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Name of the Organization People for Animals, Bangalore

Type of registration Trust

Registration No. with

date

183/98-99 DT: 18.11.1998

Registration Certificate

No.

80G

DIT€BLR/80G/®297/AAATP281Q/ITO

12A

TRUST/718/10A/VOLII/P-205/99-01/CIT-II DATED

26.08.1999

PAN NO.

AAATP2817Q

Registered Address

People for Animals, Bangalore

Adjacent to BGS Global

Hospital, Uttarahalli-Kengeri Main Road,

Kengeri, Bangalore 560060

Phone No.

9900025370, 9980339880, 080-28612767,

080 28611986, 7022877874

Website address http://www.peopleforanimalsbangalore.org/

People for Animals Annual Report - 2016 Page 1

People for Animals- Bangalore (PFA), is a non-profit conservation organisation working on the rescue and

rehabilitation of urban wildlife. People for Animals, Bangalore was formed in 1996, by Namrata Dugar, Alpana

Bhartia, Gauri Maini and Arushi Poddar, who were the pioneers.

People for Animals- Bangalore (PFA),works on promoting harmony between humankind and nature.PFA

recognizes that like us humans, animals too have the ability to experience pain, and as such they deserve

certain basic rights protecting them from pain caused by humans.

In the phase of the massive ecological problems that beset our country such as shrinking habitat, animal

sacrifices, cruelty to animals, extinction of wild species of flora and fauna, one can either despair, or act to halt

and reverse them. PFA has chosen to act.

We at PFA believe that animals should not be subjected to suffering and exploitation by humans because

alternatives exist for nearly every traditional "usage" of animals. The natural habitats and food sources for the

native fauna are constantly being eroded and these animals are being exposed to increasing risks from

predators and 'unnatural' dangers. Human cruelty accounts for many of the casualties brought in for care,

attention and rehabilitation.

The protection of nature and our physical environment from degradation is our primary necessity and

responsibility, if we and other life forms on this planet are to survive in the future. PFA is therefore committed to

protecting and saving the already degrading and threatened natural heritage of the country. The organization is

dedicated to the urgent action of conservation of the urban wildlife in the city of Bangalore.

PFA's principal concerns are crisis management and the provision of quick, efficient aid to those animals that

require it the most.


Mission:

"People for Animals, Bangalore" to be a Centre of Excellence and each injured or orphaned wildlife to be given

a chance to become healthy and each citizen to be sensitive to animal welfare and actively prevent acts of

cruelty and aid animals in distress. To strive for values that promotes ecological harmony.

Vision:

Bangalore has vast numbers of wildlife that get injured or orphaned because of urbanisation. The PFA Wildlife

Hospital exists for provision of quick, efficient aid to those urban wildlife that require it the most and to educate

and support a dynamic citizenry that prevents environmental degradation and animal cruelty.

Values:

Promote Honesty and Integrity in all our work

Commitment to have dynamic and motivated staff

Dedication to animal and environmental welfare

Innovate to provide cost effective solutions


Schools that visited PfA

PfA believes that awareness about animal welfare is most effective when disseminated

among children. At PfA, children understand in practicality what wildlife is and why it is

essential to co-exist.

Children are introduced to PFA and its work at the ‘Knowledge Centre’ post which they

are divided into groups and escorted around the shelter by the careful guidance of the

staff.


The tour around the 6 acre campus usually lasts about 2 to 2 and a half hours where the

children get to know the rescue stories of the in-care animals. The interactive session is

then followed by a Bird Workshop where a healthy bird resumes its flight back into the

skies. The children also participate in an awareness talk about snakes and what to do

when you sight a snake.

The learning experience ends with the children taking a pledge to protect and preserve

wildlife. They recognize that they need wildlife just as much as it needs them. They make a

promise to stand up against any atrocities committed against wildlife

List of Schools that visited PfA in 2016:

Trio World Academy Prerana Montessori Deepika School for special needs Jain Toddlers Candor International School Mitra Academy School Inventure Academy V. V International School Presidency School DAV Public School Capitol School


Companies/Organizations visits to PFA

Few of the IT Companies in Bangalore visited PFA as apart of their CSR activity and

helped in the shelter activities such as feeding of the animals, enrichment of animal

enclosures, aesthetics of the shelter, adoption etc.

Following are the Companies/Organizations that visited PfA:

1. Accenture

2. EMC corporation

3. Light of Life Foundation

4. Rotract Club of Brigade gate

5. IBS Business School

6. Mahabodhi Society

Awareness Events

An important part of PFA is its outreach/awareness events. This concentrates on

spreading awareness to people about various aspects like, using clay idols during Ganesha

festival instead of colored idols, what to do if one comes across a wildanimal, what to do

when you see an animal in distress or injured, what to do when you see a snake, why using

the Manja thread to fly kites kills countless birds every year etc. Though PFA works

extensively towards the rescue of Urban Wildlife, it gives equal importance to the rights of

domestic animals and ecology.


