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EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR ANIMALSInterim Report Mid June 2015

3 Summary

5 Nepal Earthquake Appeal

6 Major Interventions

7 Brick Factory outreach

11 Treatment of dogs

13 Lost and found dog

14 Health camp and ABC programme in

Earthquake affected areas

16 Treatment of livestock

26 Workshops and protocols

28 Staff support

30 Disaster preparedness at Animal Nepal

Shelter

32 Reconstruction isolation units

33 Conclusion

Summary.....................................

EARTHQUAKERELIEF FOR

ANIMALS

The earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday April 25 left a trail of devastation. Apart from hundreds of thousands of people, countless animals were affected too.

Animal Nepal launched an Emergency Appeal to respond to the crisis through donation and volunteer appeal. We even organized various workshops and launched major protocols in the treatment of livestock with the help of world vets volunteers.

Reaching out to the forgotten victims of the earthquake, Animal Nepal in the wake of the disaster treated more than 400 animals.

Three veterinary teams visited Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Dhading, Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot and Rasuwa to help farm and pet animals. They witnessed the loss of farmers as their lives are fully dependent on their animals who have always been their main source of income.

Although Animal Nepal was ready to treat sick and injured canines, it found that stray dogs suffered relatively less casualties. “Dogs are very intelligent creatures, who seem to know where to run for safety”, explains Kafle. The twenty cases that were treated included broken limbs and open wounds.

Animal Nepal soon will be conducting a Vaccination and Animal Birth control camp at affected villages of Lalitpur.

3 Earthquake Relief For Animals | June 2015 | Animal Nepal

4 Earthquake Relief For Animals June 2015 Animal Nepal

A special website was set up to connect people who lost and found dogs after the earthquake. Ads were put in various newspapers. We got a huge reponse over those ads and luckily we were able to reunite a few worried owners with their pets.

With the help of two livestock vets from World Vets, Animal Nepal mobilized three teams to reach out to injured livestock in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Dhading and Sindhupalchowk. Around 400 animals were treated 7 districts and more than 30 different places.

The teams were shocked by the severity of the injuries. They came across broken spines and broken limbs, and treated various cases of pneumonia and diarrhea.

In order to build local capacity, protocols on limb casting and downer cows were developed and two workshops benefiting 30 (student) veterinarians organized.With the help of the media and Dr Narayan Ghimire from the Nepal Vet Council a sensitization programme was organized to inform people about the burying of dead animals. Radio stations and newspapers reported widely about the importance and different techniques of carcass removal.

Making sure remaining animals survive is crucial for long term sustainability. We are trying to draw attention of all government and aid agencies to consider Veterinary aid, animal feed and shelter needs in their upcoming relief programmes.


Nepal earthquake appeal

We at Animal Nepal were very lucky that there was not much damage to our office besides falling down of the isolation unit of donkey sanctuary and one of the dog shed at Chobar animal shelter. There has also been few cracks on our Sanctuary walls.

Sadly some of our equine shelter and outreach programme staff lost their homes during the killer quake. Tara, Hari Krishna and Shankar's homes were destroyed. Luckily none of their families got hurt.

After reviving from our loss when we geared back to helping animal victims we were left speechless with their conditions. Hence, considering all situation and the loss, Animal Nepal focused on

four major interventions:1.Staff support:Five of our staff members lost their homes. Vet technicians Tara, Hari Krishna, Santosh and Shankar has become homeless. The homes of Uttam, Suman and Mohan are partly destroyed. There was damage to the homes of other staff too.

2.Emergency outreach:Animal Nepal aimed to conduct emergency camps in the brick factories and mostly affected villages of Lalitpur district. When the earthquake struck most equines and their caretakers were at work, and suffered injuries or the loss of shelter. Also, many houses in villages such as Harisiddi and Bungamati collapsed, and especially stray dogs and livestock

suffered. The Animal Nepal team, with the support of overseas vets offered their support.

