THANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

REGD OFFICE : 305 GANGOTRI, JANGID COMPLEX, MIRA ROAD EAST, THANE – 401107

HOSPITAL ADDRESS : N.K.T COMPOUND, BESIDE BHRAMAND COMPLEX, AZADNAGAR, KOLSHET RD,

THANE WEST

PH ( OFFICE ) : 09322271966 / 09321212344

PH ( HOSPITAL ) : 02232612344 / 08767612344

Website : www.thanespca.org

E mail : thanespca@hotmail.com / info@thanespca.org

Registered under the Society’s Registration Act XXIX of 1950 with Registration No. MAHA / 723 / 02

Registered s Public Trust with Asst Commissioner of Charities, Thane with Registration No. F - 10998 Donations are exempted from Income Tax under section 80-G of the Income Tax Act 1961 certificate No. THN / CIT -1 / Tech 1 / 80 G / 38 / 2011-12/ 1768 dated 03 / 11 / 2011 valid from 01 / 04 / 2011 onwards Registration for Foreign Contributions under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) with number is 083990145, given by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India by letter

No.II/21022/68(0053)/2008-FCRA-II dated 05th

December 2002. Note : The Donors of Thane SPCA prefer to have all correspondence

e mailed to them to save paper and printing. If any of you want a hard copy of this Annual Report, we will be ready to oblige.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

“We aim to offer every sick and injured

animal a healthcare service that will be

based on love combined with modern

scientific techniques to relieve it of its

pain.”

OUR MOTTO

RESCUE

REHAB

RELEASE

OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

AMELIORATIVE

PREVENTIVE

CURATIVE

SUPPORTIVE

EDUCATIVE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE YEAR 2012-2013

SHAKUNTALA MAJUMDAR ( PRESIDENT )

DR. SUHAS RANE ( SECRETARY )

DEBASHISH MAJUMDAR ( VICE PRESIDENT)

DR. B. N. GANGULI ( JT SECRETARY )

MAMTA GIRATH ( TREASURER )

MUKESH GIRATH ( MEMBER )

MOHAN PADWAL ( MEMBER )

RAJESH TALREJA ( MEMBER )

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR 2012-2013

Portfolio Names

President / Liason / Media / Cruelty Cases

Shakuntala Majumdar

Executive Secretary / Building Maintenance / Ambulance Maintenance / Staff Administration / Website Maintenance co-ordination

Debashish Majumdar

Medical Treatment and Supervision

Dr Vikram Dave

Fund Raising

Nimesh Sumati, Dhiren Dalal, Vishal Shah, Prashant Jain

Hospital Supervision

Dr. Suhas Rane

Social Network & Communications

Shreyasi Majumdar

Hardware / Software / Electrical / Electronic

Mukesh Girath

Campaigns & Adoptions

Mili Gandhi

Designing & Printing

Sanjeev Dighe

Architectural & Interior Consultant

Yogesh Morey

Miscellaneous

Bubla Basu , Shilpa Talreja

From the Desk of The President

Thane SPCA enters the 11th year of its unstinted service towards animals.

Indeed a happy occasion for us. This Annual Report is for the same year 2012-

2013. I place on record on behalf of my fellow Board members, our sincere

gratitude to all animal activists, our members, donors, corporates, volunteers

and the general public, for their wholehearted help and cooperation in our

animal welfare activities and funding for specific programmes.

The animal welfare movement is gaining ground and spreading all over Thane.

It is catching on even in remote corners of the district bringing animals succor

as never before.

Rules and regulations, which have a notorious reputation of being in place and

on paper only, are being implemented more and more in police stations and

with authorities and local bodies.

Thane SPCA in its own way is doing its bit for animals by running its hospice,

ambulatory services and fighting cruelty cases on behalf of Thaneites, humane

education programmes and through its rural welfare programmes to draft

animals by means of animal health camps in remote interior villages .

Thane SPCA has need for more youthful manpower and volunteer force and its

committed members to take animal welfare to greater heights in our district.

Before closing, I would like to mention that our success was a group effort,

each link strengthened by the two other on either side. On one hand, I on

behalf of my Managing Committee thank our supporters who have stood by us

like a pillar through the years, on the other hand our appreciation to our team

of Staff who kept a straight face through all the agony that goes with actually

the mending of broken bones and wiping of silent tears !

Thank you all !

