{"id":2979,"date":"2022-10-28T04:24:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T04:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/?page_id=2979"},"modified":"2023-05-21T03:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T03:15:41","slug":"q42022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q42022\/","title":{"rendered":"Q4-2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2979\" class=\"elementor elementor-2979\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5da9c8db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5da9c8db\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db44232\" data-id=\"db44232\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510f8154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"510f8154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Newsletter  Q4 2022<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02cde8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c02cde8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p align=\"right\">edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tyagkrishnamurthy\/\">Tyag Krishnamurthy<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf13b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7bf13b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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A Paradigm Shift<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#acgom\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Employees Of The Month<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#vom\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Volunteers Of The Month<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tnt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">This, That and Other Animal Matters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#wac\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The World Animal Calendar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#appeals\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Can You Help !<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799fedf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"799fedf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"editor\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391c0f76 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"391c0f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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what a year 2022 has been. I feel jaded just thinking about it. It started with the looming shadow of COVID which was swiftly dissipating with the dawn of a new normal slowly but surely setting in. And one great thing that came out of this slowly increasing socialisation is the increased likelihood of my street brothers getting food more regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But like all coins, it&#8217;s always a toss up. This one too had the ugly side &#8211; more abandonment, cruelty, road accidents and sickness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s recap the year as we enter the last year of our <\/span><b>sixth decade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here &#8211; a small time frame in a land that has treated with respect, all things living for 5000 years. A &#8216;Puyabhoomi&#8217; as our founder Dr Chinny Krishna often refers to India as. It is only in the last millennia that we seem to have lost our way. But I am an eternal optimist &#8211; the glass is always half full even if I have to fill it myself and hope is the only thing I can fill it with. On that note, the best news in decades arrived last month &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dahd.nic.in\/sites\/default\/filess\/Public%20notice-Draft%20PCA%20bill-2022.pdf\"><b>New Legislation<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;at the Indian parliament that can drastically change the depressing scenario of crimes against animals in India is on its way. All I hope for is that it comes as soon as possible. If I can quickly break down all the legalese, when the new bill becomes law &#8211; minimum fines will go up (from Rs 10\/- now to Rs 1000\/- , jail terms are going up (from 3 months now to 6 months \/ 1 year) for smaller crimes, crimes will be graded on severity (from every crime being bucketed as animal-cruelty earlier to classification such as &#8216;gruesome cruelty&#8217;) and penalties for the more severe crimes would be a minimum of Rs 50000\/- with jail terms of unto 3 years and for killing of animals the fines can be unto Rs 100000\/- and a prison term of unto 5 years. A key clause defines &#8220;community animal&#8221; as any animal born in a community for which no ownership has been claimed by any individual or an organisation, excluding wild animals. This recognizes animals that were earlier unnoticed and makes them the responsibility of the State. Most importantly the bill will also recognise the globally accepted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Five_freedoms\"><b>5 freedoms<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of animals. I hope by Q2 of 2023 we will be writing about this bill having become law in India. Let&#8217;s raise a toast to that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the lawmakers were busy, so were we this quarter. It was a fantastic one at BCI with so many projects coming to fruition that it is going to be tough to pick the ones to feature here.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kunnam_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the BCI governing body members, <b>Shri Kamlesh Jain<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/jainmetalgroup.com\/about-us.html\"><b>Jain Metal Group<\/b><\/a>) has sponsored the complete renovation of our cattle sanctuary at Kunnam near Chennai. Improvements were long overdue and the place got a great makeover and the cattle are settling in to a better environment. BCI Kunnam shelters over 120 cattle and 40 dogs presently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HorseStable.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several renovation and improvement projects have been sponsored <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Mahtaney. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A sand pit was inaugurated for helping convalescing paraplegic dogs. Continuing from last quarter when the <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q32022\">cat surgery area saw a makeover<\/a>, this time the cat treatment area on the ground floor received new tiles as did the entire dog treatment section which was in desperate need of renovation for many years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Treatment_Dog.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout 2022, starting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q12022\/#appeals\">horse paddocks<\/a>, through to the dog treatment area and scores of small improvements, <\/span><b>Mr Mahtaney<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;have been the most generous of donors. There are not enough words in my already limited vocabulary to describe how immensely grateful all my animal friends are. Mr Mahtaney continues to support several ongoing works as we go into 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PelletExtruder_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A key part of running an operation as large as the one we do is providing proper nutrition to the animals that come to the BCI for treatment or are long term residents of our sanctuary. A modern kitchen building was constructed for this a few years back by one of our long time supporters, <\/span><b>Mr Ravindar.<\/b> <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hclfoundation.org\">HCL Foundation<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had supplied the kitchen equipment at that time. This kitchen has been providing fresh wet-feed, but there had always been a need to have an economic dry food option in addition to this. Our dependence on expensive veg dry food pellets from the big brands like Pedigree and Drools for dogs and Benovo (vegan) for cats had been high.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PelletExtruder_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of our long term supporters <\/span><b>Ms. Diana Ratnagar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Beauty Without Cruelty) had given a personal donation for setting up of a completely vegan dry food line. The line covers all operations right from the hammer mill to powder the grains all the way to a large convective oven to bake the pellets and a mixing drum to spray flavours. After many COVID and non COVID hiccups and additional support from <\/span><b>Mrs &amp; Mr Ravindar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the upgradation of one of the critical (extruder) machine in this line, the pellet production finally went live this quarter. On a regular basis dog food is being produced for internal consumption, and currently vegan cat food trials are ongoing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Salem team continues on its ABC mission and in Q4 Dawn&nbsp;Williams&nbsp;completed a &#8216;humane catching&#8217; training at Salem that covered all the Salem corporation staff involved in ABC catching. The Salem team under the umbrella of RAIN (Rescue Animals In Need and no connection with precipitation) completed a record 957 ABC\u2019s this quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Cross CACC (Citizen Animal Caregiver) Program which was initiated last quarter saw the first batch of inductees with 19 CACC&#8217;s joining the program in a kick-off in late Oct. In this newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q42022\/#cacc\">read about what this program is<\/a> and how BCI engages with the community to make things better for the voiceless.