3.Reconstruction:The earthquake destroyed the isolation unit at our donkey sanctuary and partly collapsed the isolation unit at the dog shelter. Rebuilding these, buying a solar fridge for vaccines and power back up systems were among our major need.

4.Community member support:Animal Nepal was approached by countless community members for support. Some were unable to take care of their sick pets and ask for temporary shelter. Others bring injured animals or ask us to come and treat community dogs and pets on the street. Extra funds were needed for this.

BrICk FaCtOrY OutreaCh

lOst aNd FOuNd dOg

treatmeNt OF lIvestOCk

treatmeNt OF dOgs

dIsaster preparedNess at aNImal Nepal

shelter

Workshops and protocols Staff SuppoRt

HEALTH/ VACCINATION CAMPS AND ABC IN AFFECTED VILLAGES

ReconstRuction

isolation units

MAJOR INTERVENTIONS


BRICK FACTORY OUTREACHWith the help of 'The Donkey Sanctuary UK', Animal Nepal was able to provide relief materials to over 50 families and 500 equines working in brick factories in Lalitpur district. Since most chimneys and shelters had collapsed immediate relief was needed to prevent disease and starvation.

The relief goods included tarpaulins, donkey food, rice, lentils, salt, noodles, oil, rehydration salts and medicines like paracetamol, metronidazole, dettol hand wash etc. The team managed to provide food supplies and two tarpaulins per owner but the exact quantity varied

according to their loss and size of their family.

Since the equine owners of Kantipur Brick factory suffered the greatest loss and because they came from a poor family background, our team distributed extra relief materials here which included juices, extra medicines and tarpaulins and food materials. Undoubtedly, the relief has eased their living to some extent.

Nutritious feed was handed over for the equines and tarpaulins for their temporary shelter. The injured animals were given extra care with regular follow up treatment.

FACTS and NUMBERS

Total Brick factories this season (operating): 15

Total number of equine owners: 46

Total number of working animals: 585 equines

Relief distribution: 15 brick factories

Total death of working animals: 3 (UK Brick Factory)

Animals injured: More than 25 (UK, Shree no.1 and Bajra Brick Factory)


TREATMENT OF DOGSA relatively low number of deaths and injuries were found among stray dogs during the earthequake compared to livestock. According to Uttam Kafle, Director of Animal Nepal, “Dogs are very intelligent creatures, who seem to know where to run for safety”. Altogether twenty cases were treated post earthquake where most of the cases were broken limbs and open wounds.

Some amazing rescues were carried out during the relief program. In coordination with World vet Volunteers, a female dog was rescued from a sewage at Balkumari. Kudos to Dr Suman Khadka and Springer Browne who managed to get her out. The dog was examined and appeared in a good condition.

Another dog was found limping along the road at Harisiddi, with her left front leg's broken bones sticking out. She was pulled out from the rubble of a collapsed building 3 days after the quake. Sadly no one informed us about her plight and we only found her 3 weeks later. After Dr.Sunil Thapa found that Siddhi's metacarpal bone was exposed and the radius and ulna fractured is various places. He amputated her leg and treated the large wound on her neck, after which she quickly recovered.


Fig. Siddhi a female dog whoose leg was amputed after she leg was fractured during the earthquake

Fig. A female dog was rescued from a sewage at Balkumari by Dr.Suman Khadka and Wrold vet volunteer Dr.Springer Brown.

LOST AND FOUND DOGS

Though relatively low number of canines were afftected during the earthquake we faced a new problem of the disaster in the dogs that were the lost pets in the streets.

Animal Nepal therefore released a new website called www.lostandfoundnepal.org that could help pet owners who have lost a pet - find them, and also help people who have found a pet - find their rightful owner. This site also has a section for user-to-user adoptions, and a forum for pet owners to discuss issues, as well as general information regarding pet safety.

With the help of the site we were able to unite 3 people with their lost pets and we have been receiving numerous calls and messages regarding the lost dogs.


