Last month, Animal Rahat set up shop at four major fairs, where we treated dozens of sick and injured bullocks and horses and where thousands of fairgoers who had come to buy and sell animals learned about welfare issues through our street plays, poster galleries (like the one shown below), and outreach meetings with small groups of animal owners.

In the meeting shown above, an Animal Rahat staffer is demonstrating a grooming brush and explaining the many benefits of grooming—including keeping animals’ fur clean and free of ectoparasites such as fleas, increasing their trust, and using positive reinforcement to modify their aggressive or fear-based behavior.

I’ll leave you with one last piece of good news. We recently met with the council members of Bakshi-Hipparga village. Based on our success in Wadji village, where Animal Rahat sterilized every single community dog, the Bakshi Hipparga council requested that we do the same in its village. The fact that we didn’t have to sell the council members on the idea but rather that they invited us is a fantastic sign of progress in a region where spaying and neutering was unheard of before Animal Rahat came along.

None of this vitally important work would be possible without the generosity of our kind supporters. Thank you for caring about Animal Rahat so that we can make a meaningful and lasting impact on animals’ lives every single day.