Welfare Projects For Strays

While the pandemic and ensuing lockdown limited budgets, delayed reconstruction and resulted in readjustment of the ongoing projects, the Animal Welfare Committee put its best foot forward thanks to donors and RCB President Framroze Mehta.

Thousands of stray cats and dogs in India depend on food and waste from markets, restaurants and grocery shops. The lockdown resulted in severe scarcity of food for strays. Thus, the committee funded NGOs who feed strays and other destitute animals. With RCB support, the committee has supported the following Mumbai NGOs for the past few months and has had three rounds of fund-raising: WSD, WIA, PAWS, AMTM, IDA.

A second project saw RCB supporting PAWS by donating wheelbarrows to lift dead animals for their burial. Thirdly, RCB donated 10 beds to PAWS for animals recuperating from ailments and injuries.

Under the Committee’s fourth project, PPE suits were donated to animal NGOs such as BSPCA and WIA amongst others, as they rescue stray animals and feed them in public spaces during the pandemic.