VACCINATION CAMPS ANd ABC IN AffeCTed VIllAgeS

A team of committed volunteers and Animal Nepal staffs including Sony KC from KU, Dr Sunil, Mohan and Ram Chandra from Animal Nepal and the IAAS Rampur student team: Asmita, Sonia, Sujan, Arbindra, Amik, Akansha, Nisha and Samiksha reached out to pets and stray dogs in Bungamati, the 'classic medieval' village that was reduced to rubble during the earthquake.

The team vaccinated more than 90 dogs against rabies, and rescued an injured goat. After the quake pets live with their families under tarpaulins.

Stray dogs now share the limited open space with thousands of homeless people.

Our team also geared to vaccinate around 60 stray dogs at Dhapakhel area. The team was voluntarily supported by students from Rampur College. The camp was organized in response to a suspected rabies case reported

in the area. With the dog catching net and the grasper donated by Krishna Chinny the vaccination camb became much more easy and successful.

Bungamati and Dhapakhel area being one of the most earthquake struck places in lalitpur we organized a vaccination camp in those places.

Fig. Dhapakhel camp vaccinated around 30 stray dogs. The team was supported by students of Rampur college.

Fig. Bungamati camp supported by Rampr students vaccinated around 77 stray dogs.


Fig. Dhapakhel camp vaccinated around 30 stray dogs. The team was supported by students of Rampur college.

Animal Nepal at the end of June will be conducting a dog health camp and Animal Birth Control programme in the major earthquake affected areas including Bungamati, Chapagoan, Dapakhel, Harisiddi, Taiba of Lalitpur district.

Even though people were forced to stay under Tarpaulins on the open street we were more than happy to see them bringing their pets with them. Their love towards their pet has only encouraged us to help them more in every way possible.

And with ABC programmes we aim to control the dog population that are much likely to increase after the family has sifted all their pets to the street. Also most of the pets have lost their home and they too have ended up on the streets and since the mating season has strated it has become really challenging for us to control street dog population.


Working out of our comfort zone.

Animal Nepal treated around

200 livestoke injured during the

earthquake. We were volunteerily

assisted by World vets and

Maharastra team from various

organizations like PAWS Dombivli,

Peoples for Animal Welfare and

Shree Ramanugraha Trust. During

their volunteership Animal Nepal

got an oppertunity to learn many

things regarding livestock and

large animals health problems and

treatment.

Three veterinary teams visited

Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Dhading,

Nuwakot, Rasuwa and

Sindhupalchowk to help farm

animals. “Many people consider

animals less important but to

farmers their livestock are essential

to their survival”, says Director

Uttam Kafle.

TreATMeNT Of lIVeSTOCk


Fig. With the help of World vet volunteers Dr.Springer Browne and Dr.Ben Brown Animal Nepal vets treated farm animals including cows, buffolos, goats and pigs.

DhaDIng: aamdanda, pokhari Village, Mulabari and other nearby village.

SInDhupalchok: Melamchi, Sangle Bhangyang, talamarang, Buspark, phatkeswar chautara, Jalbire, phulping Danda and pangretar.

RaSuwa: Dhunche & laharopauwa.

nuwakot: tupche, Batrawati & Jiling villages.

kathManDu: goaldhunga, Sangla, krishna galli, kumaltar, Balaju, aryaltar

lalItpuR: Bungamati, lamatar, lakuri Vanjyang harisiddhi, Babiya gaun, gotikhel, Bungmati and 15 brick factories from lalitpur.

BhanktapuR: Random affected areas in coordination with Bhaktapur animal welfare Society.

OUr eArTHQUAke relIef COVerAge:


• Starting from the 2nd day of the

disaster Animal Nepal team visited

Gautam Buddha brick factory,

Bolbom Brick factory, RM brick

factory, BBM brick factory and

Kantipur brick factory. 3 equines

in these factories were killed and

6 equine had minor injuries which

were treated by our vets.

• The Animal Nepal team and

St Xaviers' school volunteers

distributed relief good to equine

owners and handlers in Lalitpur's

brick factories. The materials are

supported by the kind assistance

of The Donkey Sanctuary. We

handed out rice, lentils, salt,

noodles, oil, rehydration salts,

etc. We continued to visit the

remaining brick factories. A total

of 500 needy people in 15 factories

will be reached.

