Our Needs
Structural and Equipment Needs
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- Larger, more isolated quarantine ward
- In-house dispensary for sick animals
- Extension of five feet to the height of the current boundary wall for security against fast increasing surrounding urban areas
- Wildlife rehabilitation enclosures for rabbits and other animals
- Training halls for workshops, seminars, etc. and kitchen
- Additional puppy enclosure
- Octagon house for the shelter dogs and abandoned ones not having any place
- Improved drainage system
- X-ray machine/autoclave/updated laboratory/operation tables/in-house dispensary
- Mobile gas anesthesia machines
- Additional land to accommodate expansion
Daily Needs
- Feed and Medicine expenses for an average number of shelter puppies - 17 puppies
- Feed and Medicine expenses for resident shelter dogs - 79 dogs
- Feed and Medicine expenses for resident kittens/cats - 40 kittens/cats
- Feed and Medicine expenses for shelter Parrots - 40 parrots
- Feed and Medicine expenses for Birds (Finches, Love Birds etc.) - 127 birds
- Feed and Medicine expenses for mongoose
- Feed and Medicine for tortoise-13 tortoise
- Feed and Medicine expenses for cattle - 600 cows and buffaloes
- Feed and Medicine expense for monkeys - 13 monkeys
- Wages for Workers
- Wages for Veterinarians
- ABC Dog Food and Medicines (numbers vary)
- ABC Cat Food and Medicines (numbers vary)
- Telephone Billand Maintenance
- Electricity expense
- Fuel Expenses / For all vehicles
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Office & Stationary expenses
- Contagious disease medicines
- Anti rabies shots for dogs and cats
- Yearly Vaccination costs for birds, monkeys, mongoose etc.,
- Yearly Vaccination costs per cow per year
- Suture materials for ABC Dogs, ABC Cats operation
- Cattle and critical operation costs on large animals
In-kind donations from local folk in Visakhapatnam
- rags, blankets and pillows for the animals
- bowls, vessels and containers for the animals
- mugs for visitors/staff
- gunny sacks
- cages,
- buckets, paint, brushes
- wires, mesh
- doors and windows
- hovels, brooms
- iron crow bars, poles
- gardening tools,
- newspapers,
- hosepipes,
- tarpaulins,
- chairs, tables
- detergents, cleaning items