Tree Of Life For Animals

With 24 hours before D-Day, Indian Trustees, Deepak and Kamoo came to the hospital to discuss final arrangements for TOLFA’s Rabies Awareness Campaign Day.
Despite the office now having an actual desk and 6 chairs, in true eclectic TOLFA style, the meeting had to take place in the Cattle Shade as Dr Ashok [...]

Building of the 4 staff quarters began 3 years ago, shortly after our land was purchased but due to planning permission problems and the funds being diverted into more urgent hospital buildings, the quarters lay unfinished.

The staff quarters half finished

TOLFA now has it’s very own film that shows who we are, where we are and more importantly what we do.
Get to meet our staff, see our hospital and experience the work we do and the animals we treat.
It was through the efforts of several dedicated and creative people that made this promotional video happen, [...]

We are proud to say that our shelter continues to develop and currently comprises of large and small animal operating theatres, a block of 40 kennels for dogs on the sterilisation and rabies vaccination programme, 60 kennels for sick and injured dogs, a comfortable puppy house for 12, an office, staff housing for 3 familes [...]

Our Puppy House has now been built, inaugurated and is fully operational. It has been difficult at the shelter having to cope with lots of puppies and very limited places to put them as Wendy, one of TOLFA’s hospital managers explains.

Staff, trustees and shelter dogs posing at the Puppy House opening ceremony, March 2008

‘Last [...]

TOLFA is now the proud owner of a new kennel block. This wonderful addition brings the number of dog kennels to 100 which means we can take in and treat many more animals that need our attention.

“Working together to Make Rabies History!” – shouted the slogan and T.O.L.F.A. tucked away in a small corner of the planet, marked the day with it’s own charming programme. It indeed felt good to be part of a global push, with hundreds of other charities and NGO’s marking the day, in their own [...]

The building work on our new kennel block is rapidly coming to an end. Here is a picture sent by Serena, our current volunteer. It also shows how lovely the hospital looks with a coat of white paint.

**Our new kennel block being built**
The kennels must be completed in time for World Rabies Day on [...]

We are close to signing an agreement with the Rajasthan government who have agreed to pay for 50% of a new 60 dog kennel block. This will enable us to continue and extend our [Animal Birth Control programme](http://tolfa.org.uk/pages/neutering-rabies-vaccination).
Serena, our current [Project Raja volunteer](http://tolfa.org.uk/pages/project-raja-volunteer-scheme) has taken it upon herself to find the other 50% of [...]

**Dr Irschad and the new water bore**
Since we officially opened our doors in October 2005 we have been relying on water being delivered on a weekly basis. Not so much of an issue during Monsoon season, but for the remaining 10 months of the year we would have the water truck arrive to pump [...]