DOGGY’ S DAY OUT – CUPA DOG SHOW A Canine Fund Raiser for Animals in aid of a Sanctuary for Large Animals

Compassion Unlimited Plus Action – CUPA is a registered public charitable Trust for the welfare of animals based in Bangalore. From two tiny rooms in the home of its Founder President, Crystal Rogers, in October 1991, CUPA today operates from three centres. More than 10,000 wild and domestic animals pass through its portals and services range from urban stray dog control to load bearing animal relief centres, from 24 hours, 7 days a week animal shelter and emergency care center, to rehabilitation of wildlife in their indigenous forest zones.

Today, CUPA in Bangalore is synonymous with animal advocacy and welfare. There is an element of personalized care in the busy KVAFSU-CUPA Veterinary Animal Shelter at Hebbal campus that CUPA runs in the heart of Bangalore for all types of animals – stray, wounded, abused, owned or abandoned.

Due to inadequate education and large families, the owners of draught animals as per our Survey, has revealed very limited financial resources at their disposal. Hence, there is a lack of medical treatment, aid or advice on animal care. CUPA is witness to problems faced by the draught animals and farmers in remote villages who have minimal access to medical aid for their animals.CUPA’s Out-Reach Programme, at present, organises free large animal monthly health camps reaching out to hundreds of animal of farmers, bullock carts and jutka owners. However, there is a crying need of a Sanctuary for large animals to provide the abandoned, the sick and aged large animals with proper medical aid and good care.To realise CUPA’s dream for such a Sanctuary, a special fun – filled eventfor the entire family and children of all ages has been organised in November 2006 as

Doggy’s Day Out – A Special Dog Show

The event includes pedigree dogs as well as non- pedigree dogs. A memorable day out with your family , friends AND YOUR PET DOG. The date and venue of the event will be informed to you.The Dog Show will be followed by an Entertainment Programme and your family and pets’ needs will be fulfilled at the variety of stalls at the Show.To mark this occasion, we will bring out a brochure soCome…..join hands with us and sponsor an advertisement in our brochureas One who cares!

KINDLY COMPLETE THE FORM GIVEN BELOW IN BLOCK LETTERS AND RETURN TO CUPA,
257, ICROSS, HAL II STAGE,
INDIRANAGAR, BANGALORE – 560 038
TEL: 22947300/22947301
FAX: 2229377

1Name of the person/Company:
Address of Person/Company:
Tel/Mobile:
Fax:
Email:
Category of Advertisement: Please tick the relevant Category
B/W Colour
Inside FRONT cover : – Rs.20,000
Inside BACK cover : – Rs.20,000
Back cover : – Rs.25,000
Full Page : Rs.7,500 Rs.10,000
Half Page : Rs.2,500 Rs. 3,000
Quarter Page : Rs.2,500 –
Strips : Rs. 500 –
Size of Full page: 27cm X 20 cm
Last date for entry of advertisement matter is 10th October 2006.

Advertisement material:

Cheques/D.D. may kindly be made in favour of ‘ CUPA’:
Please find enclosed Cash/Cheque/D.D. No ….. dt…..for Rs…….. Your valued contribution – personal/Company in the brochure are welcome
Donations to CUPA are exempt from Income Tax under section 80G of the IT Act.

Link: In Totidem Verbis

C.U.P.A Fund raiser

We at CUPA ( Compassion Unlimited Plus Action) are organising a fund raising event for a large animal shelter at Kengeri on 5th november at Sulivan Police grounds, opposite Garuda Mall on Magrath road. The event starts at 11.30 am. Please Participate in the event with your cute little darlings thats your pets. There are 10 events wherein your dear darling will not pnly be tested for how disciplined he/she is but for how naughty and playful they are.( the events are:” Look like your owner”, “Fattest Dog” “Most Talented”,”Best Smile”, “Most Well Groomed”” Funniest walk”,”Prettiest eyes””Most Disobedient”” Best Mixed Breed””Curliest tail”). The entry fee for participation is Rs 100/-. Entrance fee for the event is Rs 20/- for people who are not bringing along their pets for people who bring in their pets the Entrance fee would be Rs 50/-We also have stalls at the event. Each stall costs 5k, For details on stalls contact nankam03@yahoo.co.in.We need around 50 Volunteers for the event, Any help will be highly valued. Do Contact CUPA for more details or email Kaushik at kaushiksv@yahoo.com or kaushik.sv.22@gmail.com

Cross-posted @ All for bow

CUPA Garage sale

We at CUPA are organising a garage sale for animals .If you have some stuff which you don’t use and is lying at home (like old furniture,clothes not used and used, junk jewellery,electric items, bags,anything under the sun that is not being used at home any longer), you can drop it at CUPA, Veterinary science college campus, Bellary road, Hebbal, Bangalore

We are also short of old newspapers for the animals at the shelter.

For further details contact CUPA at 22947312 and 313.

Cross-posted at All for bow

CUPA activities

These are a few recent happenings at CUPA

Goldman Sachs worked with us for 10 days in various sessions spread over 2 months. They did up a part of the garden, painted the boarding kennels, the corridor and the pup room; they bathed all the shelter doggies. Apart from this they conducted a canine therapy program in one institution. Apart from this they did something which just brought a smile on our face. They flew down the most renowned, world famous and best photographer in the world, Steve McCurry (of the Nat geo fame), to take pictures on Cupa and our activities, last week. He was with us for 2 days. (Even George Bush cannot get him to work for him). So we are famous.:-) He is going to send us the pictures soon .So keep checking this blog for those.

