Urs Festival 2007
Now is the time of the Muslim Festival of Urs, where in former years the municipal authorities would take the dogs who lived around the shrine, to the edge of town and stake them out to die of hunger and dehydration - a painful and appalling death.
The Tree of Life for Animals has convinced the authorities there is a better way. During this Festival we will round up 250 dogs and take them to the Clinic. There they will be vaccinated against rabies and neutered. Neutering really does bring the dogs happier and healthier lives.
Just some of the dogs collected during the Urs festival 2006
This means no more dog fighting, which makes the locals fearful. No more trans-venereal tumours and of course we reduce the numbers of street dogs. Another benefit is that we get to vaccinate the dogs against Rabies, with the hope that we will eliminate this horrible disease in animals and humans in the area.
We are currently in full swing and working over 18 hour days to get through the workload, but it is so worth it. A week later, after the Festival is over, the dogs will be released to live life with renewed vigour.