AN APPEAL

JEEVASHRAM FOUNDATION is an animal welfare organization dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals. It also operates an animal shelter and a veterinary hospital. Established by founder member Lekha Poddar in 1990 its areas of concern include minimizing stress and abuse wherever human and animal interaction is involved. This involves the field of companion animals such as dogs and cats, farm animals reared for milk and meat, wild animal rehabilitation, which means primarily letting wild animals be the way nature intended them to be. Animal experimentation only when its necessary and only in carefully regulated conditions minimizing pain and fear. Humane education and mobilizing public support is also of prime importance in order to achieve our goals.

• Improvement and maintenance of our veterinary hospital and animal shelter (spread across 2 acres) to conform to best of international standards by making use of the latest technology and modem equipment. The shelter provides home to more than 100 animals at any given time and includes cows, donkeys, mules, horses, cats, dogs etc. birds are also fed, otherwise no healthy wild animal is kept in captivity.


• Help improve conditions for animals used for milk and meat, which also means compelling the government to deal with carcass trade and do away with live animal transport.


• Development of audio-visual aids in order to have tools for humane education in school and public campaigns on TV etc. in order to mobilize public support in all areas of concern. Special emphasis is placed on the ultimate goal of zero-street animal population. Jeevashram believes that animals domesticated by man such as dogs, pigs and cows belong in caring, loving, responsible homes and farms, not on streets.


• Forming pressure groups in order to compel the Indian Veterinary Council to restructure its, veterinary curriculum in order to correspond to the best of international veterinary standards, so essential to the cause of animal welfare and to do "high volume" sterilization.


• Jeevashram also believes that animal shelters should not only do good but look good and keep animals whether long term or short term, in a healthy, happy environment with plenty of qualified staff. Shelters that keep animals in over crowded, cramped cages and on chains, have limited space should not be allowed. There should be enforcement of proper standards before letting a place open as a shelter.

All this and much more is not possible without the support of people like you. Please donate generously in order to make this planet a better place to live in - for both people and animals!

You can support us in realizing our future plans through donations. All donations are exempted from income tax under 80 G.

• Our registartion number is S 22541 dated 16.1.1992
• Our PAN number is AAATJ0147P
• Our bank details: SYNDICATE BANK AIR FORCE STATION RAJOKRI, A/c No: 90991010000096
• Checques should be drawn in favour of: JEEVASHRAM FOUNDATION