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Animals cannot help themselves
– they must depend on people who care to fight for
them. Since 1979 FRIENDICOES SECA (Society for the
Eradication of Cruelty to Animals) a registered
non profit charity (Registration no 10188) has been
dedicated to providing a voice for all the animals
who have been victims of neglect and cruelty.
In 2006 23,000 such abused, injured and abandoned
animals found refuge at our shelter or were treated and released and each year
this number increases. In a day FRIENDICOES receives
over 50 distress calls which brings in dogs with
maggot wounds, spinal chord injuries and fractured
legs, cats that have been attacked and injured by
dogs or run over by cars. Puppies and kittens are
left on our doorstep in boxes and sacks, old and
disabled pets are tied outside our shelter
or abandoned in the nearby parks for our volunteers
and staff to pick them up. Monkeys which are electrocuted
or beaten up are brought to us. Friendicoes has
handraised over 12 monkey babies whose mothers have
fallen prey to human cruelty or dog attacks or met
an accident and died, leaving the poor babies to
fend for themselves. We have also rescued more than
120 injured and abused monkeys, with the consequence
that we now shelter around 50 monkeys at our Gurgaon
sanctuary and the number is ever increasing.
Pedigreed dogs abandoned in their old age is a very
common sight at the FRIENDICOES shelter. Once the
animal gets prone to old age ailments or shows aggressive
behaviour the owner thinks its valid for him to
dump it at the shelter as the animal has become
more of a liability. Rabbits and Hamsters, are the
latest in the pet trade and are abandoned with us
the moment the first thrill of a novel pet lessens.
Donkeys and ponies, old and wounded are left along
the highway and brought to Friendicoes when a concerned
citizen alerts us. At any given time Friendicoes
City Shelter has in its care over 200 animals at
the City Shelter alone. We provide efficient veterinary
care, give them food and love, till they can be
re-homed, or sent to live out their lives at our
country shelter, while those in great pain, suffering
infectious and chronic diseases are mercifully
euthanized.
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