People for Animals, Bangalore Name of the Organization Trust Type of registration Registration No. with 183/98-99 DT: 18.11.1998 date 80G 12A PAN NO. Registration Certificate DIT€BLR/80G/®297/AAATP281Q/ITO TRUST/718/10A/VOLII/P-205/99-01/CIT-II DATED AAATP2817Q No. 26.08.1999
People for Animals, Bangalore Adjacent to BGS Global Hospital, Uttarahalli-Kengeri Main Road, Registered Address Kengeri, Bangalore 560060
Phone No. 9900025370, 9980339880, 080-28612767, 080 28611986, 7022877874 http://www.peopleforanimalsbangalore.org/ Website address
People for Animals- Bangalore (PFA), is a non-profit conservation organisation working on the rescue and rehabilitation of urban wildlife. People for Animals, Bangalore was formed in 1996, by Namrata Dugar, Alpana Bhartia, Gauri Maini and Arushi Poddar, who were the pioneers.
People for Animals- Bangalore (PFA),works on promoting harmony between humankind and nature.PFA recognizes that like us humans, animals too have the ability to experience pain, and as such they deserve certain basic rights protecting them from pain caused by humans.
In the phase of the massive ecological problems that beset our country such as shrinking habitat, animal sacrifices, cruelty to animals, extinction of wild species of flora and fauna, one can either despair, or act to halt and reverse them. PFA has chosen to act.
We at PFA believe that animals should not be subjected to suffering and exploitation by humans because alternatives exist for nearly every traditional "usage" of animals. The natural habitats and food sources for the native fauna are constantly being eroded and these animals are being exposed to increasing risks from predators and 'unnatural' dangers. Human cruelty accounts for many of the casualties brought in for care, attention and rehabilitation.
The protection of nature and our physical environment from degradation is our primary necessity and responsibility, if we and other life forms on this planet are to survive in the future. PFA is therefore committed to protecting and saving the already degrading and threatened natural heritage of the country. The organization is dedicated to the urgent action of conservation of the urban wildlife in the city of Bangalore.
PFA's principal concerns are crisis management and the provision of quick, efficient aid to those animals that require it the most.
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Mission: "People for Animals, Bangalore" to be a Centre of Excellence and each injured or orphaned wildlife to be given a chance to become healthy and each citizen to be sensitive to animal welfare and actively prevent acts of cruelty and aid animals in distress. To strive for values that promotes ecological harmony.
Vision: Bangalore has vast numbers of wildlife that get injured or orphaned because of urbanisation. The PFA Wildlife Hospital exists for provision of quick, efficient aid to those urban wildlife that require it the most and to educate and support a dynamic citizenry that prevents environmental degradation and animal cruelty.
Values: Promote Honesty and Integrity in all our work
Commitment to have dynamic and motivated staff
Dedication to animal and environmental welfare
Innovate to provide cost effective solutions
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Schools that visited PfA
PfA believes that awareness about animal welfare is most effective when disseminated among children. At PfA, children understand in practicality what wildlife is and why it is essential to co-exist.
Children are introduced to PFA and its work at the ‘Knowledge Centre’ post which they are divided into groups and escorted around the shelter by the careful guidance of the staff.
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The tour around the 6 acre campus usually lasts about 2 to 2 and a half hours where the children get to know the rescue stories of the in-care animals. The interactive session is then followed by a Bird Workshop where a healthy bird resumes its flight back into the skies. The children also participate in an awareness talk about snakes and what to do when you sight a snake.
The learning experience ends with the children taking a pledge to protect and preserve wildlife. They recognize that they need wildlife just as much as it needs them. They make a promise to stand up against any atrocities committed against wildlife
List of Schools that visited PfA in 2016:
Trio World Academy Prerana Montessori Deepika School for special needs Jain Toddlers Candor International School Mitra Academy School Inventure Academy V. V International School Presidency School DAV Public School Capitol School
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Companies/Organizations visits to PFA
Few of the IT Companies in Bangalore visited PFA as apart of their CSR activity and helped in the shelter activities such as feeding of the animals, enrichment of animal enclosures, aesthetics of the shelter, adoption etc.
Following are the Companies/Organizations that visited PfA:
1. Accenture 2. EMC corporation 3. Light of Life Foundation 4. Rotract Club of Brigade gate 5. IBS Business School 6. Mahabodhi Society
Awareness Events
An important part of PFA is its outreach/awareness events. This concentrates on spreading awareness to people about various aspects like, using clay idols during Ganesha festival instead of colored idols, what to do if one comes across a wildanimal, what to do when you see an animal in distress or injured, what to do when you see a snake, why using the Manja thread to fly kites kills countless birds every year etc. Though PFA works extensively towards the rescue of Urban Wildlife, it gives equal importance to the rights of domestic animals and ecology.
