MAITRI Animal Care Programme
To report an animal in need of assistance in Bodhgaya, please call the MAITRI Animal Care Programme on one of the numbers below.
(91) 631-220-0841, (91) 980-185-9824
MAITRI Animal Care Programme in Bodhgaya, India focuses on various social welfare projects, including medical care programs, education, and community outreach in Bodhgaya, India. They look after dogs, goats, horses, bullocks, rabbits, roosters, and several fish.
They are located at Bodhgaya, Gaya Distt in Bihar.

Key Takeaways
* Provides care, support, and advocacy for animals in need, emphasizing compassion and ethical treatment.
* Operates a shelter for stray dogs and rescued goats in Bodhgaya, India.
* Focuses on educating the local community about animal welfare and responsible pet ownership.

MAITRI Animal Care Programme Mission
MAITRI Animal Care Programme alleviates the suffering of animals, promotes their well-being, and creates a society where animals are treated with compassion and dignity. Their program strives to provide a nurturing haven for stray dogs and rescued goats, offering them a second chance at a life free from suffering.

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Providing Shelter and Care
Established with a compassionate vision, MAITRI Animal Care Programme has been operating a shelter for stray dogs and rescued goats since 1994. Whether injured, abandoned, or stray, MAITRI’s animal shelter provides a nurturing environment where animals receive proper care, shelter, and nourishment.

Medical Care and Sterilization
MAITRI Animal Care Programme focuses on addressing the medical needs of animals in Bodhgaya, India. The rescued animals are given medical treatments, and vaccinations, and kept at the Centre.

Community Education and Awareness
MAITRI Animal Care Programme educates the local community about animal welfare and responsible pet ownership. Through workshops, seminars, and outreach initiatives, MAITRI engages with individuals of all ages to raise awareness about the needs and rights of animals.

MAITRI Animal Care Programme Objectives
MAITRI Animal Care Programme’s objectives are to establish and promote veterinary care programmes, establish and maintain shelters for stray animals, and promote humane treatment of animals. Notably, the program goes beyond just sheltering these animals; it actively seeks to find loving homes for them within the local community.

MAITRI Animal Care Programme Initiatives
MAITRI Animal Care Programme works towards achieving its mission through various steps including:
– Runs a shelter for stray dogs and rescued goats
– Vaccinate and care for rescued animals at the Centre.
– Collaborates with local families for the adoption of animals.
– The dogs are not confined unless temporarily for health or socializing reasons.
– Maintains a secure enclosure (including a quarantine area) for goats and all herbivores are taken outside every afternoon to graze.
– Provides a kennel as a hospitalization ward for dogs and quarantine for new animals since 2004.

MAITRI Animal Care Programme Initiatives (cont.)
– A stable has been constructed for the rescued horses.
– In 2004 a clinic room was set up and equipped at MAITRI headquarters for day veterinary clinics and surgery.
– Runs an ABC (animal birth control) program with camps for the stray dogs of the province and routine clinic sterilizations held whenever veterinary surgeons, generally from abroad, are available since 2003.
– Runs a Veterinary Care program that provides a veterinary clinic at its headquarters and mobile clinics in villages since 2005.
– Manages a watering point for cattle and stray dogs built outside its campus since 2007.
– Provides assistance to pets from the outside community since 2004.
– Runs a Veterinary Education program on animal welfare and treatment targeting villagers and school children since 2005.

MAITRI Animal Care Programme: Measurable Outcomes and Impact
MAITRI looks after dogs, goats, horses, bullocks, rabbits, roosters, and several fish. They provide basic veterinary care to small animals through a trained veterinary nurse and occasional volunteer veterinary surgeons. Privately owned animals are treated, but only street or stray animals have free medicines.
MAITRI has provided treatment and humane advice for hundreds of animals from the local community in its clinic. They also provide basic veterinary care for internal parasites and skin diseases to remarkably increase the quality of life of individual stray dogs in a very short time.
MAITRI jeep for mobile clinics for working animals (horses, donkeys, cattle) doubles up as vehicles to collect animals for sterilization. Their mobile clinics have assisted cows/bullocks/ buffaloes, goats, horses, pigs, and other animals. MAITRI also shares veterinary education through its field workers in thousands of villages, particularly for local farmers.

MAITRI sterilization program
MAITRI Animal Care Programme has carried out the sterilization of many animals at its clinic and in rural areas. They run Sterilization Camps for street dogs, during which strays are sterilized, vaccinated against rabies, and returned to their territories when healed. MAITRI sterilization program follows strict ethical standards of medical and humane treatment of animals.

Be a part of the MAITRI Animal Care Programme
If you feel inspired by MAITRI Trust’s mission and would like to make a difference in the lives of animals, here are some ways to be a part of their mission:
– Make a financial donation today to MAITRI Charitable Trust
– Consider bequeathing a donation to MAITRI in your will/legacy
– Sponsor an animal’s upkeep for only US$/Euro80 per year
– If visiting Bodhgaya, MAITRI invites you to visit the leprosy center, the mother and child care and TB clinics, the village schools, and the animal clinics
– Set up a Friends of MAITRI group in your area or country

Follow the MAITRI Animal Care Programme On Social Media
Website: https://www.maitri-bodhgaya.org/home/animal-care/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Maitri-Charitable-Trust-237420572996205/
$ Donate: https://www.maitri-bodhgaya.org/home/supporting-maitri/


