http://www.streetdogsofnepal.com/
- Please look in this web site also at how you can help
- help to make it known
The
monk seen holding these puppies loves dogs and would love to feed
them but cannot afford to. They are malnourished and have skin
infections, what future do they have?
So many dogs need our help, a small donation will stop them ending
up like the sad dogs below.
FACT: In Kathmandu valley, poisoning cases are common in domestic
and street dogs, in our clinic we treat 2 - 4 poisoning cases a
week. This is a horrible death as the dogs tend to be poisoned by
strychnine which causes violent seizures for up to nine hours
before they die.
FACT: 15 - 20 cases of Rabies are registered in the Central
Veterinary Lab each year.
“When visiting the
beautiful Nepal, I came across the Monkey Temple or Swayambunath
Stupa. This great Stoup is said to have been built around 250 B.C.
It is a Buddhist temple occupied by lots of Monkeys and set high on
a mountain accessed by about 400 steps.
As I was staying in Kathmandu I had been feeding street dogs when I
could and had seen many sad sights and dogs suffering from
different ailments and starvation. On reaching the top of the
Monkey Temple I realised that many more street dogs occupied this
site. About 15 were apparent, all but two or three suffering from
severe mange and dehydration. Some scratched continuously but many
just lay in the dust breathing heavily and with their barely
covered ribs protruding.I felt many were near death.
I saw some monks feeding one little black dog who was obviously
trying hard to digest the rice from their hands, this was causing
his stomach to heave, obviously causing great pain, I felt he was
dying before my eyes. The lack of food and water had left him
slowly dying yet still clinging on to life. Others lay silently on
the ground with their skin dry, wrinkled and purple, fights with
the Monkeys left them with injuries that had become infected.
Coupled with no regular food or water this was something I had to
try and rectify.
That day all I could do was buy up biscuits, smoked fish and
bottled water, (the only available food). Some boys helped me
distribute this and I came down from the temple and went to the
nearest vet. Unfortunately he was closed but first thing next
morning I rang him and went straight to meet him. (Rai
Dhanraj)
The outcome of the meeting has led to this website being created.
We exchanged details and I left a little money for Rai to help some
of the animals I had seen. We both agreed it was a serious
situation for these animals and I was even more upset to learn
there were 40-50 dogs including litters of pups at the temple. I
vowed to help in any capacity I could, money was needed to treat
and feed these dogs …. a little goes a long way in Nepal … please
send some now so that lives can be saved, this is a genuine appeal
to anyone who can help in any way.”
Nameste….
Bernie Wright
(Founder of Dog Rescue Ireland)
European
Contacts:
Gill
Craddock
Hon. Member Kantipur Dog Examination and Disease Control
Centre
163 Sheering Road, Old Harlow, Essex, CM17 0JP.
phone
no. is 07960 979 156
gill@streetdogsofnepal.com
Bernie Wright, Hon.
Member
Kantipur Dog Examination & Disease Control Centre
(KDEADCC)
PO Box 4734
Dublin 1, Ireland
land line - 00353 872 651720
berniew@esatclear.ie
Elizabeth
Kniaz - England
mobile - 0044 (0) 777 610 4399
land line - 0044 (0) 1243 820 335
NEPAL:
Mr. Rai
Dhanraj - para veterinarian Nepal
Chairman
Kantipur Dog Examination & Disease Control Centre
(KDEADCC)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mobile: 0097 7985 1097 087
dhanraj65@yahoo.com
This
poor dog has been named Karma
The team consists of Dr.
B R Acharya, a veterinary officer in the government and also in the
canine practice for more than 20 years.
Mr U Rai, Professor of Sociology at Trivhuvan University,
Nepal.
He is working as a consultant in the Plan Nepal (INGO)
Mr Dorje, a monk living in the Swoyambhunath Stupa area. He is
helping in handling the dogs at the time of treatment and he also
looks after the sick dogs.