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Awareness events were organized in the following places in 2016:
1. Bangalore Kite Flying festival 2. Sheshadripuram College’s annual fest 3. Environmental Organization Usiru Eco Fest 4. Hindu Spiritual and Social Fair 5. Snake awareness program at L&T 6. Snake awareness program at Kumaran’s School
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Workshops/Training Programs at PFA
PFA believes that imparting practical knowledge is very essential for a better understanding of the subject.Workshops and training programs are thus conducted by the skilled staff of PFA ensuring 100 percent safety during the process. Workshops such as these have helped have more volunteers/ animal lovers rescue distressed animals across the city.
Following Workshops were conducted at PFA in 2016:
1. Herps - knowing them better. (Herpetology workshop for veterinarians) 2. Volunteer Training Program – Rescue of Aves 3. Volunteer Training Program – Rescue of snakes 4. Meditation for staff – Mindfulness
Special Visits to PFA
1. The trustees of WRRC board visited PfA to understand how we operate and also enrolled themselves as volunteers. They were also nominated as the advisory board members.
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PFA in the News
Till date PFA has rescued 21,000 animals. Among these, interesting and rare rescues were picked and published by various newspapers. This helped in reaching larger groups of people and informing them about us and our work. As a result, we had more visitors, more rescue calls and more donations from people.
1. Kite awareness campaign hosted by PfA at Rotary club’s Bangalore kite flying festival was covered in news channels like TV9, BTV, News 9, Janashri, Praja TV 2. Various articles and rescue stories about PFA was published in papers like Times of India, The New Indian Express, Bangalore Mirror, The Hindu, Prajavani, City Today etc. 3. PfA’s work was featured in Fever 104(Radio channel) and Praja TV(News Channel)
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Celebrations at PFA
The following festivals were celebrated at PFA in 2016
1. 15th of August, Independence Day 2. Ayudha Pooja 3. Nagapanchami
Rare rescues/Confiscations
2016 saw the rescue and confiscation of few animals that are rare visitors to PFA. Below is the list for the same.
Rescue of anIndian Grey Mongoose- suspected to have fallenprey to animal trafficking. A Eurasian Eagle Owl rescued by an informer. A barn swallow was rescued by our rescuer. A wild hare bunny was rescued from Bangalore University campus. A collared Scops owl was found with a fracture in its wing. A white headed Babbler was rescued by an informer. Brain fever bird was rescued from a residence in D C Halli. An informer rescued Jerdon’s nightjar from the forest limits while travelling back to Bangalore. A jungle cat was rescued from a gutter in Yelahanka New Town Confiscation of a plum headed parakeet in Kengeri.
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A sun bird chick was rescued which had fallen off its nest in Electronic city. A displaced Slender Loris was rescued a security room at palace grounds. A juvenile green keel back was rescued from BGS Medical College. 2 peahens were rescued from Yelahanka and Bangalore University campus. 34 star tortoises that had fallen prey to smuggling were confiscated from BIAL and released at Bannerghatta National park. A saw scaled viper was rescued from Kariyanapalya. A spotted dear was rescued from CRPF limits 4 neonates that lost their parents to tragic deaths were rescued and rehabilitated. An Oriental White eyed chick was rescued at Kenchenhalli. A yellow wattled lapwing was rescued from Rajankunte area. An orphaned and injured Slender loris was rescued from Indian institute of science premises. A scoops owl’s chick was rescued from the Badminton club at Cubbon park. 3 barn owl chicks were rescued from a residence in HMT Bhavan A Rufouse Bellied eagle was rescued from Eagleton resort 2 Coucal chicks found to have fallen off from their nest were rescued from Maruthi layout. A jackal was rescued from Byramangala village in Bidadi which had found company of few dogs in a farm house. A newborn pipistrelle bat pup was rescued from Basavanagudi. 8 Munia chick fledglings were rescued from a parking lot. A red vented bulbul unable to fly was rescued back to PfA shelter. A black forest scorpion was rescued by an informer found to be displaced in BGS laboratory. A spotted deer attacked by stray dogs was rescued and brought to PfA by students of SJBIT College. A purple rumped sunbird was rescued from BGS Hospital parking lot. A displaced pond terrapin was rescued from J P nagar, near drainage. A Tri colored munia was confiscated from a Pet shop in R R nagar. An injured Indian Pitta was rescued by an informer found with its left wing injured. A total of 6 parakeets were confiscated from parrot astrologers from various parts of the city. A juvenile jungle cat was found wandering by an informer, in a farm in Nelamangala was rescued. The kitten was orphaned and displaced.
