54Th Annual Report 1St April 2017 to 31St March 2018
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Blue Cross of India 54th Annual Report st st 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 REPORT OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2018 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India HOSPITAL &SHELTERS : Blue Cross Avenue, No: 72, Velachery Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032 Phone:044-22354959 Kunnam Village, Sunkuvarchatram Kanchipuram Dist. Thodukadu Village, Sriperumbudur-Tiruvellore Road, Tiruvellore District Dr. S. Chinny Krishna Chairman Emeritus Members of the Governing Body of the Blue Cross of India Shantilal M Pandya Chairman SaraswathiHaksan Honorary Secretary SathyaRadhakrishnan Honorary Joint Secretary R. Shanker Honorary Joint Secretary Dr. NandithaKrishna ,MalligaRavinder, P. Mohanakannan, Sugal Chand Jain KantilalChandhak, G.Balasubramanian, Rudra Krishna, Prashanth Krishna Marion Courtine, NemichandSinghvi 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India AWARDS BY GUIDESTAR Blue Cross of India is happy to announce that we are thrilled to receive GuideStar India Platinum Award for the Highest level of Transparency in operations . Humbled to be in the presence of the best NGOs in India at the Awards Function in Mumbai . Blue Cross of India is the only AWO in India to earn this certification. Thank you for trusting us to be your preferred Animal Welfare Organization in Chennai, India. We appreciate your support. We look forward to your continued support and encouragement 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India IMPORTANTEVENTS SPECIAL ADOPTATHONS JULY 2017 @ FORUM MALL, VADAPALANI OCTOBER 2017 @ EXPRESS AVENUE, ROYAPETTAH 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India `DECEMBER 2017 @ PHOENIX MALL,VELACHERY WATER BOWL PROJECT - WATER BOWL FOR ANIMALS & BIRDS Blue Cross of India's annual project was a huge success, once again. Free water bowl distribution has engaged a lot of volunteer participation and helped thousands of animals quench their thirst. 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India TACTICAL RESCUES Animals are often found trapped in ways that they cannot get out by themselves. Poor urban landscaping, ignorance about the dangers of improper construction and lack of care for one's animals are just some of the reasons. Some staff members and volunteers of Blue Cross of India are trained to rescue animals from such situations. They work as a team and save lives. This is apart from the thousands of routine rescues done by the BCI rescue teams in and around the city. Over the past year, we've successfully executed many tactical rescues that includes rescuing four goats from a cliff, multiple cats, dogs and cattle from wells and other accident cases. Here are a few such rescues: 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India COW REMOVED FROM CEMENT TANK It was one of the hottest noons in Chennai. We were baffled when we saw the cow's condition. She occupied most of the space, was trapped in a six-foot-deep pit and fixed in one position. Moreover, she had a cataract in one eye. We used ropes in place of webs due to lack of space. Her rescue operation was divided in two groups. One team had to lift her weight while the other had to pull her out of the pit. The first team used logs connected to the belt while the second used a pulley system. We are grateful to the locals who helped us. SIX BUFFALOS RESCUED FROM CHEPAUK MRTS AFTER A TRAIN ACCIDENT Six buffaloes that lost their way and made it on to the track were hit by an early morning train. Passersby informed us around 9 a.m. and we began the rescue soon after. While two buffalos were found dead, others suffered pelvic and spinal injuries in which one went through a severe miscarriage. 