Of the many patients we treated in June, one that required particularly close care was Ginger. Ginger was a dog that lived on the streets of Mathura. In a horrific accident, he was run over by a tractor and the tyre pulled off most of the skin from his back. Soon, maggots started growing in the space between his exposed muscle and the remaining skin. The Braj Animal Care team removed the maggots and cleaned the wound; we returned every day to repeat the treatment.
Just as the wound was becoming clean, a bad rainstorm in the area where Ginger lived caused the ground to be flooded with sewage and when he laid down in the mud, the wound became contaminated again. Our team continued to attend to Ginger on a daily basis but without a shelter where he could get 24-hour care and protection from the elements, we were not able to save Ginger’s life.
On a positive note, Braj Animal Care successfully facilitated the adoption of several puppies last month. When puppies are weened off their mother’s milk they become susceptible to parvovirus and once infected, they usually only have a few days to live. Upon adoption, Braj Animal Care provided the puppies with multi-vaccines which protect against many canine-specific diseases like canine influenza and most importantly, parvovirus.
It’s evident to us that the work we do would make a much bigger difference to the lives of our patients if they were able to recover in a shelter with medical facilities. Some of Braj Animal Care’s June activities were captured on camera by our resident videographer, Siddhant Shekhar, for a new film highlighting the difference a shelter could make to our success rate. Stay in touch with us and receive regular updates on our work.