• The team of Dr. Springer Browne,

Dr. Suman Khadka and Dr. Ben

Brown treated a cow whose back

leg had been fractured during

the quake. Another down cow

case was treated the same day

following an anorexia case in a

goat.

• Mohan Maharjan, Dr. Sunil

Thapa and Santosh Gautam

treated a malnourished goat with

severe leg injury.

• A female dog was rescued from

inside sewage at Balkumari by

Dr Suman Khadka and Springer

Browne. The dog was examined

and appeared in a good condition.

A dog with spinal injury and a calf

with a muscle injury was treated

later the same day.

MAJOr INTerVeNTIONS:


• The Animal Nepal team reached

Lubhu and Lamatar to support

the villagers and their injured farm

animals. In the village of our vet

tech Hari Krisha, whose house

was leveled, cows and pigs were

treated, and advice given on how

to keep the farm animals safe and

healthy. Sadly countless farm

animals lie buried under debris.

The team included volunteer Dr

Springer Browne and volunteer

driver Bikalpa Rajbhandari.

• Dr. Sunil & Santosh Sapkota

handled 7 dog injury cases from

Lalitpur. The injuries were 2 leg

fracture, 2 head injury, 1 eye

injury, 1 spinal injury and 1 flesh

wound.

• Dr. Attish Yadav in coordination

with Baktapur animal welfare

society treated 3 calve cases at

Bhaktapur. 2 calves had open

flesh wound and one calf had leg

fracture case. The calf was found

on the road of Suryabinayak and

was immediately sent to BAWS

for the treatment.

• Dr Suman Khadka and Suraj

Thapa handled 5 injury cases

in Kathmandu where 4 of them

were claves and 1 dog. 4 calves

with downer syndrome, spinal

injury and a calf with leg injury

was treated and a dog with skin

infection was treated.

• Another downer cow was treated

at Goldhunga by Dr.Sunil Thapa

and Suraj Thapa.


• Animal Nepal in coordination with BVS Nepal

went for the distribution of relief materials and

to provide medical support to the animal victims

in Dhading district. We covered two villages of

Dhading, Mulabari and Kalidhunga. Dr.Suman

Khadka and World vet volunteers Dr.Ben and

Dr.Springer treated around injured 50 animals

including 13 cows, 11 buffalos, 7 pigs, 17 goats

and 1 dog.

• Another 85 animals were treated in Dhading,

Mulabari including 73 goats, 4 buffalos, 6 cows,

3 dogs and 1 chicken. Among them most of the

cases were Anorexia, fever, nasal discharge,

down cow, eye infections, leg injury, diarrhea,

fracture and leg injury and skin infection.

• Our team hurried to Dhading to help a cow that

had been buried under the rubble of a house for

three days in a row, got dug out but was unable

to get up. When they reached Amale Goan in

Deurali Danda 13 days after the earthquake it

seemed she would not be able to make it after all.

However, the cow got a new lease on life when

after providing her with medication the team

helped her up. She drank some water and ate

some food for the first time since the traumatic

quake.


• 5 cows and 8 goats were treated

in Kathmandu by team of two

vets Dr. Attish Yadav and para vet

Shankar Sapkota in Goldhunga,

Sangla, and Kathmandu. All the

goats suffered from pneumonia

and most of the cases in cow

were road accident, downer

syndrome, mastitis and stress

and hip dislocation.

• Another cow injury case from

Dharmasthali where our vet Sunil

Thapa treated a wounded cow.

She had a big cut on her neck

due to the falling off of the roof. Dr

Thapa has provided her with anti

biotic and painkillers.

• The team including Dr Attish,

technician Tara, Hari, volunteer

Bikalpa and students of St.Xaviers

distributed 100 sacks of equine

feeds to Lalitpur's 15 Brick

factories equine owners.

