Broken Dogs in Rajasthan

May 10, 2009 | Category: India, Rajasthan, Volunteering | by: Heather

Mini is one of the happiest and bounciest, despite no legs. Look at that grin.

Being on the go and seeing sights can get old.  So it was with great relief that we arrived in Udaipur this week, with the intention of staying for a few weeks to volunteer at an animal rescue just outside the city.  Animal Aid is a non-profit rehabilitation center, started by a retired couple from the U.S. and their teenage daughter.  Their hospital collects injured strays  – cats, dogs, donkeys, cows, monkeys, pigeons, parrots – nurses them back to health and returns them to their home on the street, if appropriate.  We are mostly working with dogs, and no matter how starved or crippled, mangy, or ugly, their forgiving and happy dog natures always come out, and we are greeted daily with many happy wagging tails.  It is a big work, and it is good to mix with so many other passionate, caring, hard-working people.

On another subject, we split paths with Steve also this last week (the other half of Walters Creative, Kjrstin, left about the time we left Hyderabad).  He is headed off to do more intensive photography work in Hyderabad, and then back to the U.S. to join up with Kjrstin, where they will be responsibly pregnant.  We will miss the amazing photography that we’ve been enjoying, but say big congratulations and wish them the best!

3 Comments

  1. Cimarron
    on May 26th, 2009
    1

    Kjrstin is pregnant! Wow! What a surprise! I love it! Good for them. So I LOVE your blog and wish I was there! I may have to visit you at some point and time…just need to save up some moola!

    Tundra’s finally back in AZ with me! I missed her and am so glad we’re back together!

    Be safe!

    Lova ya,
    Cim

  2. Renee Anderson
    on June 9th, 2009
    2

    Wow,I haven’t looked at this site in a couple of weeks. This is amazing and what an education for me! I will be checking every few days from now on!
    Take care of each other!
    Cim’s mom.

  3. Auntie Karla
    on June 16th, 2009
    3

    Hi, you amazing people, you! This is my first stop at your blog, and my natural inclination is to comment at every post; instead, I will just say here that the adventurer in me (a teeny-tiny being that only can be seen on rare occasions, with a microscope ;-) is envious, but the rest of me will thoroughly enjoy seeing India vicariously through you! (I think I will probably have to wait for places like that until getting there is much simpler–like the Millennium?) Anyway, glad to have your site to catch up on you!
    Hugs,
    Auntie Karla

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