After three months of an animal deprived college life I came back to Delhi last winter only too ready to get back to volunteering at Friendicoes. One of my new jobs as a volunteer was to handle the Friendicoes stall at South delhi's famous Select City Walk Mall “Flea nite” and take a few orphaned puppies for adoption.
In my first week at the stall, along with 6 other puppies, I took a puppy with a wounded back leg. He and his sister were identical to look at, but had opposite personalities. He was quiet and shy while she was frisky and ever ready to play. Surprisingly enough it was the boy who found a home, the two men taking him promised to look after him well despite his injury. One hour later they returned him back because he was crying too much. Read more
Our gorgeous Shaina!
The name Shaina is of Yiddish origin and means beautiful and no one can deny that the Shaina I am talking about is anything less than gorgeous. This Labrador has heart meltingly warm eyes, a lovely golden coat and unfortunately also the enthusiasm of a three
Oscar was a 8 week old puppy when he was presented as a gift to someone. But he wasn’t appreciated and ultimately was abandoned at a kennel, abused and neglected and with severe skin problem. To his good fortune the kennel manager liked him and
My first memory of Willow is a scrunched up face and a drooping head, a thin curved body and every rib poking out…and he is a beautiful specimen of a Boxer!
His sad pitiable condition once again reminded me of how disgustingly inhuman we humans can be. Read more
Jessie the lab
Jessi is one of those many dogs that pass through Friendicoes all the time due to the owners’ decision to give up their pets for some reason or the other. It is sad but a significant part of reality that a large number of pets get abandoned every day at shelters or on roads. Read more
Chiti
Chiti, the name itself implies the size of the subject in our story which is a tiny little Chihuahua. Chiti, meaning Ant in Hindi, was abandoned by her owners but luckily for her Chiti landed up with an animal lover Rakhee who was unable to keep her as her 3 older dogs were in no mood to share her love...Read more
Yusuf Pathan visited the Friendicoes SECA Delhi shelter
Yusuf Pathan, the renowned Indian cricket star from Vadodara, Gujarat, visited the Friendicoes SECA Delhi shelter this week much...Read more
AAA Inc Donates Keen
For the working equines of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh the year 2009 brought with it lovely gifts in the form of 535 keens and a new water trough at a brick kiln in Ballabgarh in Haryana. Read more
