Someone called Animal Rahat about this baby bonnet monkey, who was spotted wandering about with a rope tied around his neck like a leash. After arriving on the scene, we asked local villagers if they knew who the monkey’s owner was, but no one did. Even if the monkey had an owner, it is illegal to keep bonnet monkeys as “pets.”

After informing the Forest Department, which has jurisdiction over the management of monkeys, we caught the youngster in a humane cage trap. A Forest Department official arrived and took custody of the animal, who was then transferred to a wildlife rehabilitation facility. He is now receiving the care he needs and has the companionship of other monkeys.

Lastly, in a very exciting victory, we stopped an annual buffalo-slaughter ritual that has gone on for the past 150 years in the village of Halli. We were contacted by an organization whose mission in India is to eradicate superstitions that prevent social progress. The group asked us to help persuade Halli villagers not to sacrifice a buffalo at a religious festival.

It took lots of meetings like the one shown above, with numerous village leaders—but in the end, the village promised to forgo this year’s buffalo sacrifice and to ban it from now on!

Progress like this would simply not be possible without the help of our kind supporters. Thank you for supporting Animal Rahat so that we can make a lasting impact on animals’ lives every single day.