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India It was saddening to see how lack of protection in urban landscapes caused so much pain. The rescue operation took lace for 16 hours where our volunteers,staffand veterinarians worked to bring them down safely. A MOTHER AND HER CALF RESCUED FROM A WELL A calf fell into a narrow 15 feet deep well. On top of her, her mother fell too. They were stuck there for six hours before we were informed. `We rushed to the location and immediately pulled them to safety. Our rescuers used webs to reduce strain on the animal. Luckily they were uninjured and handed over to the owners soon after. 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India OUR VOLUNTEERS-PILLARS OF SUPPORT!!! An Animal Welfare Organization can do a lot more with the support of volunteers. We are indeed lucky to have many volunteers who give their time, efforts and resources to help us help the animals. We regularly conduct volunteer induction sessions at our shelter to guide them to help us in our shelter. Trained and skilled volunteers often go for conducting special rescues with our General Manager (Rescues). We are thankful to all of our volunteers for offering us their services. 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India CATTLE CONSUMING PLASTICS – PLASTIC COW Rumen Impaction is a condition which results from the accumulation of the indigestible materials like Plastic Bags, Jute Ropes, Leather piece etc in the rumen which interfered with flow of ingesta leading to distension of the rumen and passing of scanty or no faeces. The factors that are responsible for higher incidence of non-metallic foreign bodies is due to rapid industrialization, increase in the garbage disposal mostly in plastic bags and letting the animal loose for grazing , insufficient feeding of the animals by the owner. Moreover the other reason also non-availability of Pasteur and Grazing land due to urbanization and rearing of cattle in the Metropolitan cities like Chennai and Owners letting the animal loose in the Cities. Ingestion of metallic foreign bodies in adult dairy cattle can result in a variety of affections and syndromes that may impair reticuloruminal motility, Traumatic Reticulo Peritonitis caused by penetration of a metallic foreign body through the reticular wall causing perireticular inflammation. Emptying the rumen by Rumotomy is considered as rapid and quick remedy for relieving the problem of Rumen Impaction with Foreign bodies like plastics,nylon ropes, metallic objects etc and restoring the normal ruminal function to save the animal. SUMMARY OF RUMENOTOMY TOTAL NO. OF SURGERIES PERFORMED BETWEEN MARCH2016 AND JUNE 2018 52 (Cows-9, Heifers-6, Heifer calves-15, Bulls-7, Bull calves-15) NO. OF ANIMALS SURVIVED AFTER SURGERY &REHABILITATED @ GOSHALALS 43 NO. Of ANIMALS DIED POST-OPERATIVELY 9 NO.OF ANIMALS EUTHANISED 0 SUCCESS RATE % 83% TOTAL QUANTITY OF PLASTIC REMOVED 1026Kgs 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India An operated cow with the pictures of the plastics and foreign bodies (metal items) taken out from the cow. Dr.Siva, Chief Veterinarian, Blue Cross of India presenting a paper at the National conference of Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery held at Tirupati from 14th to 16th DEC 2017 at Tirupati Veterinary College. 