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Mukundapur off Kalikapur,
E.M Bypass,
Kolkata 700099
Phone No: +913324239100/01 |
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While every guest is important to us, PFAC has had the honor to welcome a number of illustrious people.
Among the very first was Mr.Viren J.Shah, the then Governor of West Bengal, who inaugurated Ashari in January 2001. |
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| Annual Report 2009 |
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People For Animals Calcutta was registered in 1999. Before being registered as a separate Trust, it was a branch of People For Animals started by Mrs.Maneka Gandhi, Mr. Pritish Nundy, Mr.M.F.Hussain, Mr.Mario Miranda and Mr.Anupam Kher in 1993. Recognizing the connection between human welfare and animal welfare, the Government of West Bengal gave 4.4 acres of land to the People For Animals for building a veterinary hospital/shelter complex, in 1999.
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| This was inaugurated by the then Governor of West Bengal. Mr.Viren Shah, in January 2001. The complex is called ASHARI (Animal Shelter-cum-Hospital And Research Institute).
The Board of Trustees keep changing, but the spirit of serving helpless animals prevails. Mrs. Gandhi is an unfailing source of inspiration and support. |
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Even as a little girl, Purnima felt angry whenever she saw an animal being beaten. Not having the ability to start some animal welfare activity, she joined other animal welfare groups, but was not satisfied with the way they functioned.
Coming across an article in the Statesman about Debasis Chakrabarti who had started ‘Dog’s Own’ home, she contacted him and felt confident that he was both committed and competent. Debasis founded the Compassionate Crusaders Trust in November 1993 and asked Purnima to join as a Trustee.
January 1994 brought Mrs.Diana Ratnagar and Mrs.Maneka Gandhi to Calcutta, as it was called then. Purnima asked Diana to visit Dog’s Own, and Diana asked Mrs. Maneka Gandhi to join. Impressed by what they saw, both asked Purnima and Debasis to take up Beauty Without Cruelty and People For Animals locally.
Mrs.Gandhi asked the then Chief Minister Mr. Jyoti Basu for some land for a veterinary hospital complex, and this is how Ashari became a reality.
In 1996, Mrs.Gandhi convinced the then Mayor of Calcuuta, Mr.Prasanta Chatterjee to stop killing stray dogs and let the local NGOs undertake an ABC/AR (animal birth control/anti rabies) program for Calcutta’s stray dogs instead. The Dhapa Dog Pound was handed over to PFA and an intensive spay/neuter/vaccination drive began. This program began to falter due to an acute shortage of funds. In December 2008, the Mayor accepted the offer made by Debasis’ representative, and took possession of the Dhapa Dog Pound. The result of this was a temporary suspension of PFAC’s help for the strays of the city.
People For Animals Calcutta had been working in tandem with the Compassionate Crusaders Trust until the end of 2008. After the Dog Pound was taken away, Debasis accepted responsibility and resigned as Managing Trustee. It was decided that in the interests of animal welfare, the two trusts should separate completely. Purnima resigned from the CCT and Debasis resigned from PFAC. Some new Trustees have been inducted into the Board, to streamline both the working system and the maintaining of proper registers, records and accounts.
The Trust looks forward to a bright future with many new developments to help animals and the humans affected by them. |
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