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MoHo_2a.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>The 2nd MoHo (Mobile Hospital)&nbsp;sponsored by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dahnay.com\">DahNay Logistics<\/a>&nbsp;<\/b>was flagged off this quarter by Mr.T.Murali Babu, Founder Director of DahNay Logistics and Mrs.Sujatha Murali Babu, Director. All my voiceless friends of Chennai join hands in thanking DahNay and the kindhearted Babu family for their benevolence. The 2nd MoHo will make it possible for us to expand our healthcare-on-the-streets program in Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;connection between animals and our environment is well known and well researched. Garbage dumps, plastic bags &#8211; they all cost us lives &#8211; animal life and eventually human. The ingestion of plastics by cattle for instance. At BCI we have performed surgeries where 30-40 Kgs of plastics have been extracted from their gut. The idea to re-cycle scrap material that would likely get dumped was seeded by a long time BCI volunteer who is now preparing for her administrative service exam &#8211; Pooja Sitharthan.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Thus was born the Blue Cross Green Club (BCGC).<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">The first project : converting old audio cassette tapes into art for fundraising saw quick success in raising Rs.15000 in just a couple of weeks. <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q42022\/#greenclub\">Read all about it and other BCGC initiatives at BCI here<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HUFT_500Collars.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/headsupfortails.com\/\">Heads Up For Tails<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> donated 500 reflective collars. These are reflective safety collars for street dogs to reduce accidental vehicular injury in the nights. Dogs that are being released in high traffic\/vulnerable areas are being discharged after affixing these collars. So far 35 dogs have been released with the reflective collars. Thank you HUFT for your kind donation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HCLF_NidhiVisit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Dec 19th <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hclfoundation.org\">HCL Foundation<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vice President-Global CSR, Smt. Nidhi Pundhir visited BCI and inaugurated the BCI Animal Diagnostics Lab and the Vaccination Programs that have been made possible by the donation from HCL Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to sign off on an oddly interesting note, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q42022\/#brownie\">Brownie\u2019s impossible story<\/a> of reunion after spending almost 2 years at the Blue Cross. It was nothing short of a miracle that this came to pass.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoy!\u2026 and don\u2019t forget to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bcinlsign\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/04\/14\/whitelist\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white-list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> us to receive this newsletter in your inbox every quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de124cc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6de124cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f8555a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f8555a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16ffdfac\" data-id=\"16ffdfac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c63e656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c63e656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"2022\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f346abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f346abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">THE YEAR 2022 IN NUMBERS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cad6378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cad6378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/365days_2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"385\" \/><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Arguably the largest positive impact any single AWO has on the health and well-being of street animals in any city in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">The ABC figures include 1614\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sterilisation<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0surgeries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>done<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0for the Salem Municipal Corporation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65024a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"65024a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"stats\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e806c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e806c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">THE LAST 90 DAYS ON THE CHENNAI STREETS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158b6a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"158b6a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>Making a difference &#8211; One street animal at a time<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p>The rescues, birth control surgeries and re-homing by the Blue Cross Of India during the second quarter (Jul-Aug-Sep 2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/90days.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">The ABC figures have substantially increased this quarter to 2622 (from 1465 in Q3) with the addition of surgeries done at Salem (957). We also had a fantastic adoption rate this quarter increasing to 513\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">animals\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">(<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">from 407<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0in Q3)<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Much of what we do and the key programs that we run are thanks mainly to the kind and generous contributions from our close partners and sponsors:<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"3\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;\">ABC Program<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/HCLF_Trans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;\">Animal Rescues<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/HCLF_Trans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FourPaws.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"129\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sita_Trans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Quint_Trans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Repco.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"129\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DahNay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"129\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ranka-steels-logo4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"129\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Animal Health &amp; 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width: 10px; height: 700px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><b>Street animals in distress &#8211; Greater Chennai Area.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This interactive bubble-o-map shows the number of rescue-requests received\/accepted and rescued by the Blue Cross of India from the areas that are in the Greater Chennai Corporation limits (and a few outside) in the 4th quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><b>Oct, Nov, Dec 2022<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rescue Requests Received : <b>6966<\/b> (up from 6319 in Q3)<\/p>\n<p>Rescue Requests Accepted : <b>5954<\/b> (up from 5631 in Q3) (86 % of received requests)<\/p>\n<p>Actual Rescues : <b>2822<\/b> (down from 2927 in Q3) (47 % of accepted requests \/ 40 % of received requests)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This quarter once again we saw the increasing trend of the number of requests made on the Blue Cross continue.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Blue Cross faces many challenges and limitations. Lack of funding makes it difficult to increase capacities to meet the ever increasing demand. Considerable increases seen in cost of veterinary personnel owing to the imbalance in demand vs supply of qualified vets is a key challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"align right alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/90Days_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just look at the ever expanding gap between the need and available capacity of BCI. It is not that we don\u2019t want to &#8211; it\u2019s the simple reality that we just can\u2019t. It is anyone\u2019s guess how many of the animals in the red zone get help from other NGOs in Chennai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animal welfare is not about prolonging life but about reducing suffering &#8211; both the obvious physical and not so obvious mental suffering. This is the axiom on which we work and that\u2019s precisely why we are taking a fresh view to capacity expansion &#8211; Mobile Hospitals (MoHos) and Paravets on Wheels (PoWs) and taking medical interventions to their homes &#8211; the streets of Chennai. We already have one MoHo running and two ready to go, but the killer is the running costs which runs to over Rs. 2 lacs every month and the inflation and skyrocketing costs of meds and personnel doesn\u2019t help.