• Dr. Attish Yadav and para vet

Pratima from PAWS went out

for three severe calves' cases at

Goldhunga and Sangla. The first

case was that of young cow with

a broken leg that did not seem

to heal. The farmer insisted on

amputation. Let's hope the calf

will be able to move around a bit

soon. Other case was of Mastitis,

a fatal mammary gland infection

which is common disease in dairy

cattle. The cow was treated and

is soon to recover. The third and

the most critical case from Sangla

was Hip dislocation in a cow.

• A team of committed volunteers

reached out to pets and stray

dogs in Bungamati. The team

vaccinated no less than 77 dogs

against rabies, and rescued an

injured goat.


• Our vet team in Kalleri treated around

50 injured farm animals including cows,

goats, chicken and rabbits. The most

common cases were open maggot

wounds. Our team also educated

the farmers about wound dressing

and how to keep the shelters clean.

They also convinced them to tether

the animals with a long rope so that

they can run for safety at the time of

disaster.

• Animal Nepal vaccinated 30 stray

dogs at Dhapakhel area. The team

was voluntarily supported by students

from Rampur College. The camp was

organized in response to a suspected

rabies case reported in the area.

• Dr.Attish and para vet Shankar had

to rush to Krishna Galli, Lalitpur after

they were informed about an accident

case of a cow. A shoulder wound in

the cow was treated and no fractures

have been reported. The cow has been

sent to Gaushala cow shelter.

• Our team drove off to Lakhure

Bhanjyang for distribution of Chuna

and Phenyl to the community people

to prevent spread of deadly disease

around.

• An abandoned calf was found at Arun

Thapa Chowk, suffering from a nasty

infection in the rectal area. Dr Suman

Khadka took the cow by the horns and

disinfected the area.

• Our team in coordination with world

vet volunteers treated around 13 animals

in Melanchi Kathmandu. Among the

injured 8 goats, 2 buffalos, 2 buffalos

and 1 Ox. Most of them suffered from

the respiratory problems.

• 6 cows in Tupche, Batrawati & Jiling

village of Nuwakot were treated for

downer syndrome, pelvic fracture,

Athriatic and open wounds. The tem

included Shankar Sapkot, Hari Krishna

with coordination with team of Animal

Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN).

• 4 goats, 1 buffalo and 1 cow were

treated in Dhunche & Laharopauwa of

Rasuwa where majority of cases were

diarrhea, mammary gland wounds and

fractured horns.


S.N. TEAM MEMBERS DISTRICT/ PLACES ANIMALS HEALTH ISSUES TOTAL

ANIMALSDog Cow Buffalo Goat Pig Other

1. Dr. Suman

Khadka, Suraj

Thapa Magar

Dhading (Aamdanda,

Pokhari Village)

- 4 2 7 - - Open wound, Anorexia, Nasal discharge, Leg fracture,

Swollen body, Maggot infestation in leg

13

2. Shankar Sapkota,

Hari Krishna,

AWNN team

Nuwakot )Tupche,

Batrawati, Jiling)

- 6 - - - - Pelvic cavity fracture, Downer Syndrome, Open wounds 6

3. Shankar Sapkota,

Santosh Gautam,

AWNN

Rasuwa (Dhunche,

Laharopauwa)

- 4 3 6 - - Ruptured eyes, Mammary wound, Fractured horns, Diarrhea 13

4. Dr. Sunil, Hari

Krishna, World

Vets team

Melamchi (Sangle

Bhangyang, Talamarang,

Kiul, Bus park, Phatkeswar)

- 3 3 8 - - Respiratory problems, Mammary wound, Fractured horns,

Fractured horns, Downer syndrome

14

5. Dr. Attish Yadav,

Hari Krishna

Lalitpur (Lamatar, Harisidd,

Babiya village)

- 5 2 - 3 - Maggot infection, Spinal injury, Eye infection, Downer

syndrome, Mastitis, External wounds

10

6. Dr. Attish,

Santosh, Suraj &

Ramchandra

Kathmandu (Goaldhunga,

Sangla, Krishna galli)

- 5 - 8 - - Pneumonia, Accident case, Downer syndrome, Mastitis,

Stress, Hip dislocation, External wounds

13

7. Dr. Suman

Khadka, Dr.

