BCLUE ROSS OF H YDERABAD SINCE 1992 28 YEARS OF ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICE - 1992-2020 ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 1 RSEPORT OF ERVICES AT A GLANCE Consolidated Activity Report for the Month of April 2019 to March 2020 Animals Helped 11,409 Animal Birth Control 9,708 1,482 146 73 ABC Operations Pet Clinic Cases Treated Adoptions Critical Cases 11,188 152 36 8 41110 Ameerpet 426 Jubilee Hills -10B 617 Kondapur & Gachibowli 1238 Miyapur-108 1104 Animal Birth Control ABC Details: KPHB -114 6302 Total 9687 2 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD OVUR ISION Empower people to spread kindness and mitigateanimalsufferingexponentially. OMUR ISSION Focusallresourcesonanimal birthcontrolandtraining. GOAL Reduce animal suffering in the most sustainable and impactful way. ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 3 4 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD BLUE C ROSS OF HYDERABAD SINCE 1992 Founders Nagarjuna & Amala Akkineni O" ce Bearers Amala Akkineni Chairperson President Secretary Treasurer Aparna Rao Sushma Kamal P. Subba Rao C2ELEBRATING8 YEARS OF SERVICE IN A NIMALW ELFARE Prevention of Cruelty, Camps &Outreach Activities - Vasanthi Vadi, Mourya Boda Donor Relations & Fund raising - Heera Rupani, Sushma Kamal, Amala Akkineni Shelter Management - Aparna Rao Veterinary Advisor - Dr. Lakshmi Ramana Accounts & Employee Management - P. Subba Rao ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 5 C'HAIRPERSON SR EPORT Greetings to all our members, donors and volunteers, Despite all the challenges we are alive and our work continues to impact animal lives. The animal birth control and anti-rabies bene$ ts of animal birth control operations, vaccination program has become the prime how to interact with dogs etc. This has focus of our efforts with the goal of reducing bene$ tted in many ways, since community animalsufferingonthestreets. residents are feeding, rescuing, preventing abuse, counseling and much more receptive Our approach is very methodical and to having the stray dogs in their areas meticulous, because we know it works and neutered. gives best results. Our focused catching of dogs for sterilization is in GHMC West and Istepbackinwonderandappreciation. Central Zones - KPHB Colony, Miyapur, Covid-19 has arrived, but we must and will Kondapur, Gachibowli, Jubilee Hills and continueourwork. Ameerpet, in these speci$ c areas to create Dog Managed Zones. The city of Hyderabad Thankyouallforyoursupport has grown beyond recognition or comprehension. Never again can one small team solve its animal problems. Dozens of It is time to introduce younger members to teams of able and willing champions of take on responsibilities. compassionnowpatrolthecity. I remain to guide and advise, Community Outreach Awareness programs With best wishes aim to increase awareness about the Amala Akkineni 6 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD REPORT ON ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL / ANTI-RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR STRAY DOGS The Animal birth control and Anti-rabies vaccination program for stray dogs in GHMC West and Central Zones - KPHB Colony, Miyapur, Kondapur, Gachibowli, Jubliee Hills and Ameerpet ensuring these speci$ c areas as Dog Managed Zones. Animal Birth Control Dozens of teams of able and willing championsofcompassionpatrolthecity. Awarenss for Animal Birth control and Outreach Program : Community Outreach Awareness programs bene$ tted in many ways. community residents are feeding, rescuing, preventing abuse, counselling and much more receptive to having the straydogsintheirareasneutered. Covid-19 has arrived, but Blue Cross of Hyderabadwillcontinueitswork. ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 7 Community Awareness sessions creates the much-needed awareness of Animal Birth Control for Stray Dogs. Without awareness the program willfailandpeoplewillnotsupporttheeffortlocally. GLIMPSES FROM OUR OPUT REACH ROGRAM Door to door awareness is explained with the rationale of ABC and support requested from community residents. Those with fears and phobias are reassured with measures that protect them. Only after they are paci$ ed does the programcommence. We are overjoyed when dogs previously adopted from our shelter, are brought forward for sterilization operations. The dogs are always very happytoseeus! 8 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD A wonderful note of thanks for us,from a citizen of Hyderabad This loving family takes care of the dogs in their neighborhood and are very keen about their well- being. They got $ ve dogs that they take care for, neutered and are very happy with the results. They are an excellent community resource to spread awareness and understanding about the bene$ ts of the program. Community dogs serve most homes as securityandcompanions. A pro animal citizen from Prashanthi Nagar, KPHB Colony helped round up 30 dogs in his area for ABC. Initially he saw our van picking up dogs in the neighboring area and approached us. When we explained the importance of ABC, he became an active supporter and continues to be a good communityresource. ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 9 AWNIMAL ELFARE T RAININGS C ONDUCTED A training session was conducted by the National Veterinary Foundation at our shelter. NVF Team Dr. Lakshmi and Dr. Johnson, conducted the session along with Dr. Bonnie Campbellfor quali$ ed andlicensedveterinariansonly. FAIRST IDT RAINING First Aid Training is an Covid lockdown we are happy initiative of Blue to say animal injuries due to Cross of Hyderabad road accidents came to a that helps volunteers completestop. learn the basic It is a six-weekend scheduled requirements of $ rst program where the trainee aid to help an animal learns animal-handling in need. After the techniques, understands Ambulance Rescue behaviour of stray dogs and shut three years ago, learns practically how to give we found that animals $ rst aid. First Aid teams seen with small and minor injuries in the picture went to treat or illness could be helped stray dogs on the road as a locally and recovered much part of their practical. The faster in their own territories. main objective behind this Rescue volunteers with $ rst training is to ensure that aid training organized animals get timely help. First themselves into groups and Aidontimecansavealife! teams, formed new rescue identities to ensure no animal went without help. During the 10 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD In the month of June 2019 First Aid Training for Batch 4 started and many people from different areas had applied for it but only 17 got selected for the training. Now they actively attend $ rst aid cases in their respectiveareas. First Aid Training Certi$ cates were presented by (in August 2019) by Mr. RK Rao and Amala Akkinenitothevolunteerswhocompletedthetrainingsuccessfully. ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 11 SDESSION ON OGT RAINING Dog Training is an essential and key part of having a pet. Emphasizing this and many other important aspects of dog training such as animal behaviour, socializing and handling techniques was Ms. Lindsay McKeon from USA at a session on campus, in June. She explained how to approach a new dog and howtotrainapet,whilealsoansweringqueries. 12 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD ADDOPTION AY On Adoption Days many loving families adopt Indian puppies and dogs; and kittens and gave them a loving home. It is our platform to provide homes for homeless pups, where foster caretakers came with their puppies to makebestuseofourplatform. Note: We do not house puppies at our shelter. We do not encourage or advise groups of puppies to be housed together. Puppies must be vaccinated before being housed in an animalshelter. Adoption Day ensures pups move from a safe foster care home to the family that adopts them. There is no better way to spread happiness and joy for animals than by adopting them, and giving them a loving home and family. Here are a few glimpses of the animals adopted into lovinghomes,bythewonderfulpeople! Hima bindu Madala, one of our regular and dedicated volunteers, shares her experience ofbeenapartoftheadoptiondayactivities. "On the 29th of December, we hosted our monthly adoption drive at the shelter where we provide a support to foster parents to put their rescued puppies and kittens up for adoption. Families who are looking for a loving pet, visit to adopt them. We had 34 rescues come in, out of which 28 found good homes to grow up in. Other volunteers were ready to receive them, providing puppies and kittens with food and water. ANNUAL R EPORT 2019-20 13 Adoption Day in conducted in the adoption space sponsored by 'MARS' (Pedigree) and the family carry home a bag of puppy food to get started. "Our volunteers continued to look after the puppies and kittens for the entire duration of the drive, chatted up with some of the fosters and were moved with emotion when listening to some of their rescue stories. It's a miracle how a number of these animals overcame all their struggles and fought with all their might toliveon,andto$ ndafamilywhowilllovethem withalltheirheartandbeing. "We host these drives in hopes to educate the public about Indian dogs who have been left on the streets to die, due to the rise in demand for breed dogs. We hope that these drives allow us to educate them about how very marvelous Indian dogs can be when it comes to intelligence,friendship,orevenmaintenance!" 14 BCLUE ROSS OFH YDERABAD V'OLUNTEERS T ALK MeetMr.SaiKrishnaTeja Blue Cross of Hyderabad is a place where people can $ nd real peace of mind in seeing and interacting with the warm and loving dogs here. We think a lot of stuff in our head as humans and have many assumptions but here the dogs without a leg or eyes are so happy. They have that happy face always when they come to you. When they see a new person in the shelter, they interact with utmostloveandaffection. MeetMs.Chaitrali Whenever I'm in Blue Cross of Hyderabad I feel like I am at home.My co-volunteers started calling me "oldest volunteer". Since then our motive to serve animals hasn't changed but only the ways in which we are doing it has changed. Presently we moved towards programs like Birth control, Anti rabies vaccination and creating awareness among people.