“My life changed completely the day I saw a stray dog by the side of the road, whose wounds were completely infested with maggots. How could I turn a blind eye to this and continue my journey? I took the animal back home and did what was needed to treat it. The satisfaction that I got after that episode was so immense that it felt like a real achievement.
I had both a good academic education and a job, but my consciousness kept telling me to seek my passion and true calling, which seemed to lie elsewhere. It is from that moment that I started to help animals in distress, mainly stray dogs. I used to get them treated, sterilised and then file for adoption but very soon, I realised that my yard would not be spacious enough to accommodate all these vulnerable animals.
It is not always easy to do all these alone but yes, some people do help me when I need, so humanity still exists!
Paid shelters proved to be too costly and not many people were keen to adopt stray dogs. I had to find a solution. So I started to rent plots of land and built shelters for those helpless dogs.
I do find real happiness whenever I save animals in distress. I can see in their eyes that for them, I am a saviour and this gives me immense pride.
I must have saved and rehabilitated over 7500 dogs till today and as of now, I take care of around 150 dogs on a daily basis. I know each one of them perfectly as I keep proper records of them. I wake up at 4.00 am every day to live this passion of mine. It is not always easy to do all these alone but yes, some people do help me when I need, so humanity still exists!
My ultimate dream is that one day, an effective, efficient and humane solution is found to resolve the issue of stray dogs in Mauritius. Mass culling has never been and will never be the real effective solution. You must be thinking how can I say this? Well, even today, we have around 55000 to 60000 stray dogs in Mauritius…”
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“Mo lavi inn sanze konpletman zour mo’nn trouv enn lisien eran lor bor larout, avek enn blesir ranpli ar moutouk. Mo pa ti kapav kontign mo lazourne koumadir mo pa’nn trouv nanye. Mo’nn amenn zanimo-la lakaz, ek mo’nn fer seki bizin pou tret li. Satisfaksion ki mo’nn gagne sa zour-la ti telman gran ki mo’nn viv sa moman-la kouma enn vre achievement.
Mo ti ena enn bon parkour akademik ek enn travay, me mo konsians ti pe kontigne dir mwa al rod mo pasion, mo vokasion, ki ziska ler paret mo pa ti ankor kone. Apartir sa momam lamem mo’nn koumans vinn an ed a bann zanimo an detres, laplipar ditan bann lisien eran. Mo ti pe donn zot swin, steriliz zot, ek okip prosedir pou adopsion, me ase rapidman mo’nn realize ki mo lakour pa pou ase gran pou akeyir tou sa bann zanimo vilnerab-la.
Li pa fasil toule zour pou fer tou sa travay-la tousel, me ena dimounn donn mwa koudme. Limanite ankor existe.
Bann refiz peyan ti tro ser ek pa ti ena boukou dimounn ki ti anvi adopte bann lisien eran. Mo ti bizin trouv enn solision. Alor, mo’nn deside pou lwe enn bout terin ek mo’nn aranz enn bann refiz.
Mo gagn enn vre sansasion lazwa kan mo kapav sov lavi bann zanimo an detres. Pou zot, mo koumadir enn Bon Samaritin, ek sa donn mwa enn gran sansasion fierte.
Mo bizin inn sov ek swang inpe plis ki 7500 lisien ziska zordi, ek par zour mo okip anviron 150. Mo gard enn bon dokimantasion lot zot, se ki fer ki mo konn zot tou, enn par enn. Mo leve toule zour kat-r-er pou viv mo pasion. Li pa fasil toule zour pou fer tou sa travay-la tousel, me ena dimounn donn mwa koudme. Limanite ankor existe.
Mo pli gran rev se ki enn zour, nou resi trouv enn solision pli efikas, pli efektif ek pli imin pou problem lisien eran dan Moris. Labataz an mas zame ti ek zame pou enn bon solision. Kapav zot pou demande kouma mo kapav dir sa. Li sinp, zordi mem, nou ena anviron 5500 ziska 60000 lisien eran dan Moris…”
