More than 70 bulls and 400 dogs suffering from different problems are given timely treatment and, if needed, given rehabilitation at the centre at Ranasinghpur near AIIMS, managed by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the People for Animals (PFA)
The list of benefitted animals does also include cats, monkeys, mongoose, squirrels and owls.
In-charge of the centre, Amulya Nayak, has become a popular figure for helping out animal lovers and also helping BMC, people from OUAT and the Veterinary Poly Clinic in Saheed Nagar to manage the animal care.
“I am happy that the BMC authorities and especially, Additional Commissioner Alok Kumar Kar are showing interest in the animal welfare measures and the BMC is helping us in logistics like the bull and cattle transport vehicle and providing other items for cleaning and purifying the premises at Ransinghpur,’’ said Nayak.
After treatment of the bulls, if there is any problem in the animal and the leg is to be amputated due to foot and mouth diseases spread or the bull develops paralysis due to neurological disorder etc, then the animals are kept inside the facility for their rehabilitation. Currently seven bulls and 12 dogs are staying inside the centre.
Interestingly, Amulya is managing the treatment with the help of two others, i.e. Maguni and loknath and takes the help of volunteers when lifting of bulls is needed. “We are managing our salaries from donations, so keeping more people would not help,’’ explained Amulya.
Apart from injured animals, the Ranasinghpur centre of BMC-PFA is also dealing with stray animals and after several days of stay kittens, cats are also getting the love of people as they come forward and adopt them.
“Recently we rescued a Persian cat and after treatment I made a post through my Facebook page that the cats need a loving person to be adopted. Interestingly, on August 21, Upadhi Upasana came and adopted the animal. In fact, we never tried to deal our rescued animals in commercial terms as the above cat could have fetched around Rs 20,000 in the market,’’ said Amulya.
The centre also receives kitten from different people, who do not want them in their homes.