The Thane SPCA is often telephoned by distressed members of the public requesting them to clear stray dogs and feral cats from their vicinity. The callers are tired of the mess, disturbance or inconvenience that they feel the animals are creating and expect us to attend the problem.

We would like to help. However, the role of TSPCA is to care for abused, injured and sick-animals. We have over 6000 animals yearly to deal with which includes veterinary treatment, quarantine, vaccination, sterilization, re-homing via our adoption service and rare euthanasia.

The TSPCA will collect any animal which is hurt, or rescue any animal in distress, but we lack the additional resources or space to clear animals away for members of the public who are being inconvenienced.

The SPCA would like to advise members of the public that if they are disturbed by animals ,they could do any of the following:

Discuss the problem with the kind folk who are feeding the strays and arrive at an amicable solution for both parties.

Contact TSPCA at 09322271966 or 09321212344 during office hours to arrange for sterilization. Once

sterilized, the animals will make less noise and will be less excitable, thus causing less disturbance.

Try to find the dogs /cats a good home where it will be safe and cared for.

Ensure that all rubbish is thrown away in the proper manner so that strays will not be enticed to rummage through it for food, thus not coming near the offended party. TSPCA gives advice by telephone and is happy to counsel anyone as to how to live in harmony with the animals around them. Telephone us at 9322271966 any time between 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday or on 9321212344 between 6PM and 9 PM for any consultation.

OUR REQUEST TO ANIMAL LOVERS:- Please be a responsible animal guardian. Sterilise and vaccinate your local strays. Feed them early morning or late night to avoid

causing disturbances to passers by. Do not throw chicken claws, chicken heads,

mutton paya or whole fish on the streets for feeding the animals.

Use plastic bowls whenever possible, to feed your strays.

Listen to the complaints of local people, then explain to them about animal welfare.

TRY OUT ALL THESE AND SEE YOUR ANIMAL UNFRIENDLY

NEIGHBOURHOOD TURN INTO A FRIENDLY ONE.

- Debashish Majumdar ( Executive Secretary )

TREATMENT TRACK

YEAR ANIMALS

2002 - 2003 168

2003 - 2004 203

2004 - 2005 280

2005 - 2006 1429

2006 – 2007 1768

2007 - 2008 1986

2008 – 2009 2109

2009 - 2010 2230

2010 - 2011 3343

2011-2012 4942

2012-2013 6984 TOTAL 23,333

IMPACT REPORT

THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

Construction and Maintenance Report

The entire Office and Meeting room that was made of bamboo had crumbled by the end of May 2012. So much so that rats had infested all medicines and paperwork that were being maintained in the premises. On a war footing Rs.6,50,000/- was earmarked and raised from 5 different sources. The structure was made permanent with brick and mortar and all walls were tiled for permanency. All tiles were donated by Muni Subrat Foundation. Along with this, the other major repairs were the

Sick bay which got new tiled walls, new cages for wild birds and monkeys, a new drainage, electrical connection for a wall fan and lights for our staff

Cattle shed which got new tiles, tiled drainage and a gate

Circular drainage all around the hospital

A small aviary for non predator birds

Tiling and new flooring of Predator birds enclosure

New cages, concealed drainage and tiling in cat ward Legal & HR Report

There was an ardent request from our staff to give them permanency to their jobs with us, we decided during this AGM to comply with their request. We have now issued them proper appointment letters with salary slips and yearly bonus etc. This has given them security and has definitely raised the quality of their work. This also meant hiking their salaries as per the labour laws which meant a lumpsum rise in the total salary. This was possible only because of the strong backing of our core donors. SDK Associates, Bhandup, has been employed as our Labour Consultant agency. Till now they are very kindly doing Pro Bono work with us despite our requests to generate annual bills for us. As of now, we have 2 Veterinary Surgeons, 1 Hospital Manager, 5 Veterinary Technicians, 1 Hospital Supervisor, 2 Ambulance Drivers, 5 Hospital Support Staff, 1 Accountant and 2 Security Guards.

Internal Audit Sudhir Amembal & Associates, running Animal Advocacy in the USA, give their pro bono consultation to Animal Organisations all over the world through Internal Audit system. Sudhir, who has been closely following us since last one and half years, advised us to take an internal audit to locate our strengths and weaknesses. After detailed processes, he submitted a report on the Development of Thane SPCA. This was as follows : TSPCA needs to broaden its database of donors. This should be done through referrals, procuring a “donations manager “ software, “in Person solicitation from regular donors, Ongoing appeals, seeking annual pledges, Annual capital campaigns, Bequests and Life Funding, Trustee Referrals, Indian and Overseas grants, events and tight pursuance with foreign funds. The agency has rated Thane SPCA administration as “ Excellent “, but they have suggested that we find newer blood to be infused to avoid burn out.

