Integrated Animal Care

Timings and Location(s)

Integrated Animal Care (IAC) is a service of the Auroville community in Tamil Nadu, South India, about 15 km north of Puducherry. Its Centre is located on a 6.000 sqm open field on the road between the villages of Edyanchavady and Koot Road. It is open weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm. It has a clinic with an employed veterinary doctor. At the Center, there are about 25 resident dogs.

Office: 0091-413 - 29 19 268

e-mail: integrated_animal_care@yahoo.co.in

Aims and Objectives

Integrated Animal Care was founded in 2005 with the following 5 point program:

• sterilization
• anti-rabies vaccination
• medical care
• adoption of unwanted puppies
• education outreach

The program is still current. IAC has so far organized and paid for (till August 2010):

• 1.000 dog sterilizations
• 500 dog anti-rabies vaccinations
• Provided medical care through either an employed vet or at Dayakara, a private animal care centre run by a Swiss couple or by calling a vet from Puducherry or bringing the animal to the Govt. hospitals or private vets, also in  Puducherry.
• Numerous unwanted puppies have been adopted, cared for, giving them shelter or distributing them to interested families or single persons. These puppies are often dumped and found at the roadside in the hot sun. Since they are very often too early taken away from their mother they do not survive. Adult stray dogs are another daily reality in our bioregion, which are forced to live a miserable life..
• Currently education outreach is another daily informal thing in the interaction with people.

Members and Affiliations

Rita, an Indian-French woman living in Auroville since 1980, followed up on the initiative of Ann, a very compassionate New Zealand Aurovilian, who passed away in 2005. Ratna, a German, living in AV since 1987, Njal, a German in AV since 1990 and Lorraine from the USA in AV since 2006 are organizing together the herculean work with the help of one employed Veterinary doctor, two Tamil workers and one volunteer from France, who also lives at the Center. More willing helpers and easier access to funds are needed.

Infrastructure

The Clinic at IACC (Integrated Animal Care Centre')' is being extended and electric connection has been installed thanks to a donation of a generous German animal lover. The centre still has no running water, but only a handpump. Also a small van as an ambulance was donated by the same donor to this project. The Center consists of a few huts functioning as 'Clinic', 'Paravet - Lorraine's accommodation, volunteer Roland's accommodation, watchman Thulasi's accommodation, storeroom, office, bathroom + toilet, plus 2 shelters for dogs.

For now, the group provides beside an own vet in their clinic a list of 14 vets that can be either called or the animals brought to them or to the Dayakara Dispensery at the Hope Road, opp. Auro Orchard. They reccomend also the Govt. Hospitals in Puducherry for medical treatment with the followig addresses:
1) Animal Husbandry & Animal Welfare, Mariamalai Adigal Salai, Puducherry (near Mass Hotel), ph.: 220 68 89, 22032 16. (For emergency 24 hours, for normal cases from 9 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm)
2) Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Mettupalayam, Puducherry 9, ph.: 227 51 97 (treatment 9am to 12 pm)

To contact us please call IAC at 29 19 268  or Lorraine 9655933914 (paravet) before bringing your dogs/puppies for treatment.

If you are interested in animals feel welcomed to contact us over the above phone numbers plus Rita's 262 2234 or e-mails. you also can visit the following website, especially, if you are a guest in Auroville and might like to work with us for some time:

www.aurovilleguestservice.org/opportunities/animal-care

If you want to help financially you can donate inside of Auroville at the Financial Service directly to our Account 10 3111 or from abroad over the AVI Centres. Some countries allow a tax deduction for it.

(This page was updated on 24th of May 2013)