Springer Browne

Dhading (Mulabari) 3 6 4 71 - 1 Anorexia, fever, Nasal discharge, cold, Down syndrome, Eye

infection, diarrohea, External wound, gum problem, Pyrexia,

Pneumonia, Leg Injury, Bloat, skin allergy, internal parasites,

Absessed leg, fractured leg, emaciation, Scabies, neck injury

85

8. Dr. Sunil Thapa,

Animal Helath

derectorate team

Dhading 1 14 11 16 8 - Downer syndrome, leg injury, spinal injury, anorexia,

diarrohea, parasites, muscle wounds, maggot infection, skin

infection, horn fracture, external wound, flesh wounds

50

9. Dr. Sunil, Suraj

Thapa Magar

Kathmandu (Goldhunga) - 1 - - - - Downer syndrome 1

TreATMeNT TABle:


S.N. TEAM MEMBERS DISTRICT/ PLACES ANIMALS HEALTH ISSUES TOTAL

ANIMALSDog Equine Cow Buffalo Goat Pig Other

10. Dr. Suman Khadka, Suraj

Thapa Magar

Kathmandu (goldhunga,

Kumaltar, balaju, Aryaltar)

1 4 - - - - Downer syndrome, Spinal injury, Leg injury,

Skin infection

5

11. Dr. Atish Yadav,

Ramchandra, Bhaktapur

Animal Welfare

Bhaktapur - 3 - - - - Leg fracture, Flesh wounds 3

12. Dr. Sunil Thapa, Santosh

Sapkota

Lalitpur 7 - - - - - Leg fracture, head injury, eye injury, spinal

injury, flesh wounds

7

13. Dr. Suman Khadka & Dr.

Springer Browne

Kathmandu 2 1 - - - - Rescued from inside a Sewage, Spinal injury,

Muscle injury

3


Gautam, Mohan Maharjan

Lalitpur 2 - - 1 - - Down Syndrome, Leg fracture, Anorexia 3

15. Dr. Athis Yadav and team Lalitpur (Uk brick Factory,

Kantipur, Bajra brick kiln)

- 6 - - - - - Wound, Swollen leg 6



Lalitpur (Bungmati,

Dhapakhel)

150 - - - - - - ANTI RABIES VACCINATION 150



Lalitpur - - - - 1 - - Malnourished and Leg injury 1

18. Shankar and AWNN team Sindupalchok (Chautara,

Jalbire, Phulpingkot,

Phulping dada, Pangretar)

4 - 5 6 23 - 2 Wound, Leg injury, Spinal injury, Muscle

injury, Horn Fracture, Mange

40

TOTAL: 7 District/ 30+ Palces 170 6 61 29 133 11 3 30+ cases 423


WOrkSHOPS ANd PrOTOCOlS

Animal Nepal has been working in

various earthquake affected areas

where the teams have treated

sick and injured livestock with the

support of volunteers from World

Vets and various Indian NGOs.

There were countless injury cases

and animal bodies that were

left buried inside the rubble, the

reason for which Animal Nepal

recently released a protocol for

the safe disposal of carcasses.

Animal Nepal also organised

hands on workshop on casting

and Downer cows for medical staff

ready to go out into the affected

districts.

Trainers Dr Springer Browne

and Ben Brown from World

Vets prepared a simple protocol

for casting and Downer cows.

The objective of developing

the protocols was to enable

professionals to carry out these life

saving procedures independently

and conduct follow up support.

This protocol was made to assist

local and foreign veterinarians

working in animal disaster relief

to best treat this condition, given

the cultural aspects of cattle in

Nepal.

The enthusiastic participants of

the workshop were our own team,

independent vets, veterinarian

students from various colleges

of Nepal and representatives

of international animal welfare

foundations like IFAW, WVS, Soi

dog foundation Thailand and Dog

Star Foundation Sri Lanka.

