ANIMAL RESCUE KERALA IS LOOKING FOR A NEW OWNER
Current owner and founder of ARK is forced to leave due to illness
I was dreading the moment this remarkable woman had to stop her amazing work because the animals of Kerala are depending on her. But there must be a way to keep Animal Rescue Kerala running. Please read the following and spread the news. I am sure there are people out there who can help!
But she was getting older and her health was becoming a problem. Four years ago she told me that she was afraid that she had to give up the work she was doing at the animal center. It was very painful and hard for her to think about that. But now the time has come and she needs to say goodbye to her beloved animals and her daily work at the center. She is simply too ill to continue.
However, all her efforts, her daily care for sick and ill treated animals, her fight against the brutal killing of dogs, her awareness programmes must be preserved. Animal Rescue Kerala needs to survive, because it is so much needed in the area. Who can take over Avis' work and the center in Kerala? There has to be a animal welfare group or a animal lover who wants to continue with ARK and keep the center going.
ARK needs your help! Could you please forward this message and the accompanied letter from Avis's daughter and post it on the Web where ever you can. There must be some one out there who can help Avis. She has done amazing work during the past ten years to help the dogs, now it's our turn; let's help Avis!
Stephanie Engel
Letter from Odette, Avis' daughter:
Due to serious illness, Animal Rescue Kerala, ARK, is looking for a group to take over the running and financing of its center based near Kovalam, Kerala.
Animal RescueKerala was set up over 10 years ago to implement the Animal birthcontrol/anti rabies programme (ABC/AR), however it also has a hospital which treats any sick or injured stray dogs, as well as offering a reduced rate/free service to pets (dependent upon owner's circumstances).
The center site encompasses approximately one and a half acres, within a walled compound. Half of the area is developed; with a purpose-built hospital, education center, puppy house, cattery and kenneling. Approximately 200 animals -dogs, cats, puppies and kittens can be housed at any one time.
The undeveloped land, also walled, is currently used as an area for dogs to run and play. This area would lend itself to be further developed perhaps for staff accommodation or further kenneling.
My mother, Avis Lyons, who currently runs and finances ARK, has suffered with cancer and has many complications from this so is looking for a like-minded organization to take over the runningof the center (as soon as possible). As there is currently no other active group in the area the service ARK offers is desperately needed.
The centeris on a 30 year lease from my mother to the Animal Rescue Kerala charitable trust, this lease will be passed over, free of charge, to the new management with provision that the lease be renewed prior to expiry, however the center must continue to be run the ABC/AR programme and to treat animals with compassion and empathy.
The center currently costs £1,000 (GBP) to run each month, which equates to approx Rs.80,000 (INR); this funding will need to be met by the new management.
Please visitour website: at www.animalrescuekerala.org For further details please email Odette on odette@animalrescuekerala.org
Current owner and founder of ARK is forced to leave due to illness
I was dreading the moment this remarkable woman had to stop her amazing work because the animals of Kerala are depending on her. But there must be a way to keep Animal Rescue Kerala running. Please read the following and spread the news. I am sure there are people out there who can help!
When I met Avis in 2008 at her animal center in Kerala I was impressed by her enthusiasm, her courage and her determination. She had given up her own comfortable life in Britain to dedicate her life to the stray and ill treated dogs of the Trivandrum area in Kerala.
But she was getting older and her health was becoming a problem. Four years ago she told me that she was afraid that she had to give up the work she was doing at the animal center. It was very painful and hard for her to think about that. But now the time has come and she needs to say goodbye to her beloved animals and her daily work at the center. She is simply too ill to continue.
However, all her efforts, her daily care for sick and ill treated animals, her fight against the brutal killing of dogs, her awareness programmes must be preserved. Animal Rescue Kerala needs to survive, because it is so much needed in the area. Who can take over Avis' work and the center in Kerala? There has to be a animal welfare group or a animal lover who wants to continue with ARK and keep the center going. ARK needs your help! Could you please forward this message and the accompanied letter from Avis's daughter and post it on the Web where ever you can. There must be some one out there who can help Avis. She has done amazing work during the past ten years to help the dogs, now it's our turn; let's help Avis!
Stephanie Engel
Letter from Odette, Avis' daughter:
Due to serious illness, Animal Rescue Kerala, ARK, is looking for a group to take over the running and financing of its center based near Kovalam, Kerala.
Animal RescueKerala was set up over 10 years ago to implement the Animal birthcontrol/anti rabies programme (ABC/AR), however it also has a hospital which treats any sick or injured stray dogs, as well as offering a reduced rate/free service to pets (dependent upon owner's circumstances).
The center site encompasses approximately one and a half acres, within a walled compound. Half of the area is developed; with a purpose-built hospital, education center, puppy house, cattery and kenneling. Approximately 200 animals -dogs, cats, puppies and kittens can be housed at any one time.
The undeveloped land, also walled, is currently used as an area for dogs to run and play. This area would lend itself to be further developed perhaps for staff accommodation or further kenneling.
My mother, Avis Lyons, who currently runs and finances ARK, has suffered with cancer and has many complications from this so is looking for a like-minded organization to take over the runningof the center (as soon as possible). As there is currently no other active group in the area the service ARK offers is desperately needed.
The centeris on a 30 year lease from my mother to the Animal Rescue Kerala charitable trust, this lease will be passed over, free of charge, to the new management with provision that the lease be renewed prior to expiry, however the center must continue to be run the ABC/AR programme and to treat animals with compassion and empathy.
The center currently costs £1,000 (GBP) to run each month, which equates to approx Rs.80,000 (INR); this funding will need to be met by the new management.
Please visitour website: at www.animalrescuekerala.org For further details please email Odette on odette@animalrescuekerala.org
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