Tree Of Life For Animals

We are delighted to announce that Bunty has taken on a new role of nurturing staff member, along with Sharda and he will dedicate his day to walking and taking care of owner dogs, enriching the environments of animals with special needs, helping to ensure those in need receive extra feeding.
Anybody that has [...]

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 [...]

It’s been a month since TOLFA celebrated its 6th birthday.
Rachel has achieved a tremendous amount since she started with just a few acres of uncultivated land. We now have kennels for over 100 dogs, a cattle shade for dozens of cows, donkeys and goats, large and small animal theatres, an office, a puppy house, a [...]

Here’s a beautiful and humorous insight into the animals we treat at TOLFA.
Ever felt your eyes were too big for your stomach?

There have been lots of changes on the Board of Trustees in the UK.
We now have a new Managing Trustee, Kym Barratt. Kym first found TOLFA whilst travelling in India in 2006 and ended up volunteering for 6 months at the hospital. After returning to the UK she joined the Board as Volunteer Co-ordinator, followed [...]

Vishnu was working for the local municipality in Pushkar driving a refuse collecting tractor.
He often called Kamlesh Katri, our Pushkar based trustee, with details of animals needing rescue and care - Kamlesh realised he was just the man to be based in Pushkar for a permanent job liaising to do on the spot [...]

We would be nothing without our wonderful staff. The Tree of Life for Animals has been so lucky to find people that are so dedicated to their jobs in animal welfare.
Every day, our staff work long hours in tough conditions, yet despite this, they never complain and work silently towards creating a haven where [...]

In December 2006, Shishpal accompanied Ramesh to Jaipur for their animal assistants training and great fun was had by all. As well as being an invaluable training exercise it was a chance for them to mix with new people and see the different ways that the experienced Doctors and Compounders at Help in Suffering worked.

Along with Parveen, Bunty also attended the 2 week animal assistant training course held at Help in Suffering, Jaipur. As you can see from his face, Bunty was very happy to complete his training and receive his certificate from Dr Jack Reece, veterinary surgeon in charge of the ABC extension programme.**Bunty receiving his animal assistant certificate**

In August 2006, our two trained compounders Manoj and Siteram were invited to attend a Donkey Farriery Course in Ahmedabad. The 3 day course which was excellently run, covered all topics to do with donkey hoof care and was kindly sponsored by The Donkey Sanctuary, India. At the end of the course each [...]