A small black and grey female, Little Puchi was abandoned at the centre during the first community dog health program in 2012. At the time, she was suffering from a bad bout of mange. She recovered fully with treatment, and was then spayed and vaccinated. As her owner could not be located, she has stayed at the centre ever since. …
Alerted by a resident Spanish couple, Kate found Karlu, a large, ginger dog, at the Boudhanath stupa in October 2014. He was lying on the ground, howling with pain at the slightest movement. He was taken to the vet, and his broken leg set in plaster. Unfortunately, his leg took many months to heal. The Spanish couple, who had hoped …
Jasmine, a gentle black dog with brown facial markings, was found lying in the street near Boudha. She had terrible demodectic mange. The local street dog organization was called but were unable to attend. So Kate decided to come back weekly to treat her skin condition in situ. As Kate was leaving the place, the dog keeled over. Kate realized …
Khairi, a large, brown German Shepherd type dog, turned up in November 2012 at the local wood workshop, where Birendra give her a box to give birth to her pups. She was in poor condition and the pups died. She was brought to Kate’s attention but she was wary and frightened. It took local children 2 weeks to catch her. …
Kate found “Red Pangri” on her way home back in 2011 in the Kopan area. He was emaciated, suffering from severe malnutrition, pneumonia, dehydration and maggot infested wounds. With Intensive Care, he began to recover quickly so that within two months, he was in good enough condition to start vaccinations. After several years in the centre now, a medium-sized sturdy …
Daisy was found in a walkway between the houses near the centre one morning in September 2018. She was disabled, unable to walk with injuries to her back, probably the result of a road accident. She was not known to any of the local people so we think she was dumped there. At the clinic, the x-rays showed that no …
A painfully thin, little waif of a dog, Chichi was found hobbling aimlessly in the fields below the monastery. A Sherpa girl carried her over to the centre, where Kate discovered she had a badly infected, maggot-infested wound on her foot. She responded immediately to antibiotics and daily cleaning of the wound. Chichi arrived in the centre in August 2018 …
Bini was rescued from Makalbari by a Nepali friend of CDWK in September 2018. She was a thin, sad, little pup about 3 months old with a severely damaged rear end as the result of a road accident. The large wound and damaged bones took time to heal but eventually tissue grew back to hold everything together. She has one …
Bari was rescued by a friend of CDWK’s in Makalbari in December 2018. He had suffered from a severe accident, and his abdomen had been punctured. Dr Sushil was very concerned and carried out an inspective surgery to check for organ damage. Fortunately, nothing serious was detected and Bari came back to the centre for recovery. Doxycycline and physiotherapy was …
Recently, we had a visit from the Centre for Disabled Children Assistance in Kapan. Here is a link to a video of the visit. We are very grateful to CDCA for permission to share this beautiful video.
