Blue Cross of India 55Th Annual Report St St 22 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
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Blue Cross of India 55th Annual Report st st 22 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 REPORT OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of 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 P. Mohanakannan Honorary Joint Secretary Sridhar Honorary Treasurer Dr. NandithaKrishna , Malliga Ravinder, R. Shanker, Sugal Chand Jain, Kantilal Chandhak, G.Balasubramanian, Rudra Krishna, Prashanth Krishna, Marion Courtine, T.Shantilal, Nemichand Singhvi, Kamlesh Jain, Vinod Kumar Jain, Prabakar, Thyagarajan 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of 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 . 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 GuideStar India has awarded the Platinum certificate for the Highest level of Transparency in operations once again which will be valid until march 2020. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India IMPORTANT EVENTS SPECIAL ADOPTATHONS APRIL 2018 AMERICAN EMBASSY ADOPTION CAMP MAY 2018 @ EXPRESS AVENUE, ROYAPETTAH The adoptathon event was conducted in May 2018 at the Express Avenue in Royapettah and 77 pups and kittens were adopted. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India JULY 2018 @ FORUM MALL, VADAPALANI The Fourth Edition of the Adoptathon event was conducted in July 2018 at the Forum Mall in Vadapalani and 104 pups and kittens were adopted. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India GREAT INDIAN DOG SHOW IN AUGUST 2018 @ PHOENIX MALL, VELACHERY The Great Indian Dog Show in Phoenix Mall – The Great Indian Dog Show, a celebration for Indian dogs, was conducted on 12th August 2018 at phoenix Mall. Hundreds of enthusiastic owners and their pet Indian dogs participated in the show and it was enjoyed by one and all. Ms Amala Akkineni, Founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad and ex-Member, AWBI was the Chief Guest. In the adoption camp held at the event 36 puppies, 17 kittens and 2 abandoned pet dogs were adopted and found loving homes. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India 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. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India Inaugration of Geriatric ward – The Geriatric ward has been constructed with the sponsorship of Chennai Wellingdon Corporate Foundation and is being used after its inauguration in January 2019. Over 60 dogs who are old, blind are sheltered and treated in the newly constructed geriatric ward. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of 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 buffalo hit by a train, multiple cats, dogs and cattle from wells and other accident cases. Here are a few such rescues: 1. Blue cross of India rescues a buffalo that was hit by a train near the Beach station 2. Our female volunteer rescuer gets down inside the well to rescue a cat 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India 3.Volunteer Rescuer gets inside a well to rescue a dog 4. A volunteer rescuer with a cat rescued from a well. 5.A pelican that got hit in the Mobile Phone tower rescued and being treated at the BCI SPECIAL (TACTICAL) ANIMAL RESCUES DURING 2018-19 SPECIES No. of Animals Dogs 141 Cats 130 Cows 71 Others 35 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of 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 Rumenotomy 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 IN 2018-19 TOTAL NO. OF SURGERIES PERFORMED BETWEEN APRIL 2018 AND JUNE 2018 32 (Cows-7, Heifers-14, Heifer calves-6, Bulls-3, Bull calves-2) NO. OF ANIMALS SURVIVED AFTER SURGERY &REHABILITATED @ GOSHALALS 22 NO. Of ANIMALS DIED POST-OPERATIVELY 7 NO.OF ANIMALS EUTHANISED 3 SUCCESS RATE % 69% TOTAL QUANTITY OF PLASTIC REMOVED 530Kgs 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of 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. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India NATURAL CALAMITY RELIEF WORK Lombok Island Relief Work The island of Lombok near Bali Indonesia was severely affected by the volcano eruption and the animals there had to be evacuated and subsequently rehabilitated. Blue Cross of India with Vier Pfoten (Four Paws International) conducted the relief work there in August 2018. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India Kerala Floods Relief Work in August 2018 – The entire State of Kerala was affected by the floods in August 2018 and a lot of people and animals were affected. Blue Cross of India arranged for a truckload of relief materials viz. animal feed, medicines, human rations and materials and a team from BCI went to Idukki District and distributed the relief materials to the deserving people through Idukki SPCA. Gaja Cyclone Relief work - The districts of Nagapattinam, Vedaranyam were severely affected by the cyclone Gaja which struck with all its might. Many people and animals were affected and the Blue Cross of India rescue team went and helped the administration in rescuing the affected animals and provided animal feed and medicines and treatment. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India Humane Education program As part of the humane education program, Mr Vinod Kumaar, GM (Admin) visited Sankara Nethralaya Academy and Velammal Matriculation School in Ponneri in February 2019 and interacted with the teachers and students of the institutions to impart humane education and to bring about awareness about the Animal Welfare laws and prevention of cruelty to animals. World Animal Day was celebrated on 4.10.18 by Blue Cross of India by organizing Humeane education programs in two schools and a college in the city of Chennai. SAN Academy in Velachery and Bala Vidya Mandir in Adyar were the two schools and Dr. Ambedkar Govt.Law College in Pudupakkam. The importance of humane treatment to animals and about cruelty to animals were imparted to the students. 55th Annual Report - Blue Cross of India WE THANK THE FOLLOWING RICE DONORS: 1.Dr.Nanditha Krishna 2. Mr.Vidyakar, Udavum Karangal 3. Mahavir Yoga Mandal, Korukkupettai 4. Mr. Ashokan, Adambakkam 5. Ms. Shanthi, Sowcarpet 6. Chennai Food Corporation 7. Ms.Raji, Ayyappanthankal 8. Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai We thank our regular donors Mrs.Mini Krishnan, Ms.D.Poongodhai, Mrs.Mavis Johnson, Sri Abubaji Charitable Trust, Mr Kalyan Chakravarthy, M/s K M Pandia Charitable Trust, Mrs N.Expeditha, Mr Dilip Kumar, Mr.Chandrakanthan, Mr.Raychand C Jain, Mr.R.Gowthaman, Mr.Chandramouleeswaran, Mr.J.Balasubramaniyan, Mr.N.Shanmugasundaram, Mrs.V.Amritha, Mrs.Nirmala Ramanuja, Mrs.Shantha Devi, Mrs.Chatur Devi Lakshmi, Mrs.V.Seetha Mouly, Mr.Babu Thomas, Mr.N.K.Nataraja Sundaresan, Mr.N.C.Vijayachandran for helping us serve the animals.. We also thank all those donors who have donated feed, medicines and other materials through our Amazon Wish list and all those who have donated in kind for the welfare of animals. Special mention is made about Ms.Caroline Ten Have from Switzerland for her timely help by donating several items through Amazon.