Times of India Reports on Mere Saathi Clinics in Kolkata

On June 28/29 2011, Mere Saathi ran dog and cat clinics at the Karuna Kunj animal shelter in partnership with Compassionate Crusaders Trust (CCT).  CCT got the Times of India to publish a short report on the clinics in their Kolkata edition for Monday, August 01, 2011.  Here is the text and a scan of the article page:

Compassion is the Key

Compassionate Crusaders Trust (CCT), an organization that works for animal welfare in the city, hosted a team of four students from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine. They worked for a couple of months [misreported: we worked for two days] on a project at CCT’s animal clinic to study on diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. The team collected fecal samples of dogs from CCT’s animal shelter and from parts of Kolkata. The findings on the type of parasite eggs and proglottids will be documented. Finally, the data collected will be used to determine the prevalence of internal parasites in domestic animals in the city in order to assess zoonotic risk and potential impact of these parasites on animal as well as human health.

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