The animal welfare movement is gaining ground and spreading all over the country and has become
a global movement for the welfare of animals. The movement is catching on even in countries like
China, Korea etc that had no activism towards animal welfare, are today gearing themselves to
prevent cruelty towards all animals in their countries putting an end to age old practices of killing
and consuming various animals such as dogs for food.

In India the land of ahimsa, rules and regulations are in place and on paper only, for there still
continues the sickening practice of ritual slaughter at places of worship even by the powers that be,
not only in our country but the world over! Cruel animal sports such as cock fighting, bear baiting,
dog fighting, ram fighting and bull fighting still continue in India as well as the world, touted as
public entertainment, whereas the pain and gore of these sports, questions our civilized status. Any
amount of humane education and stringent laws has not been of much impact.

The country has many animal welfare activists who have been so for many decades and what is
required to day is the youth, who though interested, have no time in these days continuing education
and fast track working conditions, giving no room or time to follow the inclinations of the heart
to help animals in pain and distress.

KARUNA in its own way is involved in animal birth control operations, though the running is
not smooth, for the local bodies are not serious of their basic responsibilities such as providing a
stray animal free environment for their tax payers. KARUNA through its humane education
programmes of on the spot painting, essay writing and elocution competitions for children of different
age groups, tries to catch them young for building up future animal welfare activists. The children
are also taken to wildlife conserves to learn about wildlife and also nature conservation. Karuna,
has of late an inter and intra state standing, by involving animal welfare organisations in many
of the states of the Indian union where the animal welfare fortnight commemorating Sri Basava
Jayanthi, the birthday of Sri Basavanna, the 12th century saint philosopher and social reformer who
raised his voice for the cause of animals. And through its rural welfare programmes caters to draft
animals by means of animal health camps in remote interior villages across the state.
KARUNA has need for more youthful manpower and volunteer force and its committed members
to take animal welfare to grater heights in our state and country.