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The Duchess Club Goes All Out to Help
Stray Animals and Abandoned Pets

hennai-based Duchess Club venture has three main objectives:
Cprovides aid to all the strays and the first one is to set up a virtual

abandoned animals trying to cope adoption facility for individuals

with living conditions. Their venture who find it difficult to adopt pets due
‘Friends of Furries’, works towards to their circumstances; the second
animal well-being. It has recently initiative is animal birth control, an
launched a Facebook and an initiative to control the street dog
Instagram page. The Duchess Club population while eradicating deadly
consists of women of all ages who work towards animal diseases; the third objective is to set up a crematorium for
welfare and have been part of many animal rescues. The the burial of deceased pets.

Animals Water Bowl Project – An Initiative to
Provide Safe Drinking Water to Strays

n animal welfare initiative that educational programmes, creates
Aprovides drinking water to stray documentaries, and publishes arti-
animals has been in action since cles on the subject. This year, to en-
2017. The Animals Water Bowl Project gage with the public, the AWBP has
(AWBP) aims to ensure that no stray held two activities – Open Artwork
goes thirsty. Hyderabad-based social Contest Year 2020 and Video Song
ideator Lakshman Molleti initiated Launch Animals.
the Animals Water Bowl Project Trust
to ensure safe drinking water access With around 25 volunteers, the trust
to strays throughout the year. Till date, is currently operating in Telengana
the trust has distributed over 3500 bowl daily, fill it with fresh water, and (Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Medchal

water bowls free of cost. To request a share pictures of it on social media. and Ranga Reddy), Maharashtra

bowl, the volunteer has to fill a form (Pune and Thane). It will soon have a
on the website. That’s not all, the To emphasize the importance of ani- branch in Vishakhapatnam.
volunteer has to promise to clean the mals in our ecology, AWBP conducts

Maharashtra Police Force Bid Final
Goodbye to Canine, Rocky

ocky, the trustee canine colleague who helped the Beed Police solve 365
Rcases breathed his last on August 16 and received a farewell from his
fellow police personnel. The Beed Police tweeted a tribute with pictures of
Rocky. Rocky passed away due to a long on-going illness.

Some canines are trained to assist the police and other law-enforcement
personnel. While others are involved in services such as searching drugs and
explosives, looking for evidence and finding the location of people.

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