\u00a0<\/span>If you would like to support the running cost of our Mobile Hospitals please <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.razorpay.com\/mohorunningnewsletter\"><b>donate here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you believe in what we have been doing for the last six decades and would like to help us help more voiceless animals, there are many ways you can. Please head to \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/Ways-To-Help.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ways To Help<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 page on our website and help us any way you can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rzp.io\/l\/bcidallnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>DONATE HERE<\/b> &#8211; If you would like to help us help more of them<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d1fecd elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"24d1fecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60dbc659 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"60dbc659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c601a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c601a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-229ef1f8\" data-id=\"229ef1f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521ce515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"521ce515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ba\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696299f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"696299f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">BACK FROM THE BRINK<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25840bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25840bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>Great Comeback Stories<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can resist a heartwarming makeover story &#8211; especially when it involves a sweet kitten and a resilient dog. Though the sight of these poor animals in their earlier state might wring our hearts, those happy endings always motivate us to do our best irrespective of the severity. Here are the transformation stories that sure would tug your heartstrings and spread warmth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have many such fantastic comebacks stories. 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src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BA_dog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isha is a sweet girl of about 5. She now runs around with a sprightliness that would put a ballet dancer to shame.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">But she wasn&#8217;t this way when she was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>picked<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0up a couple of months back by BCI Rescues from the outskirts of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chennai<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>She<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0had a hernia the size of a soccer ball in her lower abdomen and<\/span><\/span>\u00a0could barely walk and was in great pain and discomfort.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">A complex surgery was done immediately to fix the hernia. After that it was a long haul &#8211; a month of post-operative care. Isha regained her strength steadily, amazing the caregivers with her ability to bounce back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With every week, Isha grew in strength and has almost transformed into a brand new healthy, happy dog; no longer in pain or discomfort, always up for a cuddle, and enjoys a nice snooze in anyone\u2019s arms.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Cat-harsis<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1202\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1202\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BA_cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Felix sprung like a jack-in-the-box when I approached. Alert to all\u00a0movements as he awaited his journey back to the street where he was picked up from. He had the glint of gratitude in his eyes when he looked up at Dr Gisha. He seemed to instinctually know who had made a difference in his life since he arrived here a few weeks back with something weird happening to his bowels.<\/p>\n<p>He had been unable to walk and worse, he had great difficulty doing his job with a prolapsed rectum. He must have had severe\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">diarrhoea or urinary and intestinal infection that had gone un treated. His intestines had dried out and a few more days he would have slipped into a point of no return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Luck for him a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Good Samaritan<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0had reported this and BCI Rescues had picked him up for emergency surgery.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">After the surgery, Felix was provided deworming medications and laxatives to prevent the condition from happening again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now Felix is like every other intelligent feline but his playfulness catches you. We wish him a good long life making an honest living on the streets.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4d48a7 elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7d4d48a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-328fcfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"328fcfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tactical\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-072741b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"072741b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">DRAMA IN REAL LIFE<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91acfc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91acfc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>Great Rescues<\/h5>\n<p>Behind the heartwarming rescue stories you hear from us almost every day, there is our team of well-trained and equipped expert rescuers, who swing into action whenever there is a distress call for voiceless and vulnerable four-legged friends.<\/p>\n<p>Our tactical rescue team, headed by Dawn William, includes many volunteers who also became independent rescuers. From saving animals from precarious heights, ledges, and edges to dangerous sewages and wells, this incredible team has pulled off some rescues that are nothing short of adventurous.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have many such fantastic rescues. Head to our Instagram page &#8211; if you don&#8217;t yet follow us there &#8211; please do so right away at <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blue_cross_rescues\/\">BCI Instagram<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and get to know them as they happen everyday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e33f17 elementor-tabs-alignment-stretch elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"2e33f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4841\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4841\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Saving Two Lives In One Rescue Mission<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4841\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Saving Two Lives In One Rescue Mission<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4841\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4841\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p align=\"justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HLUSnlEBxj0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Type of rescue: Tactical \/ Trapped<\/p>\n<p>Animal: Dog \/ Male \/ Black \/ 3-4 years<\/p>\n<p>Location: Thiruvallur \/ 30 kms away from chennai\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a squirrel this dog got its head stuck inside the tree notch. The locals immediately informed the fire department. The local fire department came to the spot and tried rescuing the dog but they couldn&#8217;t since its head was twisted and stuck. Unfortunately for him there were no trained animal handlers in the fire department there.<\/p>\n<p>They fire brigade suggested to cut down the tree to rescue the dog.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully someone knew about our tactical rescue team and called us. Our rescuer reached the spot and slowly pulled out the dog&#8217;s head from the tree without any damage to life or trunk.