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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.

Rescued dogs and in-patients enjoying the sun in winter
Rescued dogs and in-patients enjoying the sun in winter (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Feeding stray dog at MAITRI Animal Care Programme
Feeding stray dog (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Dog in a box
Dog in a box (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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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.

Rescued animals at the shelter
Rescued animals at the shelter (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Feeding stray dogs MAITRI Animal Care Programme
Feeding stray dogs (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Goat drinking water from The watering point for the community cattle
The watering point for the community cattle (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Rescued dog under treatment at animal clinic
Rescued dog under treatment at animal clinic (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Rescued dog at MAITRI Animal Care Programme shelter
Rescued dog at MAITRI shelter (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

The surgery tent by MAITRI Animal Care Programme
The surgery tent (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

Giving first-aid to injured cow
Care of community animals (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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.

The pre-sterilization tent by MAITRI Animal Care Programme
The pre-sterilization tent (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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

Goats enclosure
Goats enclosure (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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/

Feeding stray dogs
Feeding stray dogs (Photo Courtesy of MAITRI Animal Care Programme)

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