Paws India
Bringing Hope to the homeless animals of India
Services
Blue Cross of India is actively involved in the following services:
- Animal Birth Control (ABC)
- Rescue and rehabilitation of injured or sick animals
- Veterinary services to pets
- Adoption drives for cats and dogs
- Shelters for large and small animals
- Training programs and Humane education
ABC Program
In 1964, the Blue Cross proposed that a more humane
and viable solution to prevent the visible increase in the number of street dogs
and the number of cases of human rabies was by a sustained catch-and-neuter
programme coupled with vaccination against rabies. It decided to call the
programme the Animal Birth Control programme or the ABC programme to show that
the control of the street dog population was as easy as ABC. More
on this immensely successful program.
Success Stories
INDIA: CHENNAI: ABC GETS A BIG BOOST FROM AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION
The Islamic festival Bakri Eid is celebrated among Moslems in India, just as it is by Moslems all over the world. During the festival, sadly, millions of goats are sacrificed to celebrate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael to God.
In the early nineties, as Blue Cross of India was intent upon working towards a no-kill city in Chennai (Madras), Al Hafiz Masri, the author of “Animals in Islam” visited Chennai to make a case among Muslims not to sacrifice goats for the festival, and to give gifts of sweets, instead of mutton, to honor the occasion. For the rest of the story, please click here.
