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About Us
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 The Blue Cross Society of Pune, founded in 1994, is a non-profit organization working for the welfare of animals. - It is a Public Charitable Trust registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and the Indian Trust Act, 1882 ( regn. no. F-9330 dt. 20/5/94)
- Our aim is to work for the welfare of animals by
1. Promoting and creating public awareness about kindness to animals and preventing cruelt
2. Providing care and shelter for abandoned or stray animals
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Providing veterinary facilities for large and small animals
4. Stopping indiscriminate filling of stray dogs and control their population by neutering
and spaying them.
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Re-homing animals
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Blue Cross Dog Pound, Naidu Hospital Complex
 
In 1995,the Blue Cross Society, appalled by the horrendous existing system of clobbering or poisoning stray dogs to a slow and painful death, Mr Subir & Mrs Sunanda Das persuaded the then Mayor, Mr, Shivarkar to implement the WHO recommended Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies Programme for straydogs in the city. The Pune Municipal Corporation allotted 10,000 sq.ft. of land in the Naidu Hospital Complex for the operation theatre and kennels. From a modest beginning, the Blue Cross surgeons today operate on an average of 250-300 dogs per month. To date, over 26,000 dogs have been sterilized upto 2009.
The dogs, brought in by the Pune Municipal Corporation, are then neutered and released in the area from which they were picked up. The Animal Welfare Division ( Ministry of Environment & Forests, Central Govt.) reimburses Rs. 370 for each sterilization. However, the cost of feeding and caring for the dogs is met by donations from private individuals. |
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Blue Cross Animal Hospital & Shelter, Keshavnagar, Mundhwa.
In 2002, the Blue Cross Society of Pune embarked upon an ambitious venture of building a state-of the-art animal hospital and shelter at Keshavnagar in Mundhwa on 100,000 sq. ft. of land obtained on lease from the Pune Municipal Corporation. The hospital complex has 2 operation theatres, one for large animals, a smaller one for small animals, an intensive care unit, kennels for pet dogs and a paddock . |
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Board of Trustees, Blue Cross Society:
Vijay Paranjpye : Chairman
Sunanda Das : Secretary
Geetu Patkar : Treasurer
Kavita Mehta (Co-ordinator – Animal Hospital)
Bhaktavar Chenoy
Deepa Dhanjibhoy
Dr. Pheroze Khambata
Dr. J.Shaikh
Marzia Dalal (Legal advisor and PIO)
Laila Patwardhan
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Blue Cross Animal Hospital Board Members:
Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation
(ex- officio)
Mayor, Pune Municipal Corporation (ex-officio) Vijay Paranjpye :Chairman
Sunanda Das : Secretary
Geetu Patkar : Treasurer
Kavita Mehta
Dr. Pheroze Khambata
Suprito Das
Vikram Malaney
Subir Das , Anjali Paranjpye: Advisors
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