Tree Of Life For Animals

Chiku became one of our shelter dogs after having one of her front legs amputated a while ago. A few weeks back her hind leg on the same side got fractured… but she’s the brightest little thing you’ll ever meet and the fastest dog on two legs!

During the annual Pushkar Camel Fair, TOLFA rescued 2 horses - named Patrick & Penny. We’re delighted with how well they are doing and how they have settled into their new life at our little sanctuary.
However they’ll need to stay here for the rest of their lives at a cost of £100 a month. This [...]

My name is Emer and I am a vet from Dublin, Ireland. Last year, after three years in mixed practice, I decided to go travelling. I always knew I wanted to do some volunteer work while I was away and it made sense to use my skills so I simply googled animal charities and TOLFA [...]

Jo Pilc was one of our nurturing volunteers in 2009 and thanks to her and her friends and colleagues we were able to build Dave, our blind resident from Kennel E13, a personal run. Now he can enjoy some freedom without feeling the need to attack anything in his path.

Dave with Sharda in his very [...]

Robin came to TOLFA and stayed with us for 6 months as a Project Raja Nurturing Volunteer. Here’s a lovely success story from Robin about Arrow the Labrador.
A Labrador’s Tail
On my first day working at TOLFA I was being shown around and was guided into one of the blocks of kennels. Immediately, this rather nice [...]

Nature photographer Brett Cole saw Mojo - a street dog with a horrific head wound - in Jaisalmer, some 500km from the TOLFA clinic near Pushkar.

He took on the massive challenge of getting treatment for Mojo and after some (all be it little) assistance from a local government run animal shelter, he heard of [...]

Our patients can expect to get a little treat every now and then from a volunteer.
Here’s a pup enjoying his first Parle-G biscuit. It seems to be going down well!

Biscuit treat in the afternoon sun

When Jo came over to volunteer with us in October 2009, she took heed of our Wish List and arranged to bring over some heatpads.
Our sick pups always need some extra heat - especially in winter time - and an electric heatpad is just the thing for them to snuggle up on. It keeps them [...]

This picture shows the adorable Squirrel Nutkin ready for bed after a hard day. Many people ask what’s the secret to his glossy red coat?
Why, it’s the extra tomatoes that go into his freshly prepared meals! Read more about our inpatients Feast Fit for A Dog diet.

Squirrel Nutkin relaxing

At the start of the year one of our volunteers, Clara held an appeal for people to donate dog collars and leads to our shelter. This would enable our staff and Project Raja Volunteers to take all our canine patients out for their much needed daily walks.
It was a great success and now we have [...]