During the workshop Dr. Springer

Browne demonstrated the limb

fracture cases in animals and

ways to treat them with the help of

a polythene pipe. The participants

were divided in various groups and

encouraged to prepare a perfect

cow or buffalo cast. According to

Dr Browne, “Cattle are considered

good orthopedic patients. They

spend large amounts of time

sitting down, they tolerate casts

and other external orthopedic

devices, and they have good bone

healing capacity. However, with

the use of any casting material,

recheck and follow-up of the

patient is essential.”


STAff SUPPOrTSome of our staff of equine shelter and outreach programme lost their homes during the killer quake. Tara, Hari Krishna and Shankar's homes were destroyed. Luckily none of their families got hurt.

Quite a few of Animal Nepal's staff are earthquake victims themselves including Hari Krishna Shrestha, Tara Shrestha, Shankar Sapkota, Santosh Gautam and Ramchandra. Yet they work non stop to save sick and injured animals starting from the secend day of the disaster.

Our caretaker Santa Bahadur who stays at our equines shelter together with his wife, remembers the day, "We were just having our morning meal when suddenly the ground started to shake. We wanted to run outside but could barely stand. My wife and I somehow managed to escape. Outside the sick donkey's isolation room collapsed in front of our eyes, followed by the tall chimney of BBM Brick Factory, just below our compound. Be it coincidence or luck, none of our equines was inside or near the isolation room that fell down.

All the animals were on the open ground unable to stand up but they were unhurt. The shaking of the ground didn't seem to stop though. There even appeared some cracks in the land. Santa Bahadur, who is in his late 60s, thought it was the end of the world. "I never saw such turmoil in my life", he says.


dISASTer PrePAredNeSS AT ANIMAl NePAl

Fig. Animal Nepal's newly constructed earthbag donkey shelter in Badhikhel held up beautifully during the earthquake.

With such an enexpedted

disaster Animal Nepal has started

it's further plan to develop an

earthquake resilient shelter. The

shelter will not only be earthquake

resilient but it should also be safe

from fire, landslides and other

disasters. This dream project is

for the saftey and protection of

our staff and animals inside the

shelter.

Luckily none of our animals got

hurt during the disaster and

and our shelter suffered minor

damages.

We are happy to share that our

newly constructed earthbag

donkey shelter in Badhikhel

held up beautifully during the

earthquake. We are trying to draw

the attention of government and

aid agencies towards this building

technique especially for shelters

and public buildings.


reCONSTrUCTION ISOlATION UNITSThe aftershocks from the killer earthquake hasn't stopped yet. But leaving behind all the stress and fear of the disaster people have started gearing up to rebuild their destroyed property.

We are very grateful that Animal Nepal’s Donkey Sanctuary is more or less standing strong and so doour dog shelter at Chobar. But our donkey Isolation unit was destroyed during the first big earthquake. Again luckily there weren't any animals at the moment hence we didn't have to regret any loss of lives.

Since the isolation chamber is a huge need of our shelter as there is a big chance of spreading of disease in it's absence, Animal Nepal has geared up in rebuilding it's isolation unit as soon as possible.

We heartly thank Animal Aid Abroad Australia for helping us rebuild our isolation unit.


CONClUSIONAnimal Nepal would like to thank all supporters and donors including Animal Aid Abroad, Brigitte Bardot Foundation, Donkey Sanctuary UK, Embark, Greater Good, Help Animals India, Lush, Mayhew Animal Home, One Voice, Robin Hood, Serve and Share, World Vets and all individuals who helped us to reach out as many animals as possible. Even though some of our staff members lost their homes they are committed to helping human and animal victims which would never have been possible without your support. We would also like to thank countless individuals from US, Canada, Australia and Europe for their contribution towards our relief program. Animal Nepal will soon be conducting vaccination and animal birth control camp in the earthquake affected areas of Lalitpur district.

We would also like to thank our dedicated volunteers who helped and assisted us throughout our relief program and made it happen. Thank you all on behalf of our animals and staff members!

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