The Bodhi clinic/shelter run by Tina is also about providing free veterinary care to local people’s animals. There are so many really poor people here that will tell me about an animal needing help, but they can’t afford any treatment, they are struggling to survive themselves. I drive around & visit animals on location and treat them myself. Whatever treatments we cannot do, are done by veterinarians at our expense. We rescue animals that are to be poisoned, sick, starving or in otherwise bad condition, heal them and then try to adopt them out.”
The shelter needs to continually grow as word is spread amongst the locals that we will help those that cannot afford to medicate and how to take better care of the animals in their community. Not all animals are owned, some are live on the street are offered little food, shelter and are left to fend for themselves. These animals suffer debilitating diseases such as coptic mange, ulcers, blood parasites, broken bones, stomach and bowel problems, a myriad of infections, verbal and sometime violent physical abuse. This produces two main challenges, sufficient funds to run the shelter and time to do all the necessary work.
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