests and help in the Amravati and Solapur districts of Maharashtra. Circus, World villages travelling them replace cruel practices working on plans to help them find alternative occupations. All resident bullock owners were required to attend the Champion to the Chinchali fair with humane ones. In the Circus, Great to let their animals painless-castration demonstration portion of these sessions, In more good news regarding horn shearing, our team Kamal Circus following pages, we share rest at home and and as a result, 80 of their bullocks were humanely helped protect more than 700 cows and buffalo at the and Great Indian just a few of the highlights of instead take other castrated and other owners are now seeking this option Bail Pola festival from having their horns sheared Circus by AWBI- our educational and hands-on modes of transportation, such as buses, trucks and are taking our recommendation to have the procedure and painted authorised work. We are grateful to our and taxis, sparing 1,606 bullocks the gruelling done at an early age, thereby making the animals tamer with oil paint. inspectors from supporters, whose financial journey. The vehicles were paid for entirely by and easier to handle without using painful nose ropes. We promoted Animal Rahat, backing fuels our work. contributions from the communities. We set As always, we promote the use of morkees (face halters) the use of the circuses Without you, these victories up two camps at that fair, and our teams were in place of nose ropes as well as the grooming of bulls, a relinquished the natural products © Aneesh Sankarankutty for abused, injured, sick and able to offer rest to almost 1,500 bullocks and simple pleasure for these hard-working animals, which helps such as turmeric animals they had overworked animals would 250 horses who had been forced to make the to form a better bond between owners and their animals.