Dear Friends,

As you may know, since September Visakha SPCA has been hard at work helping our neighbors to the north in the state of Orissa, site of the worst flooding in 50 years. Our team has entered areas where there is no culture of helping non-property animals – where animals matter strictly for their practical value to people. This has afforded us a priceless opportunity to spread our message of compassion for all animals to the villagers whom we have helped to not only care for “their” animals, but for themselves with food, clothing and other basic necessities, provided to us by human aid groups anxious to leverage our capacity as frontline workers in flood-ravaged Orissa.

Villager gratefully receiving medicationfrom VSPCA team for cow

We want to show you what we see and feel as we bring life-saving relief to a beautiful region of rural India. Thanks to Flickr, we can...

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A note on our philosophy when doing natural disaster relief

Visakha SPCA believes that no animal should ever be used for food, profit or any other purpose detrimental to the animal's life and well-being. However, in situations such as those in Orissa, we believe the best ethical choice is to do as much as possible to prevent the death and relieve the suffering of farmed animals and other “livestock.” Unlike high-profile development agencies, we try to save every life-threatened farm animal when disaster strikes, not abandon and replace them. Through our interventions, we strive to set an example of compassion that will bring better conditions to animals today and in the years to come.

To continue helping us in our work, click here for your donation options. These are tough and sobering times worldwide for many. We are so grateful to all of you - our friends, supporters, so many of you selfless people devoted to the animals and all the beings. You are able to help us strengthen our hands greatly with your wisdom and generosity -- we appeal for your support.

On behalf of all of us at Visakha SPCA - especially our dedicated shelter managers Sarada Buddhiraju and JVVS Rajeskhar ...

Pradeep Nath, Founder and President, Visakha SPCA

EIleen Weintraub (USA), VSPCA Global Outreach

26-15-200 Main Road, Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh 530001, India
Tel: 91-891-2716124 (office) 2001046 (shelter)
http://visakhaspca.org

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