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45208949 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45208949\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-398ebe86\" data-id=\"398ebe86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19bc68f8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"19bc68f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3770e6f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3770e6f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ca9fd85\" data-id=\"4ca9fd85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49386afc elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"49386afc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"moho\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34182572 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34182572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">BCI HOSPITAL-ON-WHEELS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ea0a446 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3ea0a446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-928e170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"928e170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<h5>BCI FOUR PAWS MoHo (Mobile Hospital) &#8211; India&#8217;s First And Only On-Location Treatment of Street Animals\u00a0<\/h5>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This quarter marked the<b>\u00a03rd full quarter for MoHo (FP &#8211; Four Paws)<\/b> &#8211; she made 483 treatment visits and treated 179 new cases. MoHo continues to help with<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0&#8211; faster first-aid<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0&#8211; convalescence in a familiar environment<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0&#8211; zero hospital and cross-city infections<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Also since its inception on 2nd March 2022, MoHo (FP) has hit some great numbers which I share below:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Total No of Animals Rescued by BCI since MoHo began : <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><b>9358<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Treatment Initiated Onsite (by MoHo) :<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><b>846<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0(amounting to 9.04% of total rescues)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Treatment Fully Managed Onsite (by MoHo) :<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><b>657<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0(amounting to 7.02% of total rescues)<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">No of Treatment Visits (Onsite) : <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><b>1560<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">No of Treatment Cases Closed Onsite (by MoHo) :<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><b>559<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747bcc3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"747bcc3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"moho2\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e007895 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e007895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"float: left; clear: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Q4_2022_MoHo.html\" width=\"400px\" height=\"700px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 10px; height: 720px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>This quarter MoHo notched up nearly <b>2720 km<\/b> (down from\u00a04500 km last quarter)\u00a0in about <b>32<\/b><strong>0<\/strong> hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MoHos treatments during the quarter can be seen by\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">hovering your mouse pointer over the bubbles to see the locality wise treatment visit stats. The red circle is the BCI Hospital location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2680 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MoHo_pie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/>Oct, Nov, Dec 2022<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treated by BCI (Hospital + Onsite) : <strong>2624<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treated Onsite : <\/span><b>179 (9.82% of total rescues)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">No of Treatment Visits (Onsite) : <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><b>483<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This quarter we had a heavy turnover of vets resulting in the reduced running days of the Four Paws MoHo as the shelter veterinarian shortage had to be compensated by re-assignments. At present BCI has a severe shortage of veterinary staff &#8211; both veterinarians and para-veterinarians.\u00a0We need experienced and street-smart Vets and Paravets to join our team. If you know any good ones, please do send Vinod (<a href=\"mailto:vinod@bluecrossofindia.org\">vinod@bluecrossofindia.org<\/a>) a quick shout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2679 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MoHO3-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"188\" \/>Meanwhile two MoHos (one of DahNay and the other from Ranka Steels) have been delivered after their conversion into mobile hospitals. We await filling up the veterinary shortage in order to start operating them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Blue Cross MoHos &#8211; the future of street animal healthcare are here to stay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MoHo (FP) has been on the road since March 2nd and going from strength to strength. Watch this space for exciting news on the silent revolutions happening in street animal healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rzp.io\/l\/mohorunningnewsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>DONATE HERE\u00a0<\/b>-Fund the running costs of our MoHo-2<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c55effc elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5c55effc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cbe4460 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cbe4460\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51675b7e\" data-id=\"51675b7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36da33ee elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"36da33ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41623de1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41623de1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b323063\" data-id=\"5b323063\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-461111ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"461111ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"acgom\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e25ae9 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28e25ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">OUR ARCHANGELS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c628b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c628b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>Animal Care-Givers Of The Month<\/h5>\n<p>Every month I am in the committee that picks the best from all the people who care for us everyday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I picked &#8211; \u00a0Vel Murugan, Kasturi and Revathi as the animal-care-givers for the three months this quarter. Their dedication to their work and kindness to us, especially the little ones that need immense care is indeed a service no amount of money can buy.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of every animal under their care, every animal that they helped recover and also the animals that have crossed the rainbow bridge despite their best efforts, we thank them. We are proud of them and they deserve heartfelt appreciation and recognition for their inspiring work.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b94a82 elementor-tabs-alignment-stretch elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"74b94a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1951\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1951\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Oct'22: Vel Murugan<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1952\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1952\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Nov'22: Kasturi<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1953\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1953\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dec'22: Revathi<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1951\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Oct'22: Vel Murugan<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1951\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1951\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EoM_Oct.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Vel Murugan &#8211; a dedicated animal attender who has been with BCI for the last 7 years is the employee of the month for Oct &#8217;22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Vel specialises in handling cattle and has helped hundreds of animals get back to health. He also is part of the team that manages the nutrition of maintenance cattle that are brought from the streets of Chennai to the BCI by the Chennai corporation.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He is very dedicated and hard working and good at handling sick and injured cows and bulls. He has nursed back hundreds of large animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); text-align: left;\">A very compassionate man, w<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); text-align: left;\">e take great pleasure in conveying our gratitude and thanks for his years of work and wish we will have him for many more.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1952\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Nov'22: Kasturi<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1952\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1952\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EoM_Nov.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-align: left; text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Kasturi, is employee of the month for Nov 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Kasturi has been with us for over a decade and has been managing puppies and kittens most of this time<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She had nourished and nurtured hundreds of them and helped them get adopted into loving families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Her dedication to animals and commitment can be seen when she takes special care for the weak and vulnerable ones.