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India WE THANK THE FOLLOWING RICE DONORS: 1.DR. NANDITHA KRISHNA 2.MR.VIDYAKAR,UDAVUM KARANGAL ORGANISED BY Mrs.MALLIGA RAVINDER,GOVERNING MEMBER. 3.MR. ASOKAN ,ADAMBAKKAM 4.Ms.AMUTHA/ARUNA, CHENNAI 5.Ms.AKILA, CHENNAI 6.MAHAVIR SEVA MANDAL, CHENNAI 7.BALA VIDYA MANDIR, CHENNAI 8.Mr. SANKARLAL 9.Ms.P.CHARANYA, MEMBER 10.T.S.M. VENKATESH 11.Ms. RASHMI HARLAKAR, CHENNAI 12.Ms. RAJI AMUDHA, CHENNAI 13.Ms.HEMA MALINI, CHENNAI 14.Mr.NAGARAJ, CHENNAI 15.Mr.RAJESH KUMAR, CHENNAI 16.SRI SANKARA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL,CHENNAI 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India OUR MAJOR DONORS: Marchig Animal Welfare Trust Vier Pfoten – Four Paws Global Giving Foundation CHAL USA Help Animals Foundation DePenning & DePenning Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation UK Online Giving Ketto Online Ventures Cristina Wong Bruno Memorial Trust Mani Krithiga Nitya Reddy TVS Motors Aspick GreenTech P Ltd Aspick Engineering P Ltd Rukmini Devi Arundale Trust Singhvi Charitable trust Express Infrastructure ABM Knowledgeware Ltd Geetha Gopalakrishnan Estate of Mr. S.Raghavan Aadithi Nalini Chidambaram S.A. Confederation of India Organ for Ambulance Chitra Ramaswami Kalpaka Packaging Pvt Ltd Ramaswamy S Gopalan TNCC Charitable Trust Caroline ten Have 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India CHAL USA Saving lives by eradicating rabies 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India SHELTERS At the end of the financial year, On31st March2018, the number of animal in the shelters were as follows: SHELTER AT VELACHERY ABC DOGS 190 TREATMENT DOGS 60 SHELTER DOGS -OLD PEDIGREE 81 SHELTER DOGS ABANDONED- PEDIGREE 45 ELECTIVE SURGERY – DOGS 19 INFECTIOUS WARD-DOGS 19 MANGE DOGS 106 ORTHOPAEDIC CASES –DOGS 17 PUPPIES 201 CAT & KITTENS- SHELTER 78 ABC CATS & TREATMENT CATS 22 CATTLE & BUFFALOES 116 HORSES 10 DONKEYS 3 PIGS 77 SHEEP 0 GOAT 2 RABBIT 92 GUINEA PIG 73 PARROTS 0 PIGEONS 85 CROWS 32 SQUIRRELS 39 RATS 12 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India BIRDS 12 TOTAL AT VELACHERY SHELTER 1473 KUNNAM CATTLE 85 BUFFALOES 11 CALVES 3 DOGS 27 TOTAL AT KUNNAM 126 THODUKADU – DOGS Dogs 156 TOTAL NO. OF ANIMALS - 1755 ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL - ANTI RABIES – FOR DOGS MONTH AT GUINDY AT PONDY APRIL,2017 634 220 MAY,2017 546 178 JUNE,2017 503 218 JULY,2017 651 125 AUGUST,2017 458 144 SEPTEMBER,2017 677 152 OCTOBER,2017 489 35 NOVEMBER,2017 446 0 DECEMBER,2017 628 0 JANUARY,2018 587 88 FEBRUARY,2018 685 188 MARCH,2018 580 99 TOTAL ( *including Corporation dogs 4202 Nos) 6884* 1447 SUMMARY OF ABCs DONE (DOGS) ON RESCUED ANIMALS 1499 FROM CORPORATION 4202 MUNICIPALITY & OTHERS 1183 PONDICHERRY 1447 TOTAL 8331 ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL –CATS 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India MONTH Nos. APRIL,2017 44 MAY,2017 51 JUNE,2017 44 JULY,2017 44 AUGUST,2017 57 SEPTEMBER,2017 39 OCTOBER,2017 53 NOVEMBER,2017 46 DECEMBER,2017 43 JANUARY,2018 39 FEBRUARY,2018 42 MARCH,2018 53 TOTAL 555 NO.OF CALLS REGISTERED APRIL,2017 1405 MAY,2017 1436 JUNE,2017 1399 JULY,2017 1485 AUGUST,2017 1167 SEPTEMBER,2017 1254 OCTOBER,2017 1485 NOVEMBER,2017 1598 DECEMBER,2017 1607 JANUARY,2018 1510 FEBRUARY,2018 1392 MARCH,2018 1512 `TOTAL 17250 RESCUED ANIMALS 54th Annual Report - Blue of Cross India DOGS 5107 PUPPIES 6213 CATS 559 KITTENS 2541 BIRDS 1060 CATTLE 454 GOAT 6 PIGS 16 HORSES 5 TOTAL 15961 TREATMENT/SURGERY @SHRI VIJAY SHANTI BHAKTA SURISHWARJI JAIN MANDAL OUT-PATIENT ELECTIVE SURGERY ON CLINIC MONTH Nos.