Adoption Programmes:

We have 5 little calves with us now. All abandoned. One is a buffalo boy, 3 are female calves and one is a baby bull. And also with the calves come our little pups and cats who are eager to be a part of your family. Indian dogs are the best for our climate and they are as beautiful and loyal as any other breed. So visit CUPA and say hi to a new friend.

And of course ,you can help us achieve these goals:

The Kengeri centre needs lots of funds to get it set up. Water is logging in the land and we have to raise the land by 5 feet to get the place running. We are going to have a Dog show in the first week of November this year. The proceeds of the show will help set up the Kengeri unit. There will be a ramp walk whereyou canwalk your dogs. Prizes will be given to them for categories like Most Disobedient, Most curly tail, etc. After the show there will be a performance by artists. There will be stalls on the grounds selling a variety of products and food items. So get your naughty Pups to strut their stuff and let them charm us with style.

Apart from this all our other regular activities are going fine. We continue with our canine therapy, rural camps, human education programs, etc. Thank you all for all your support in making this world a beautiful place to live in.

For more details on the programmes, Contact CUPA at 22947312 and 313.

Cross-posted at Allforbow

In memory of Princess..

Princess was born two weeks back in my area… She was a cute pup.. Today someone decided that it was time for her to go.. Princess was run over by a cruel car.She was not allowed to live till she grew up.This post is for my princess.( I really regret my decision to not leave her at CUPA)

This sunday princess came with me to CUPA. She was scared to see the other dogs and she happily played with Pradyot and Swati. I called her the sleeping beauty cos she always slept on our building stairs and refused to move even when asked to. The kids of the area fed her, played with her and today before our eyes a car hit her and she died instantly.

A serious request to all of you driving a car. Please dont drive as though you are on the race track. Remember its a public road . Dont try your racing skills on small lanes. You might end up killing a mute animal who has no one to claim compensation for its death. But it still has life..

Princess..
You deserved a home
and a beautiful life
Hope you rest in peace
and the angels above
take care of you.
You will always be remembered

Pups for adoption at CUPA

My Nutmeg..She has grown up.. and is up for adoption

Suparna Ganguly ,Vice President, CUPA on 101.3 Fm Rainbow

Hey all,
Tune into my show tomorrow(13th June’06) morning between 9-10 am on 101.3 FM Rainbow. I would be interviewing Suparna Ganguly, Vice President,Compassion Unlimited Plus Action. (CUPA).
We would be talking about the various animal welfare programmes that CUPA has taken up, Stray dogs, CUPA’s Adoption programmes. Animal rights etc..If you have any questions regarding the same. do leave a line by 10pm tonight on soultrot@yahoo.com or message me on 9945703324 between 8 and 10am tomorrow morning.

You can catch me every sunday evening between 6 and 7pm and 9 and 11pm on the same frequency for some hard hitting rock music…Requests can be left on the email id above..

So dont forget to tune into 1o1.3 MHZ, FM Rainbow.

Nutmeg: Our Princess

Myself, Elz and Blos found a sweet pup in our college today. We decided to call her Nutmeg princess. Nutmeg was found in the college library and was starving for 2 days. I decided to take her to CUPA and leave her there for adoption. We spent the day with nutmeg, feeding her and playin with her . Nutmeg slept on my lap in the afternoon.. She looked like a baby on my lap and I grew very found of her.
I had to leave nutmeg at CUPA in the evening cos there was no way I could have carrried her home. Mom has this rule, if I get one more dog home( i already have 2) I need to stay out ( she will keep the dog of course). So with a heavy heart, I took nutmeg to CUPA.
Elz and Blos joined me till Majestic bus stop. (yes, nutmeg had a taste of bus ride). Thankfully the bus driver and conductor were kind and helpful. We got down at majestic and caught another bus to hebbal.
I dropped her at CUPA and left some biscuits for her. As I was leaving, Nutmeg gave me a very sad look as though asking me not to leave her. I couldnt stop my tears from flowing. A few hours of being together and I had developed a deep bond with nutmeg.

My darling nutmeg
I have been with you only for a few hours
But the love I feel for you is for ever
Hope you get adopted soon
And you live happily ever after

To adopt Nutmeg, Call CUPA ( Compassion Unlimited Plus Action) at 22947300 or 22947301

Congrats

Congrats Mojo on being a proud parent.. Thanks for adopting Itappa: the dog with a notorious past. (no rewards for guessing who the smuggler was)

You can be a foster parent too

Just visit CUPA, Pick your favorite dog out of the permanent residents of CUPA and they will take care of the dog for u. All you need to do is to contribute 350/- per month,per animal and visit the dog whenever you are free..You will be updated regularly about the activities and health of your dog.

Contact CUPA at 22947300 or 22947301

Cross posted at All For Bow

CUPA Hebbal OPD not to be open in the evening from now on

Hey all your animal lovers, please note that CUPA clinic(OPD) at Hebbal will not be open in the evening from now on. But they have opened up a new clinic at RT Nagar for our convenience.

Check this for the route map to reach there.

The new clinic is quite near to the Doordarshan Kendra at Jaymahal. If u find any difficulty finding out the place, u can call CUPA at 2294312/22942313, They would guide you further.

The timings are
OPD : Sunday to Saturday, 7.00 a.m -1.30 p.m & 2.30 p.m – 11.00 p.m.

Cross posted at allforbow