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Thank you Kasturi for your excellent service.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1953\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dec'22: Revathi<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1953\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1953\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-366 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EoM_Dec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Revathi is our employee of the month for Dec 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Revathi is a recent\u00a0joinee and has been with us just a year but is already showing great promise as a dedicated housekeeping staff and caregiver to the sanctuary dogs and cats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She is mainly assigned with the housekeeping work. She keeps the office spaces, verandas, corridors and the toilets well maintained and sanitised. She is also a very compassionate woman who regularly feeds our sanctuary dogs and cats that are permanent residents of BCI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Thanks Revathi for keeping BCI always presentable.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-675a21e7 elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"675a21e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c8ebb1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"34c8ebb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39bb0a4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39bb0a4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51e45125\" data-id=\"51e45125\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e68bb3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5e68bb3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"vom\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-454b238c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"454b238c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">VISITING ANGELS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495aa795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"495aa795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>Volunteers Of The Month<\/h5>\n<p>The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention &#8211; Oscar Wilde.<\/p>\n<p>Every weekend at BCI, a bountiful of gentlest faces with curious eyes make this quote a lovely living moment. And we fall short of words to explain how much our furry friends look forward to their arrival and the exciting vibes they bring!<\/p>\n<p>For most, volunteering is more about giving, but for our favourite volunteers, it&#8217;s a way of living. And we dedicate this space to the most dedicated volunteers of this quarter, appreciating their soulful work.<\/p>\n<p>The new faces and smells the weekend brings to the Blue Cross cannot be expressed with words. Boy how I long for weekends to arrive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s volunteer of the month time and our volunteers of the month for Oct, Nov and Dec are Dhanasekar, Anny and Sharath.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: left; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">And if you too would like to come hang with at the shelter and\u00a0help us out with all the &#8216;human&#8217; things needed to get done please <\/span><a style=\"text-align: left; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/bluecross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up here<\/a><span style=\"text-align: left; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">. We have a whole lot of onsite (Chennai) and remote volunteering opportunities and would be thrilled to have you in our next induction &#8211; let&#8217;s get in some new smells, people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46827943 elementor-tabs-alignment-stretch elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"46827943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1181\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1181\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Oct'22: Dhanasekaran<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1182\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1182\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Nov'22: Anny<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1183\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1183\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dec'22: Sharath<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1181\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Oct'22: Dhanasekaran<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1181\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1181\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VoM_Oct.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Meet Dhana &#8211; our volunteer of Oct 2022.<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); text-align: left;\">Never too busy for Blue Cross, he is here all weekends and has been a volunteer for over a year and half.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">An Engineer Graduate (and works at HCL &#8211; who happen to be one of our biggest donors through their foundation HCLF)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\">Dhanasekaran loves animals and helps with de-ticking puppies and semi-adult puppies, ensures they are dewormed, and bathes them to keep skin diseases at bay.\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Disinfecting the treatment area with antibiotics and replacing sawdust for the birds and Guinea pigs in our aviary are some of this regular\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contributions<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0week after week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">Dhanasekar has been\u00a0<\/span>dedicating his weekends to volunteering at our shelter to help these recovering animals, helping them get back where they belong faster.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1182\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Nov'22: Anny<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1182\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1182\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VoM_Nov.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Meet Anny, our Volunteer of the Month for Nov 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Anny has been volunteering with us for the past two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She\u2019s has been part of many adoption drives and dog shows. She had helped many skin infected dogs to get back to its shape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Recently she joined the BCI Green Club &#8211; a new initiative of Blue Cross, exclusively for our super creative visual artists interested in helping raise funds for our floof buddies!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing ); text-align: left;\">She is at our Guindy sanctuary and animal hospital nearly every weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Thank you for being a part of our family, Anny.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1183\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dec'22: Sharath<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1183\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1183\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VoM_Dec.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meet Sharath &#8211; Volunteer of the month for Dec 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sharath has been volunteering with us for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s part of many adoption drives and dog shows. He has helped many skin infected dogs to get back to its shape and also plays a major role in cleaning and disinfecting the shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Finding time from his busy job, he says &#8211; volunteering for the Blue Cross is very de-stressing for him.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">We know it&#8217;s not easy to find time, but when your heart and soul is in it &#8211; it&#8217;s no longer work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Thank you Sharath for all that you do for us.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1154aedb elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1154aedb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3432726c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3432726c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f68620f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f68620f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccff7ab\" data-id=\"ccff7ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facbf85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"facbf85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tnt\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43044294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"43044294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"brownie\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db56ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8db56ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">THIS, THAT AND OTHER ANIMAL MATTERS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5d87c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c5d87c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>A MIRACULOUS REUNION<\/h5>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Brownie_c.