This Companion Animal Care directory is presented to help people seeking reliable resources, tips, and information for companion animals.
Caring for cats in India is challenging. To begin with, having cats as companion animals is a relatively new concept. As a result, there is a great need to educate the population about how to care for cats. Also, there are few veterinarians who know how to treat cats or perform spay and neuter.
Eileen Weintraub, founder of Help Animals India, a nonprofit organization
based in Seattle, says. "If you travel to India, you'll see many suffering
and stray cats in the large cities with few organizations to help them. Cats
are forced to survive very hostile conditions and are victims of extreme
weather, including cyclones and monsoon, poisoning, vehicle accidents and
attacks by dogs and monkeys. In rural areas cats lead a more natural life
but with almost no help from humans. Further people are superstitious
towards cats. They think they are unlucky so it is hard to get community
support."
Programs in India that Helps Animals India supports:
Animal welfare groups in India need supplies
Help Animals India raises funds to support the emerging animal welfare organizations India and purchase supplies to help rescue and rehabilitate street cats.
Items that Indian organizations need for cats that are not available in India are:
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