DHYAN FOUNDATION

Dear Animal Lovers, There was a time when India was synonymous to benevolence, where animals, birds, forests and trees were worshipped. Today in the same country India, voiceless creatures are being tortured terribly and destruction of natural resources is rampant. Somewhere dogs are being burnt and their burnt bodies are hung up on rods to be displayed abusively throughout the city and elsewhere tails of cow and bulls are broken deliberately, tobacco or chilli pepper is rubbed into their eyes and they are loaded mercilessly in trucks for trafficking.Peacocks are being killed brutally for their meat, bullets are being fired on monkeys and camels are butchered openly. Between all this inhumane treatment of animals, there is a ray of hope in the form of animal activists and NGOs who are working day and night putting their lives in risk for these speechless beings, out of compassion and their sense of responsibility to save creation. Dhyan Foundation is one of such rare organ...

Patna, May 1, 2017: (By Raju William) On the plea of Dhyan Foundation (DF) - a spiritual, charitable organisation working for animals' welfare, High Court of Patna has ordered to release 49 camels immediately to it for their rehabilitation. DF had waged a sustained 5-month long legal battle led by Yogi Ashwini for the release of the seized camels and handover their custody to it for their safety and rehabilitation. Originally, 61 camels were rescued from the hands of animal smugglers who, in cahoots with official/administrative machinery, were illegally transporting them for sale and subsequent slaughter from Rajasthan to Bangladesh. The HC also directed that DF would shift the released camels back to safety in Rajasthan and the State-respondents would fully cooperate in shifting of the camels.   In a statement, DF spokesperson said that on November 28, as many as 61 camels were seized by Circle Officer from Khagra Mela from the animal smugglers and upon ...

The article was published in The Sunday Guardian

The article was published in Sunday Pioneer

Three women fight against the illegitimate trading of camel after 61 camels were brought from Rajasthan to Kishanpganj, Bihar. As many as 61 of the Indian desert camels, which were declared as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resourse (IUCN), were traded illegally from Rajasthan to Kishanganj in Bihar. As trafficking of camels is prohibited in the state of Rajasthan, a case has been registered at the Kishanganj police station. Ms Nitasha Jaini, an artist by profession, Ms Anjali Anand, Operations Manager with an education agency and Ms Neeru Gupta, an education professional, have taken up the legal battle for protecting and securing the lives of the endangered species. And these women are backed by Dhyan Foundation, an animal welfare NGO. On December 5, 2016, the women along with the NGO fought the case in court and got release orders for 61 camels to rehabilitate them in a shelter in Rajasthan. However, a stay was ...

Close to 40 stray dogs were poisoned to death in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu. The dogs were reportedly administered a lethal injection in a township managed by a public sector company. The police launched an investigation following a complaint filed by an animal activist and a veterinary doctor for the mass canine murder. A case has been registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. While the culprit is still at large, the complainant has claimed that an official of a public sector company near Ranipet engaged their sanitary workers for the mass killing of stray dogs on the premises of the township. The dogs were poisoned and their bodies were allegedly disposed off at the riverbed near Trivalam Bridge. While police still searches for the spot where the murdered animals were buried, the carcasses of the dogs are expected to be exhumed by officials for post-mortem. Killing stray dogs is a punishable offence as per Section 428 and 429 of the main crimin...

The Article was published in THE COVAI POST.