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January 2020\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an Indie came to our sanctuary with a broken left foreleg and a serious skin infection. He had been found by a gentleman inside an ATM, hiding, scared for his life. The collar on his neck meant he was someone&#8217;s pet. Was he abandoned as so many are? Most likely &#8211; or so we thought as we so often have seen with skin infected or sick pets. We made social media posts and circulated his picture on whatsapp but got no response. Blue Cross is known to shelter lost and abandoned pets. With nearly six decades of presence in Madras and a household name in south India, Blue Cross would normally be the first place a pet parent who has a missing pet in Madras would call. We received no such call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His leg had literally broken into two and much time had passed since the break and it had set. Surgery had to be done to reset the bone and it also meant he would lose his toes. It took over two months of post surgery care to get him back on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We named him Brownie &#8211; he had the air of a mafia don about him when it came to other dogs, but he was very friendly with people. Over the next months he endeared himself to everyone in the sanctuary and it was decided to keep him off the adoptable dogs list. So he stayed, slowly but surely taking over the job of keeping the others dogs on the straight and narrow. He even tried his tricks with me, but I kept my distance and soon he got bored and stopped bothering me. I must admit though,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">his style was compelling &#8211; he would hold court everyday below the reception desks sitting with his short leg folded, true to form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Brownie_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One evening in early December\u00a0 when I was hanging out by the security gates a gentleman walked into our sanctuary with a sick puppy. There was a rush of wind as I saw Brownie run past me like a cheetah. I looked on open jawed (yeah &#8211; I know what you are thinking\u00a0 &#8211; aren&#8217;t my jaws always open). He jumped up on this man and smothered him, whimpering and barking continuously. He made laps around and his joy knew no bounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Brownie_a.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gopalakrishnan had been walking Tommy (that was Brownie\u2019s pet name before all this happened) one evening when he had met with an accident in T-Nagar. Scared and free of his leash, Tommy had run away. His family searched everywhere for weeks and had finally given up heartbroken, thinking he had come under a vehicle or been mauled by the territorial street dogs and that they would never find him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like they say a good deed begets good, Gopalakrishnan happened upon Tommy when he had come to Blue Cross to save a sick puppy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After vetting with his old photographs in their possession, the next day Brownie (Tommy) was reunited with his whole family which had come to get him. While we were all sad to let him go, I was happy he had found his folks. I must say though some of the other dogs were thrilled they would no longer be ordered around to fetch biscuits and such by Don Corleone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-628942ca elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"628942ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae91074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5ae91074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bcgc\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763d91f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"763d91f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">BCI VOLUNTEERS START BLUE CROSS GREEN CLUB.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BCIGreenClub_a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Upcycling:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Blue Cross Green Club is a volunteer driven initiative. There are two teams in this club with separate goals that touch upon our environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"align right alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BCIGreenClub_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upcycle team initiated by Pooja Sitharthan &#8211; a long time volunteer and her sister Pranitha have pulled together a team of gifted volunteers with immense talent. Their goal is to gather scrap material from donors and convert them into art that can be used for fundraising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nook in the volunteer hangout serves as their workplace and their first fundraiser, \u2018The Cassette Project\u2019 where discarded cassette tapes have been converted to attractive art with messages and quotes has seen good success, raising Rs.15000 in just a few weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BCIGreenClub_b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Oxygen: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second team that is lead by Velu has a team of 5 volunteers who have plunged themselves neck deep in soil and are planting saplings all over BCI. This gang of 5 &#8211; Vishal, Shruthi, Dinesh, Mayuran and Sharath have also been designated small plots of land inside BCI to develop into green patches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be some time before the fruits of their labour can be enjoyed but a time worth waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solar: <\/b>Yet another team is responsible for ensuring that the solar power is delivering optimal energy for the season. Their responsibility is to monitor the average output from the panels and to ensure that the panels themselves are at all times optimally maintained by ensuring the proper cleaning of the absorbing surface.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35506820 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"35506820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b52e59a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7b52e59a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cac\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6392c415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6392c415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>BLUE CROSS OF INDIA&#8217;s COMMUNITY ANIMAL CAREGIVER PROGRAM INDUCTS BATCH-I CACs<\/h5>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CACCa.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BCI CACC Program that was\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/q32022\/#cac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kicked off in Q3<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0gained traction this quarter. The program is designed to support the citizens who wish to help street animals in their communities. In the first batch <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Community Animal Caregivers were approved and inducted into the program. Dr Chinny Krishna gave away the kits in the kick-off conducted on Oct 28th 2022<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and BCI Volunteer and Associate Life Member, Rob Thangadurai who has been spearheading this program, organised the event and all the due diligence. The cards have been issued after a stringent vetting process to ensure their genuineness.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Batch 1 CAC Stats<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No of BCI-CACs : 19<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">No of animals supported : 824<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">% of Applicants approved : 50%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A BCI-CAC\u2019s responsibilities are to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that the street animals under their care live distress and disease free and their five freedoms are given primacy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Ensure that they build support in their communities for awareness and animal welfare initiatives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Support the Chennai Corporation driven ABC-AR program by helping in catching the animals under their care (and enable stress free catching) and over a period of time 100% of the community dogs under their care are spayed\/neutered.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Ensure that man-animal conflict is reduced by feeding only in designated areas so as to cause minimum inconvenience to public.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CACCb.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Cross of India is committed to support the BCI-CAC\u2019s in this endeavour in all possible manner by\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping reduce animal distress (by timely medical intervention-onsite or at BCI Hospital).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Helping reduce man-animal conflict and animal abuse (by liaising where necessary with law enforcement).