People For Animals - India's largest Animal welfare organization by Maneka Gandhi

Village Uthman distt. Sirohi Rajasthan, having all types of livestock specially sheep and goat with large number, cows, buffaloes and camels. In this area  people  from jain community are very much lover of animals and they are all time ready to do help for the needy and poor animals. As far as concern with animal owners, one big community that is rebari having lot of cows and sheep and goats in thousands of number and other caste also having good no. of animals. This area of Rajasthan is coming under tribal belt.

As we done in last October third week, veterinary and animal welfare camp in this village. By that camp we helped so many animals. After that camp we had lot of appreciation from animal owners of this village and those are in need for their animals. And  animal lovers of this village and from near villages  specially from jain community was also  so much happy with  effort of pfa Sirohi and animal husbandry deptt sirohi. (Especially Government veterinary Clinic, Palri (m) nearby Uthman)

In that camp when donors visited camp site and seen the work of veterinarian and pfa workers, they were very happy and announce next 3 days camp in this village, for the help of animals of this village and also nearby 5-7 villages specially for animals those were not benefited in that camp and if there any animal require any surgical process.

After this announcement by few animal lovers from this village, pfa team sirohi, govt. vet from palri (m) Dr. Aves khan, started planning to arrange 3 days camp in uthman village.

One important thing regarding camp is that few priests from jain community were also very interested for this 3 days camp activity, that’s why they met us many times before camp dates, and they came at camp site on every day of camp and one of them who is very much impressed by pfa work was stayed there to see complete surgical process of one buffalo. He was also done great job that is he was given message to Jain people to come forward for the help of animals. And few people same time announced next camp expected in April 2012.   

As we received date from donors for this camp (because their religious function was also coming in December), so after finalization of dates, we have prepared a 4 banner  with full of activities and dates and pamphlets with dates and names of staff (veterinary).

We as a pfa team with help of vet. from govt. clinic started campaigning for this camp in uthman village and near villages are as follows  bagsin, palri (m), posaliya, panchdeval, radbar, choolii. We visited all the school of these villages, and met with students and teacher  and also done meeting with sarpanch (democratic leader of village or we can say jan pritinidhi). And we hired  an vehicle with recorded audio cd with details of camp and  dates, one more interesting thing is that one person from uthman village who is belongs to rebari community and working as peon in govt. school, was voluntarily join us for the help in camp and also in campaigning as he was belong to rebari community, our message in rebari people  was easily dispersed and by this effort outcome was great  all the rebari owners came with their animals camp site.  

After with full efforts we started 3 days camp, for this camp animal husbandry deptt. Sirohi deputed 4 veterinarians 4 vet. assistants 6 assistant  Workers.

In 3 days camp we have attend 3840 animals. Out of this figure we have treated around 223 animals and 40 animals were treated for infertility, 5 animals were passed through surgical processes, vaccination for the camels  for surra are 107, vaccination for cattle and buffaloes around 110 and ETV for sheep and goat around 2780 and large and small animal dosing (deworming) 1727.

Special features of camps that we have treated 2 horses, one elephant and one dog and one crow(bird), one wild cow, one vulture

Note: some sheep and goats are common for etv and deworming

Highlights on PFA works:  In last 13 yrs (1998 to currently) we have organized 151 camps for the animal welfare in tribal belt. In these camps total 2, 95,031 animal are benefitted and 10010 animal owners of 151 villages are benefitted.