Programs in Guwahati
Animal Birth Control & Anti-Rabies Vaccination (ABC-AR) Program
At Animal Relief Centre JBF is conducting sterilization operation (spay/neuter) and inoculates anti-rabies vaccine under the banner of Humane Dog and Rabies Management Program to control the dog population and rabies incidence. JBF have neutered more than 3000 Community Dogs till now since starting of the program and a long way ahead to go. As every dog wants to lead a healthy life, there is no enough space and shelter available to puppies born every year, and it becomes difficult for the mother to keep them alive. JBF believes that the spay/neuter program help these mothers from giving birth to stray population.
Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Program
JBF team gives their full effort to rescue helpless suffering animal. We respond to road accident cases immediately and provide on the spot first aid and also respond to rescue of community dogs as per information from general public. The Animals requiring intensive care and observation are brought to ARC from street and kept in the rehabilitation and recovery facility where they gets proper medical treatment, food, water and shelter. Before releasing the rescued and rehabilitated animal from the area it was picked up, they pass through the sterilization operation and remain at the shelter for additional 4-5 days to ensure post-operative fitness. JBF have a Dog Transporting Cart (DTC) for transporting small animals.
Mobile Animal Clinic Services
Mobile Animal Clinic at Guwahati provides On the Spot Treatment to the suffering animals in the street and attends cases of emergency and accidents. One consultant veterinarian remains in touch with the field personnel and extends his service on call. This Mobile Animal Clinic attends to any problems of animals irrespective of their species, origin or habitat. This Mobile Animal Clinic also conducts Special Health Check-up Drives and Anti-Rabies Vaccination Program every Saturday at a particular area. It also helps the JBF team to get the baseline idea about the welfare of animals in the area of operation.
Our Emergency service program and 24 hour helpline number at Guwahati relies on the welfare aspect and the involvement of public who calls at our helpline for help to help the animals in need.
Special Health Check-up Drive
The Animal Relief Centre organizes free animal health check up camps regularly. A number of homed animals get the benefit of the health check up camps. These health checkup camps creates awareness amongst the mass regarding care of pet animal on the one hand and help relieve sufferings of many homed or homeless animals on the other. Presently every Saturday is Special health checkup drive organized in different locations at Guwahati.
Awareness & Sensitization Program
An awareness building education program is being carried out in schools. Associates from JBF visit the schools to help the children learn about animal welfare, rabies, pet care and related issues. JBF also organizes different activities such as drawing competition amongst school children on theme of sufferings of animals and their welfare activities. The program aims to develop in young growing generation a sense of responsibility towards animals, humans and the environment. JBF also observes various important days like World Rabies Days, World Zoonoses Day, Animal Welfare Week, International Spay Day etc. to create mass awareness among general public.
Training & Advocacy Program
Training to pet owners, animal keepers are given at the centre and at different locations of the city about proper care and management of animal including shelter and nutrition management, humane dog and rabies management, benefits of animal birth control program etc. In-house training to vets are given especially on ABC operations of dogs and cats as and when required.
JBF have trained team trained by Vets beyond Border at NIAW, and also have Master Animal Handler Trainer trained by AWBI & VBB at Gurgoan, Haryana.
JBF also advocates adoption of local dogs, its benefits, adaptability to environment and genetic conservation of the gene pool of the local dogs. And also spreads the message that the local dogs act as early warning system and act as security guard to the communities it lives in.
Disaster Relief
Wherever possible JBF is providing aid in the form of volunteers, food for animals and veterinary support services for
animals of Disaster affected areas because JBF believe animals in these areas suffer and feel pain. As disaster comes animals are often displaced or abandoned affected areas, suffer terrible injuries, diseases, hunger and dehydration. There is also conflict for food between animals and people. As village people totally depend on their animals to cultivate land for food, transport, health, source of income & culture. We believe that our help in saving the animals in disaster situations benefits the people and help minimizing the impact of disasters on poor people making them to be self sufficient. Helping animal means helping people and failing to do so can make the things worst.
JBF Pet Care Unit
JBF has a Pet Care Unit to help relieve suffering of the Homed animals. The unit provides consultancy for minimal consultation charges which goes to donation box and utilized for the various activities at JBF Animal Relief Centre and for the Pet Care Unit itself. JBF promotes the adoption of local animals (Dogs) and have free consultation and vaccination package for local dogs.
Future Planning at JBF: Animal Rescue & Humane Education Center
JBF is coming up with an Animal Rescue & Humane Education Centre at Sonapur, to establish it as a nodal centre for covering the whole North-East states of India.
