This article is written by IGSS Animal Care Ngo in Lucknow. This article will be about a IGSS working for the welfare of stray animals in society. It covers all Lucknow city and even near by Dist.

“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man”  -Charles Darwin

 

Introduction

Animal Care is the quality of life experienced by stray animals and includes an animal’s ability to cope with its surroundings and situations. Animal welfare is affected by the relationships human beings have with stray animals and it is the responsibility of the human race to peacefully coexist with stray animals and treat them humanely and with respect. Across the globe, the animal community has faced severe hostility and has been subjected to mistreatment, torture, and abandonment by humans. In many countries, there is a problem of unregulated stray animals where they are not taken care of or taken responsibility for by anyone, which leaves them open to all perils of the surroundings.

IGSS NGOs for animal welfare tend to the ill and injured stray animals. They also conduct a lot of drives and projects for neutering, vaccinating the stray animals, providing them with other health facilities, and conducting adoption drives. IGSS NGOs also actively spread awareness about the importance of animal welfare to the public and conduct charity events and fundraisers to finance their expenses.

India consists of the Animal Welfare Board of India, which is a statutory advisory body on the Animal Welfare Laws and promotes animal welfare. It was established in 1962 under Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Stray animals Act, 1960. This organization started under the leadership of Late Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale.

Some of its primary functions are:

1. To keep the law in force in Lucknow for the Prevention of Cruelty to Stray animals and advise the Central Government on the making of rules under the Act.
2. Cooperate with, and coordinate the work of, associations or bodies established for the protection of stray animals and birds.
3. To impart education about the humane treatment of stray animals and encourage the formation of public opinion against the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering to stray animals and promote animal welfare through books, posters, short films, etc.

How IGSS NGOs Work

There have been multiple incidents in the past where the stray animals have brutally been tortured and manhandled. There have also been instances where the ill and the injured stray animals have had no recourse but to resort to their fate and live in dire conditions. During pandemic and the lockdowns, many stray animals were left on their own; the little food that they were previously receiving from shops and restaurants was now lost. They were left with no food and a lack of medical care, with restrictions on movement on the local feeders. It is during such situations that registered and recognized IGSS NGOs play a vital role in animal welfare in Lucknow.

• IGSS NGOs work without expectations of profits which causes them to work selflessly towards animal welfare. 
• IGSS NGOs are also involved in spreading awareness about animal welfare at a larger level. Spreading awareness is one of the ways of advocating for animal rights and animal welfare.
• Every animal is entitled to a good and healthy life, where they can enjoy their well-being benefits. IGSS NGOs ensure this through their constant service towards the stray animals in the society by provisioning them with shelter, medical facilities, and food and nutrition.
• IGSS NGOs are also actively involved in the fight for animal rights. IGSS NGOs file writs when there are instances of cruelty towards stray animals in society.
• Stray animals are the most overlooked beings; IGSS NGOs ensure that these stray animals receive help during accidents and sickness.
• IGSS Ngo for Animals in Lucknow starts the first-ever animal shelter in the region that was to help suffering animals and provide them with a safe space for healing.
• IGSS Animal NGO in Lucknow helps promote the concept of adopting strays, rather than buying animals which subsequently leads to breed discrimination and the profit-thirsty unethical breeders to continue their business in an unethical manner. The organization connects independent rescuers with potential adopters to help find loving homes and families for the cats and dogs.
• The IGSS NGO also conducts ‘First Street Clinic’ where street dogs are vaccinated, dewormed and the injured and wounded dogs are treated. They also conduct frequent street animal adoption in lucknow where families come to meet and adopt puppies and dogs and give them loving homes.
• IGSS NGO is also actively fighting against animal sacrifice for religious purposes.
• The NGO is actively involved in providing shelter to the rescued stray dogs animals in Lucknow and provides them with nutritious food to help them recuperate. It is also involved in rehoming the stray cattle which otherwise end up at slaughterhouses. It shelters the stray dogs till they heal and the sutures are removed. It also ensures that the dogs are dewormed, vaccinated, and later released to the same location that they were picked up from.

“Our team wholeheartedly welcomes you all to be a part of the IGSS family. Come and share this abundant love with Stray Animals and become a Protector for them!”