Animal Nepal, whose animals you support, at its Dukuchhap Animal Sanctuary, want to say to you, “We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Animal Aid Abroad for their continued financial support in the running and maintenance of the sanctuary for our rescued equines in Dukuchhap.”

At any one time, the Dukuchhap Animal Sanctuary houses and cares for a variety of animals, including equines, donkeys, mules, goats, bulls, ducks and chickens.

Here is the sanctuary’s update for March, and we hope this helps you to see the great difference your funds have made to the animals:

March was mostly a nice month for our sanctuary animals, especially with the start of spring, with lots of nice weather and fresh green grass for the horses to consume to their hearts’ content.

Unfortunately, our senior horse Paulie (who was the best friend of our recently departed Jackie) suffered an unfortunate accident, when she tripped on the ground and fractured her back left leg. It’s a complete fracture as diagnosed by our senior vets who have plastered the fracture, and we are waiting to see how well she responds to it. Given her age, our vets feel that her recovery might be a long one. We will keep you updated on Paulie.

*Paulie with our Caretaker and Vet after her treatment*

There was also a buffalo rescued from a live animal transportation truck, adding a new sanctuary member, Lakshmi.

We have a program for farm animal welfare which includes monitoring of the trucks and advocating for better conditions for the live transportation of animals like Lakshmi. Our field team send us regular updates from the checkpoints and while almost all the trucks transport the animals (mostly buffaloes and goats) in awful conditions, Lakshmi's case stood out particularly because she had collapsed on the floor of the truck and was being trampled on by the other animals. She also had open wounds - we just couldn't unsee this, so even though we knew we would face a lot of opposition from the government agencies and the business owners, we made the decision to rescue Lakshmi. It was not an easy task and we faced a lot of hostility from the above-mentioned groups but we believed that it was worth it, if it meant being able to give at least one of them the opportunity to live. Sadly, the others in the trucks have all since been killed in the slaughterhouses.

*One of our newest sanctuary members, Lakshmi – a buffalo rescued from a live*
*animal transportation truck*

All our other animals are in very good health and continue to have a nice and peaceful life at the sanctuary. It’s particularly nice to see animals of different species interact and get along with each other, which is always a particularly heartwarming sign. This month, we also had visitors from the US, one of whom was a veterinary radiologist who has expressed an interest in supporting our work with animals.

Each animal’s life saved is important to us. It means one less animal is suffering from pain, abuse, or suffering. Thank you so much for helping us support our partners such as Animal Nepal.

Animal Nepal, Dukuchhap Animal Sanctuary, March update

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