Awareness events were organized in the following places in 2016:

1. Bangalore Kite Flying festival

2. Sheshadripuram College’s annual fest

3. Environmental Organization Usiru Eco Fest

4. Hindu Spiritual and Social Fair

5. Snake awareness program at L&T

6. Snake awareness program at Kumaran’s School


Workshops/Training Programs at PFA

PFA believes that imparting practical knowledge is very essential for a better understanding of the subject.Workshops and training programs are thus conducted by the skilled staff of PFA ensuring 100 percent safety during the process. Workshops such as these have helped have more volunteers/ animal lovers rescue distressed animals across the city. Following Workshops were conducted at PFA in 2016: 1. Herps - knowing them better. (Herpetology workshop for veterinarians) 2. Volunteer Training Program – Rescue of Aves

3. Volunteer Training Program – Rescue of snakes

4. Meditation for staff – Mindfulness

Special Visits to PFA

1. The trustees of WRRC board visited PfA to understand how we operate and also

enrolled themselves as volunteers. They were also nominated as the advisory board

members.


PFA in the News

Till date PFA has rescued 21,000 animals. Among these, interesting and rare rescues

were picked and published by various newspapers. This helped in reaching larger

groups of people and informing them about us and our work. As a result, we had

more visitors, more rescue calls and more donations from people.

1. Kite awareness campaign hosted by PfA at Rotary club’s Bangalore kite flying

festival was covered in news channels like TV9, BTV, News 9, Janashri, Praja TV

2. Various articles and rescue stories about PFA was published in papers like Times

of India, The New Indian Express, Bangalore Mirror, The Hindu, Prajavani, City

Today etc.

3. PfA’s work was featured in Fever 104(Radio channel) and Praja TV(News

Channel)


Celebrations at PFA

The following festivals were celebrated at PFA in 2016

1. 15th of August, Independence Day

2. Ayudha Pooja

3. Nagapanchami

Rare rescues/Confiscations

2016 saw the rescue and confiscation of few animals that are rare visitors to PFA. Below

is the list for the same.

Rescue of anIndian Grey Mongoose- suspected to have fallenprey to animal

trafficking.

A Eurasian Eagle Owl rescued by an informer.

A barn swallow was rescued by our rescuer.

A wild hare bunny was rescued from Bangalore University campus.

A collared Scops owl was found with a fracture in its wing.

A white headed Babbler was rescued by an informer.

Brain fever bird was rescued from a residence in D C Halli.

An informer rescued Jerdon’s nightjar from the forest limits while travelling back to

Bangalore.

A jungle cat was rescued from a gutter in Yelahanka New Town

Confiscation of a plum headed parakeet in Kengeri.


A sun bird chick was rescued which had fallen off its nest in Electronic city.

A displaced Slender Loris was rescued a security room at palace grounds.

A juvenile green keel back was rescued from BGS Medical College.

2 peahens were rescued from Yelahanka and Bangalore University campus.

34 star tortoises that had fallen prey to smuggling were confiscated from BIAL and

released at Bannerghatta National park.

A saw scaled viper was rescued from Kariyanapalya.

A spotted dear was rescued from CRPF limits

4 neonates that lost their parents to tragic deaths were rescued and rehabilitated.

An Oriental White eyed chick was rescued at Kenchenhalli.

A yellow wattled lapwing was rescued from Rajankunte area.

An orphaned and injured Slender loris was rescued from Indian institute of science

premises.

A scoops owl’s chick was rescued from the Badminton club at Cubbon park.

3 barn owl chicks were rescued from a residence in HMT Bhavan

A Rufouse Bellied eagle was rescued from Eagleton resort

2 Coucal chicks found to have fallen off from their nest were rescued from Maruthi

layout.

A jackal was rescued from Byramangala village in Bidadi which had found company

of few dogs in a farm house.

A newborn pipistrelle bat pup was rescued from Basavanagudi.

8 Munia chick fledglings were rescued from a parking lot.

A red vented bulbul unable to fly was rescued back to PfA shelter.

A black forest scorpion was rescued by an informer found to be displaced in BGS

laboratory.

A spotted deer attacked by stray dogs was rescued and brought to PfA by students

of SJBIT College.

A purple rumped sunbird was rescued from BGS Hospital parking lot.

A displaced pond terrapin was rescued from J P nagar, near drainage.

A Tri colored munia was confiscated from a Pet shop in R R nagar.

An injured Indian Pitta was rescued by an informer found with its left wing injured.

A total of 6 parakeets were confiscated from parrot astrologers from various parts

of the city.

A juvenile jungle cat was found wandering by an informer, in a farm in Nelamangala

was rescued. The kitten was orphaned and displaced.


A Koi Karp fish with nose rings was confiscated from a pet shop.