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Supporting the ABC-AR initiatives taken by the CAC and help manage and sustainably reduce the street animal population in a humane way<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been an overwhelming response to the program and we have received 110 applications so far. In Q1 of 2023 the 2nd batch is planned to be inducted once the diligence activities are completed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">If you are already a caregiver to street animals in your area and wish to be part of this BCI community outreach initiative, please apply\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bci.clappia.com\/app\/BCI809297\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at this link<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5064b0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5a5064b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b740098 elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1b740098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a057afe elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2a057afe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68318429 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68318429\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5357c972\" data-id=\"5357c972\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5505a754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5505a754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wac\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28dc473b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28dc473b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">THE ANIMAL CALENDAR<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccb7b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ccb7b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5>Celebrating life &#8211; Preserving the endangered &#8211; Bringing Awareness<\/h5>\n<p>Get yourself an appointment on our busy calendars to know and learn more about us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zfrmz.com\/yoAD1NapsDLSiyaR0nSG\"><b>Click here to download the High Res Self Printable Blue Cross Of India &#8211; Animal Calendar <\/b><\/a><b>and get to know more about the 67 different animal days celebrated around the world using QR codes..<\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h5>Oct 2022<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h5>Nov 2022<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h5>Dec 2022<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>04th Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #030303; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">World ANIMAL Day<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">01st Nov\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #030303; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">World VEGAN day<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>04th Dec\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. CHEETAH\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>09th Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #030303; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">World MIGRATORY BIRD Day<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>29th Nov\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. JAGUAR\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>04th Dec\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Wildlife Conservation\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>17th Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #030303; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. SAWFISH Day<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>14th Dec\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">MONKEY\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Day<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>18th Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">World OKAPI\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. SLOTH\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>22nd Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. WOMBAT\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>23rd Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. SNOW LEOPARD\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>24th Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">Intt. GIBBON\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cal_8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>28th Oct\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">World LEMUR\u00a0<\/span>Day<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ab65b1 elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"62ab65b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#top\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to top<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72be6444 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"72be6444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54f1ca97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54f1ca97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79effa71\" data-id=\"79effa71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34299f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"34299f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"appeals\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d447d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d447d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">DONATION APPEALS<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6e76e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a6e76e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1085\" src=\"https:\/\/bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Guidestar-Oct-22-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Guidestar-Oct-22-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Guidestar-Oct-22-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bluecrossofindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Guidestar-Oct-22.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The Blue Cross Of India has been serving the voiceless for the last over 58 years mainly through donations from generous individuals like you. BCI is the first animal welfare organisation in India to be awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bcigstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><b>Guidestar Platinum Rating<\/b><\/a> for transparency in 2013-14 and every year since &#8211; a stamp of assurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your donations are used in the most transparent and frugal manner for animal welfare, with minimal administrative expenses. The guidestar rating helps potential donors make a well informed decision based on an objective assessment of how donations are put to work by BCI. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bcigstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">We thank you for your kindness and generous contributions that help the BCI take good care of us year after year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); 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a pet, a person<br>Perhaps your <b>Anniversarry<\/b> needs a celebration<br>Or you want to <b>Honour<\/b> your departed<br>You care about someone special and want to give a&nbsp;<b>Surprise<\/b><br>Maybe you reached a personal or work <b>Milestone<\/b><br>Or would like to <b>Dedicate<\/b> to someone you love&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it be, make it a memory that 2000 animals will be grateful for and bless you with their stomachs full.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">The selfless gratitude of an animal &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">priceless&#8230;&#8230;<\/span><\/b><br><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230;&#8230;..for everything else &#8211; there is Mastercard&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-c4ecf1b-word-spacing );\">(or Visa or whatever other plastic floats your boat)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rzp.io\/l\/mmnewsletter\">DONATE TO FEED US ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY &#8211; 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width: 99%; border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/forms.zohopublic.com\/bluecrossofindia\/form\/Newsletter\/formperma\/jvFOybwiqjKY-sOf6RCrjStFewYrItKRKcbOM7GEiB4\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BCI VOLUNTEERS START BLUE CROSS GREEN CLUB.\u00a0 Upcycling: The Blue Cross Green Club is a volunteer driven initiative. There are two teams in this club with separate goals that touch upon our environment.\u00a0 The upcycle team initiated by Pooja Sitharthan &#8211; a long time volunteer and her sister Pranitha have pulled together a team of gifted volunteers with immense talent. Their goal is to gather scrap material from donors and convert them into art that can be used for fundraising.\u00a0 A nook in the volunteer hangout serves as their workplace and their first fundraiser, \u2018The Cassette Project\u2019 where discarded cassette tapes have been converted to attractive art with messages and quotes has seen good success, raising Rs.15000 in just a few weeks.\u00a0 Oxygen: The second team that is lead by Velu has a team of 5 volunteers who have plunged themselves neck deep in soil and are planting saplings all over BCI. This gang of 5 &#8211; Vishal, Shruthi, Dinesh, Mayuran and Sharath have also been designated small plots of land inside BCI to develop into green patches.\u00a0 It will be some time before the fruits of their labour can be enjoyed but a time worth waiting. Solar: Yet another team is responsible for ensuring that the solar power is delivering optimal energy for the season. Their responsibility is to monitor the average output from the panels and to ensure that the panels themselves are at all times optimally maintained by ensuring the proper cleaning of the absorbing surface. BLUE CROSS OF INDIA&#8217;s COMMUNITY ANIMAL CAREGIVER PROGRAM INDUCTS BATCH-I CACs The BCI CACC Program that was\u00a0kicked off in Q3\u00a0gained traction this quarter. The program is designed to support the citizens who wish to help street animals in their communities. In the first batch 19 Community Animal Caregivers were approved and inducted into the program. Dr Chinny Krishna gave away the kits in the kick-off conducted on Oct 28th 2022\u00a0and BCI Volunteer and Associate Life Member, Rob Thangadurai who has been spearheading this program, organised the event and all the due diligence. The cards have been issued after a stringent vetting process to ensure their genuineness.