At least for Jivdaya, an NGO that helps rescue and treat injured animals and birds.
If you thought you are the only one getting drained by the unrelenting summer, that's not true. Animal rescue centres and NGOs working are also registering increasing cases of heat-related ailments particular dehydration among birds and animals. But, the overall number seems to be less than last year. At least for Jivdaya, an NGO that helps rescue and treat injured animals and birds.
The NGOs had received 1,736 cases of adult birds and 262 infants being brought to its centre in April 2017. The number, however, fell to 1185 adult birds and 344 infants this April. It should be noted that the figures are only for one centre and there are several such NGOs working for bird and animal rescue.
The government's Karuna helpline also caters to several injured birds and animals and no comprehensive figure about all such cases across the city is available. For May, the NGO attended 972 adult birds and 224 infants so far against 1,324 birds and 267 infants for the same month in previous year.
"Of the total figure, a majority of the birds and animals that are brought to us are in some way or the other affected by heat. Among birds, pigeons are the highest affected followed by kites," said Dharmendra Rathod, general manager of Jivdaya.
Explaining why pigeons and kite numbers are higher, Rathod said pigeons have a high population in the city and so their numbers will also be higher. "As for kites, they have certain feeding areas and those may not be places where they can find ready availability of water," said Rathod. Among animals, the highest affected are the dogs, followed by the cats.
Incidentally, though the number of birds being brought saw a dip, the figure for animals saw a rise. Against 1,577 animals brought to the centre in April 2017, this year saw the figure rise to 1,968. The NGO attended 1,449 injured animals in May 2017.
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