Overview

Compared to the previous years, Thane SPCA has been able to participate in many more animal welfare activities during the last 2 years which has helped animals en masse. One of the main – and successful – activities during this period was our participation as the Programme Director of the Federation through which we were part of 3 very intense animal welfare programmes – Opposing the Mega Dairy at Nellore, Animal Experimentation and Farm Animals Welfare Programme. We were also a part of the Committee which organised the India for Animals Conference 2012 at Goa.

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Thane SPCA became a part of the Plastic Cow by starting the Mumbai Thane Chapter of this national Project. Our work is to take this project to mainly the milk consuming community, doctors and the Animal Husbandry Department. We have no dedicated funds or personnel for this project. ********************************************************************** We partnered with the Humane Society International for a Be Cruelty Free Project. In this we took our message through 2 short videos to mainly college students and the young working people to teach about laboratory experimentation and make kinder choices while shopping for Cosmetics and household detergents. Thane SPCA has also started a project called The Go vegetarian Outreach in partnership with Humane Society International. This is mainly targeted at the meat eating communities and through a 2 minute video and a half hour presentation we ask the audience to make a healthy and compassionate choice in food. We have now a full time Campaign Manager for this project. **********************************************************************

Thane SPCA was the main steam behind the

Captive Wildlife Project which we initiated through the Federation. All initial

paperwork through letters and RTI were done throughout the country to gather

evidences of Dolphinariums that were to be set up. Armed with this information, the

Ministry of Env and Forests successfully issued a ban on using of dolphins in any

Marine park.

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One of our key achievements was to render such

excellent medical care that more and more animals are being brought in by other

organisations. from World for All & Save our Strays Andheri, PAWS Dombivili, ,

Mangal Vardhini & Vardhaman Sanskardham, Ghatkopar and Divya Jyot, Nalasopara.

As well as the Forest department and Police stations from Crawford market, Versova

and Kurla.

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However we have not been successful in

retaining volunteers that remains a bane this year also.

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Apart from merchandising as the sole motive,

we have partnered with TAPAS who

assisted us in introducing Leather Free Wallets this year. This has enabled us to bring

to light the pathetic condition of source of leather and abuse of animals in leather

industry, apart from generating a small revenue.

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One of our gigantic successes was the rescue of the female elephant Laxmi from the

owners and transporting her to the Wildlife SOS Sanctuary at Mathura.

This actually needed 2 years of preparation and 4 months of detailed planning to

execute since there was a lot of political involvement. We are now working on

rescuing the 2 remaining elephants, however this will take time and detailed

planning.

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We have appealed with full steam to the Collector for a land for our Animal Hospital.

This has meant endless visits to different government offices and submitting various

sets of documents.

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extent.

********************************************************************* We were listed on Guidestar India, Help Your NGO, Samarthan International – portals

that enables donors to connect with organisations. We have applied for

accreditation with other portals like Credibility Alliance and Charities Aid Foundation.

********************************************************************** Our President Shakuntala Majumdar was elected as a member to the State Animal

Welfare Board and re-elected to the District PCA Committee to plan and oversee “en

masse “animal welfare policies in the state of Maharashtra.

Development

A major Focus was on fundraising for this year. For this we arranged a Charity Night

at Ravindra Natya Mandir on 21st September 2013. About Rs.3,00,000/- was raised

from this show. This amount will be used partially for critical care surgeries and

partially to invest in our Corpus.

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PLEASE NOTE

NO REMUNERATION OR HONORARIUM IS PAID TO ANY TRUSTEE, EXECUTIVE

COMMITTEE MEMBER OR VOLUNTEERS. THEY GIVE THEIR SERVICES VOLUNTARILY.

SOME CASE STUDIES DURING 2012– 2013

Dog rescued from a nullah

Calves rescued from slaughter

One day old calf being hand raised by

staff

Surgery on at Thane SPCA

ALL THIS AND MORE WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT SHOWN BY OUR DONORS

AND PATRONS, WHICH TOOK AWAY OUR FOCUS TO RAISE THE SHORTFALL IN FUNDS AND

WHICH IN TURN WE INVESTED IN DEVELOPMENTAL AND DIRECT WELFARE ACTIVITIES.

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