\u00a0 \u00a0 Batch 1 CAC Stats No of BCI-CACs : 19 No of animals supported : 824 % of Applicants approved : 50% A BCI-CAC\u2019s responsibilities are to: Ensure that the street animals under their care live distress and disease free and their five freedoms are given primacy. Ensure that they build support in their communities for awareness and animal welfare initiatives. Support the Chennai Corporation driven ABC-AR program by helping in catching the animals under their care (and enable stress free catching) and over a period of time 100% of the community dogs under their care are spayed\/neutered.\u00a0 Ensure that man-animal conflict is reduced by feeding only in designated areas so as to cause minimum inconvenience to public. Blue Cross of India is committed to support the BCI-CAC\u2019s in this endeavour in all possible manner by\u00a0 Helping reduce animal distress (by timely medical intervention-onsite or at BCI Hospital). Helping reduce man-animal conflict and animal abuse (by liaising where necessary with law enforcement). Supporting the ABC-AR initiatives taken by the CAC and help manage and sustainably reduce the street animal population in a humane way There has been an overwhelming response to the program and we have received 110 applications so far. In Q1 of 2023 the 2nd batch is planned to be inducted once the diligence activities are completed. If you are already a caregiver to street animals in your area and wish to be part of this BCI community outreach initiative, please apply\u00a0at this link. back to top THE ANIMAL CALENDAR Celebrating life &#8211; Preserving the endangered &#8211; Bringing Awareness Get yourself an appointment on our busy calendars to know and learn more about us. Click here to download the High Res Self Printable Blue Cross Of India &#8211; Animal Calendar and get to know more about the 67 different animal days celebrated around the world using QR codes.. Oct 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2022 04th Oct\u00a0 World ANIMAL Day 01st Nov\u00a0 World VEGAN day 04th Dec\u00a0 Intt. CHEETAH\u00a0Day 09th Oct\u00a0 World MIGRATORY BIRD Day 29th Nov\u00a0 Intt. JAGUAR\u00a0Day 04th Dec\u00a0 Wildlife Conservation\u00a0Day 17th Oct\u00a0 Intt. SAWFISH Day \u00a0 \u00a0 14th Dec\u00a0 MONKEY\u00a0Day 18th Oct\u00a0 \u00a0 World OKAPI\u00a0Day \u00a0 \u00a0 Intt. SLOTH\u00a0Day \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 22nd Oct\u00a0 Intt. WOMBAT\u00a0Day \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 23rd Oct\u00a0 Intt. SNOW LEOPARD\u00a0Day \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 24th Oct\u00a0 Intt. GIBBON\u00a0Day \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 28th Oct\u00a0 World LEMUR\u00a0Day \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 back to top DONATION APPEALS The Blue Cross Of India has been serving the voiceless for the last over 58 years mainly through donations from generous individuals like you. BCI is the first animal welfare organisation in India to be awarded the Guidestar Platinum Rating for transparency in 2013-14 and every year since &#8211; a stamp of assurance.\u00a0 Your donations are used in the most transparent and frugal manner for animal welfare, with minimal administrative expenses. The guidestar rating helps potential donors make a well informed decision based on an objective assessment of how donations are put to work by BCI. Learn More&#8230; We thank you for your kindness and generous contributions that help the BCI take good care of us year after year.\u00a0 (Donations are eligible for 80G tax exemption &#8211; Make sure you mention your PAN No).\u00a0Pl donate generously here. Make Memories with Blue Cross Of India Is it your BirthdayA Memory of someone close &#8211; a pet, a personPerhaps your Anniversarry needs a celebrationOr you want to Honour your departedYou care about someone special and want to give a&nbsp;SurpriseMaybe you reached a personal or work MilestoneOr would like to Dedicate to someone you love&nbsp; Whatever it be, make it a memory that 2000 animals will be grateful for and bless you with their stomachs full. The selfless gratitude of an animal &#8211;&nbsp;priceless&#8230;&#8230;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230;&#8230;..for everything else &#8211; there is Mastercard&nbsp;(or Visa or whatever other plastic floats your boat) DONATE TO FEED US ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY &#8211; MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL back to top Celebrating life &#8211; Preserving the endangered &#8211; Bringing Awareness Get yourself an appointment on our busy calendars to know and learn more about us. Click here to download the High Res Self Printable Blue Cross Of India &#8211; Animal Calendar and get to know more about the 67 different animal days celebrated around the world using QR codes.. Oct 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2022 04th Oct\u00a0 World ANIMAL Day 01st Nov\u00a0 World VEGAN day 04th Dec\u00a0 Intt. CHEETAH\u00a0Day 09th Oct\u00a0 World MIGRATORY BIRD Day 29th Nov\u00a0 Intt. JAGUAR\u00a0Day 04th Dec\u00a0 Wildlife Conservation\u00a0Day 17th Oct\u00a0 Intt. 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The guidestar rating helps potential donors make a well informed decision based on an objective assessment of how donations are put to work by BCI. Learn More&#8230; We thank you for your kindness and generous contributions that help the BCI take good care of us year after year.\u00a0 (Donations are eligible for 80G tax exemption &#8211; Make sure you mention your PAN No).\u00a0Pl donate generously here. Make Memories with Blue Cross Of India Is it your BirthdayA Memory of someone close &#8211; a pet, a personPerhaps your Anniversarry needs a celebrationOr you want to Honour your departedYou care about someone special and want to give a&nbsp;SurpriseMaybe you reached a personal or work MilestoneOr would like to Dedicate to someone you love&nbsp; Whatever it be, make it a memory that 2000 animals will be grateful for and bless you with their stomachs full. The selfless gratitude of an animal &#8211;&nbsp;priceless&#8230;&#8230;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230;&#8230;..for everything else &#8211; there is Mastercard&nbsp;(or Visa or whatever other plastic floats your boat) DONATE TO FEED US ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY &#8211; MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL back to top Newsletter Q4 2022 edited by Tyag Krishnamurthy From The Editors Ken(nel) The Last 90 Days In Numbers Great Comeback Stories Drama In Real Life Mobile Hospital .. A Paradigm Shift Employees Of The Month Volunteers Of The Month This, That and Other Animal Matters The World Animal Calendar Can You Help ! FROM THE EDITOR&#8217;S KEN (NEL) Phew! what a year 2022 has been. I feel jaded just thinking about it. It started with the looming shadow of COVID which was swiftly dissipating with the dawn of a new normal slowly but surely setting in. And one great thing that came out of this slowly increasing socialisation is the increased likelihood of my street brothers getting food more regularly. But like all coins, it&#8217;s always a toss up. This one too had the ugly side &#8211; more abandonment, cruelty, road accidents and sickness.&nbsp; Let&#8217;s recap the year as we enter the last year of our sixth decade here &#8211; a small time frame in a land that has treated with respect, all things living for 5000 years. A &#8216;Puyabhoomi&#8217; as our founder Dr Chinny Krishna often refers to India as. It is only in the last millennia that we seem to have lost our way. But I am an eternal optimist &#8211; the glass is always half full even if I have to fill it myself and hope is the only thing I can fill it with. On that note, the best news in decades arrived last month &#8211;&nbsp;New Legislation&nbsp;at the Indian parliament that can drastically change the depressing scenario of crimes against animals in India is on its way. All I hope for is that it comes as soon as possible. If I can quickly break down all the legalese, when the new bill becomes law &#8211; minimum fines will go up (from Rs 10\/- now to Rs 1000\/- , jail terms are going up (from 3 months now to 6 months \/ 1 year) for smaller crimes, crimes will be graded on severity (from every crime being bucketed as animal-cruelty earlier to classification such as &#8216;gruesome cruelty&#8217;) and penalties for the more severe crimes would be a minimum of Rs 50000\/- with jail terms of unto 3 years and for killing of animals the fines can be unto Rs 100000\/- and a prison term of unto 5 years. A key clause defines &#8220;community animal&#8221; as any animal born in a community for which no ownership has been claimed by any individual or an organisation, excluding wild animals. This recognizes animals that were earlier unnoticed and makes them the responsibility of the State. Most importantly the bill will also recognise the globally accepted 5 freedoms of animals. I hope by Q2 of 2023 we will be writing about this bill having become law in India. Let&#8217;s raise a toast to that. As the lawmakers were busy, so were we this quarter. It was a fantastic one at BCI with so many projects coming to fruition that it is going to be tough to pick the ones to feature here.&nbsp; One of the BCI governing body members, Shri Kamlesh Jain (Jain Metal Group) has sponsored the complete renovation of our cattle sanctuary at Kunnam near Chennai. Improvements were long overdue and the place got a great makeover and the cattle are settling in to a better environment. 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