Animal Nepal July 2023 Report

Animal Nepal is one of the global partner groups that Animal Aid Abroad is able to support with the help of our generous donors. Following is the July 2023 report from Animal Nepal.

We carried out a repeat Glanders blood test of our five new rescues on 27 July following delays by the lab. All results came back negative for Glanders and none of the animals have shown any symptoms so we are feeling cautiously optimistic at this time and seems like the five are definitely not infected. As shared via email, we discovered that one of the new rescues Apache is pregnant and she seems quite late into the pregnancy now. We think that she must be about 10/11 months pregnant. So as not to cause a disruption to Apache’s routine, our Vets have advised that its best that Apache continues with the pregnancy and birth at their current shelter. Moving Apache to our sanctuary now may place Apache and her foal at risk of harm by our other large animals who at times can be intolerant of newcomers into the sanctuary. We are building a temporary space for Apache at our sanctuary, away from the other animals where she can nurse her foal without the risk of being attacked by the other animals. Until this is complete, Apache and our other new rescues will remain at their current location.

All our animals at the sanctuary are doing very well. The stockings that we made for our donkeys to prevent the fly bites have proven to be very effective and as a result our oldest donkey Bruna who was always prone to a lot of infections on her leg caused by fly bites, hasn’t had any this year! Our bulls are doing really, Kumari and Sanu are best friends and area always joint at the hip. Surprisingly they haven’t really taken to Kali and on the whole they tend to ignore her and she also seems to prefer her own company. We recently moved four of our office dogs into the sanctuary following complaints of there being too many dogs in our office, which is located in a residential area. We have made a large separate enclosure for the dogs so that they are kept separate from the other animals until they are used to them. They seem to have taken a particular dislike to our bulls at this time, but we are hopeful that they will learn to like each other in due time.

We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Animal Aid Abroad for their continued financial support in the running and maintenance of the sanctuary for our rescued equines in Dukuchhap.