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A Koi Karp fish with nose rings was confiscated from a pet shop. A displaced juvenile civet cat was rescued from a residence in Mahadevpura. 7 eggs of Agama were rescued by a volunteer found while cleaning an empty plot. A displaced flap shelled turtle was rescued from a street in Vidyaranyapura A sub adult mottled wood owl was found to be immobile due to starvation was rescued A jungle warbler bird found to be dehydrated and in a state of shock was rescued A sub adult bonnet macaque used for selfies was confiscated from M. G road A spectacled cobra used by a snake charmer for donations was rescued from Vijaynagar. A spectacled cobra tied to a plastic bag by a few miscreants was rescued from Uttarahalli main road
Rescue Statistics of 2016
Total Rescues - 2253
Mammals- 421 Aves- 1071 Reptiles- 761
Internship Programs
Students from India and abroad interned with PFA Bangalore as a part of their academic program. PFA always strives to excel as a place for learning. In this case, not just the students learn from the staff, but the staff gain new vibrant ideas from the interns. The following interned with PFA in 2016:
Dr. Alicia Chow - BVSc, Botswana DevinaViswanathan – B.A, College of the Atlantic, Maine, USA
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Camel Fund
87 Camels were rescued from being illegally slaughtered from a slaughter house in Hyderabad. PfA helped in raising funds to bring them to health and transport them to Rajasthan. A total of 5 lacs were collected towards transportation, medication and food.
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Miscellaneous
1. PfA veterinarian Dr. Karthik was invited to Karnataka Forestry College Ponnampet to give a lecture on Biology and behavior of snakes. 2. Free Anti Rabies vaccination camp was setup on 2nd of October on the occasion of World anti rabies day 28th September and also 2nd of October being Gandhi Jayanthi for pets at PfA. 3. Honey Bee nature camp organized a nature walk to bring about awareness about animal welfare. 4. 837 pets found a serene final resting place at PFA’s pet Cemetery in 2016. 5. As per CZA guidelines the master plan of People for Animals wildlife hospital which includes the Infrastructure, operations, rescue and release statistics and a brief background about PfA was submitted to Central Zoo Authority. 6. A Tetanus vaccination camp was conducted for all the staff at PFA.
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Sl.N Name Age Gender Occupation Position in Total amount Form of o. the Board paid in last payment financial year Salary/Consu (Rs.) ltancy/Honor
arium/Sitting Fees/other(S pecify)
Managing 1 51 Female Business NA NA Namrata Dugar Trustee
50 Business & Founder 2 Female NA NA Alpana Bhartia Social Worker Trustee
Facilitator with Children 3 47 Female for Civil Trustee NA NA Gauri Maini Hira Emotinal Well Being
Creative 4 45 Female Consultant Trustee NA NA Arushi Poddar and Therapist
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Slab of gross monthly Male Staff Female Staff Total Staff salary (in Rs.) plus benefits paid to staff
< 2500
< 7000 3 2 5
< 15000 4 1 5
< 30000 8 4 12
< 50000 1 1 2
>/ 50000 - - -
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Years (last three years) 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Income 41,50,190/- 66,69,789/- 66,13,159/- 97,09,916
Total Expenditure 37,07,592/- 57,97,023/- 62,30,028/- 83,04,420
RECEIPTS (for last three Financial Year) 2013 2014 2015 2016
Self Generated (fees/ subscriptions/ interest/ community 4,38,242/- 5,71,141/- 6,40,235/- 11,39,792 contributions etc)
Donations from Indian individuals 37,11,948/- 60,98,648/- 59,72,924/- 85,70,124
Donations from foreign individuals (under FCRA) - - - -
Grants from Indian sources (trusts/ govt/ companies/ Nil so Far Nil so Far Nil so Far Nil so Far foundations)
Grants from International sources (under FCRA) - - - -
TOTAL RECEIPTS
Expenses incurred(forlast 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 three Financial Year)
Amount (in Site/location Amount (in Site/location Amount (in Site/location Rs) Rs) Rs)
Construction of LifeTime Rs 5,78,000/= PFA Shelter Care Enclosures Bangalore
Construction of basking, Rs 95,000/= PFA Shelter bathing and feeding station Bangalore
Construction of X-Ray Rs. PFA Shelter Room with Equipment and 3,02,000/= Bangalore
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Accessories
Construction of Quarantine Rs. PFA Shelter Room 45,000/= Bangalore
Construction of Storage, Rs. PFA Shelter Post Mortem Room 45,000/= Bangalore
Soil Conservation; Planting Rs 3,00,000/= Rs PFA Shelter of indigenous fruit bearing 1,00,000/= Bangalore trees; Tree Inventory PFA Shelter Bangalore
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