A displaced juvenile civet cat was rescued from a residence in Mahadevpura.

7 eggs of Agama were rescued by a volunteer found while cleaning an empty plot.

A displaced flap shelled turtle was rescued from a street in Vidyaranyapura

A sub adult mottled wood owl was found to be immobile due to starvation was

rescued

A jungle warbler bird found to be dehydrated and in a state of shock was rescued

A sub adult bonnet macaque used for selfies was confiscated from M. G road

A spectacled cobra used by a snake charmer for donations was rescued from

Vijaynagar.

A spectacled cobra tied to a plastic bag by a few miscreants was rescued from

Uttarahalli main road

Rescue Statistics of 2016

Total Rescues - 2253

Mammals- 421 Aves- 1071 Reptiles- 761

Internship Programs

Students from India and abroad interned with PFA Bangalore as a part of their academic program. PFA always strives to excel as a place for learning. In this case, not just the students learn from the staff, but the staff gain new vibrant ideas from the interns.

The following interned with PFA in 2016: Dr. Alicia Chow - BVSc, Botswana DevinaViswanathan – B.A, College of the Atlantic, Maine, USA


Camel Fund

87 Camels were rescued from being illegally slaughtered from a slaughter house in

Hyderabad. PfA helped in raising funds to bring them to health and transport them to

Rajasthan. A total of 5 lacs were collected towards transportation, medication and food.


Miscellaneous

1. PfA veterinarian Dr. Karthik was invited to Karnataka Forestry College

Ponnampet to give a lecture on Biology and behavior of snakes.

2. Free Anti Rabies vaccination camp was setup on 2nd of October on the occasion of

World anti rabies day 28th September and also 2nd of October being Gandhi

Jayanthi for pets at PfA.

3. Honey Bee nature camp organized a nature walk to bring about awareness about

animal welfare.

4. 837 pets found a serene final resting place at PFA’s pet Cemetery in 2016.

5. As per CZA guidelines the master plan of People for Animals wildlife hospital

which includes the Infrastructure, operations, rescue and release statistics and a

brief background about PfA was submitted to Central Zoo Authority.

6. A Tetanus vaccination camp was conducted for all the staff at PFA.


Sl.N

o.

Name

Age

Gender

Occupation

Position in

the Board

Total amount

paid in last

financial year

(Rs.)

Form of

payment

Salary/Consu

ltancy/Honor

arium/Sitting

Fees/other(S

pecify)

1

Namrata Dugar 51 Female Business

Managing

Trustee NA NA

2

Alpana Bhartia

50

Female

Business &

Social Worker

Founder

Trustee NA NA

3

Gauri Maini Hira 47 Female

Facilitator

with Children

for Civil

Emotinal Well

Being

Trustee NA NA

4

Arushi Poddar 45 Female

Creative

Consultant

and Therapist

Trustee NA NA


Slab of gross monthly

salary (in Rs.) plus

benefits paid to staff

Male Staff

Female Staff

Total Staff

< 2500

< 7000 3 2 5

< 15000 4 1 5

< 30000 8 4 12

< 50000 1 1 2

>/ 50000 - - -


Expenses incurred(forlast

three Financial Year)

2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014

Amount (in

Rs)

Site/location Amount (in

Rs)

Site/location Amount (in

Rs)

Site/location

Construction of LifeTime

Care Enclosures

Rs 5,78,000/= PFA Shelter

Bangalore

Construction of basking,

bathing and feeding station

Rs 95,000/= PFA Shelter

Bangalore

Construction of X-Ray

Room with Equipment and

Rs.

3,02,000/=

PFA Shelter

Bangalore

Years (last three years) 2013 2014 2015 2016

Total Income 41,50,190/- 66,69,789/- 66,13,159/- 97,09,916

Total Expenditure 37,07,592/- 57,97,023/- 62,30,028/- 83,04,420

RECEIPTS (for last three Financial Year) 2013 2014 2015 2016

Self Generated (fees/ subscriptions/ interest/ community

contributions etc)

4,38,242/- 5,71,141/- 6,40,235/- 11,39,792

Donations from Indian individuals 37,11,948/- 60,98,648/- 59,72,924/- 85,70,124

Donations from foreign individuals (under FCRA) - - - -

Grants from Indian sources (trusts/ govt/ companies/

foundations)

Nil so Far Nil so Far Nil so Far Nil so Far

Grants from International sources (under FCRA) - - - -

TOTAL RECEIPTS


Accessories

Construction of Quarantine

Room

Rs.

45,000/=

PFA Shelter

Bangalore

Construction of Storage,

Post Mortem Room

Rs.

45,000/=

PFA Shelter

Bangalore

Soil Conservation; Planting

of indigenous fruit bearing

trees; Tree Inventory

Rs 3,00,000/=

PFA Shelter

Bangalore

Rs

1,00,000/=

PFA Shelter

Bangalore

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