CARE For More - Expansion of Trauma Care Unit

There are a total number of 3,00,000 dogs in Bangalore as per the BBMP Census 2019. Given the numbers, it also means that the number of stray dogs suffering from injuries and illnesses, unattended on the street is also high. As validation to the fact, the CARE helpline receives over 200 calls a day. The current capacity of our treatment facility is for about 100. This gap in numbers, results in a back log that cases a subsequent delay in treatment and in some circumstances costing precious lives that could have been saved with timely treatment.

The approach at CARE to improve the lives of street animals is by running 2 helplines, 3 ambulances, a fully equipped trauma care unit, finding homes for some of them and sheltering those who have nowhere else to go.

The need to establish CARE stemmed from the realisation that the existing healthcare facility for these nobody’s animals was inadequate. So the heart of our work has always been trauma care. The goal was to provide the best of veterinary services to all animals that come to our gates, irrespective of their ownership status and so the focus and emphasis remains on upgrading our trauma care facility.

Our Current Concern and Prerogative is to undertake capacity building, as we have all other resources but seem to be facing a space crunch. Hence, our goal is to expand our currently existing facility to circumvent this issue, where dogs die not due to the severity of their illness but mainly due to the delay in receiving treatment, which is a bigger tragedy that is entirely avoidable.

To overcome this, we are looking at moving our existing isolation facilty to a newer location close to the main facility and make use of the vacated space to expand our trauma care and make room for more dogs. If we are able to raise funds to do this, we will be able to impact the lives of 200 dogs at any given point of time.

We hope to stay true to our motto of no dog left behind, by pushing our boundaries, thereby inching closer to our goal of universal coverage for our city’s dogs.