Blue Cross of India

Works for the welfare and adoption for abandoned and street animals along with doing spay/neuter surgeries.

  • Bronze Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
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About

  • Headquarters

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • Since

    1964

It all started one rainy day in 1959 when our founder Captain Sundaram couldn't just walk away from the two pups struggling to stay afloat in the floo Read moreded roads of T Nagar. He took them home and that gesture marked the beginning of Blue Cross, the animal shelter in his house which at one stage had 60 cats, dogs, goats, bandicoots and also a pair of baby mongooses! "With full-fledged support from his family (his wife Usha and the children built the first few kennels with their own hands), he was soon rescuing and sheltering animals in his T Nagar residence. The Blue Cross of India was registered under the Societies Registration Act – No. 129 or 1964. In 1965, Chinny Krishna proposed the mass sterilisation and vaccination of street dogs as an alternate to killing them and named the programme the ABC programme. Endorsed by the WHO, OIE and FAO, this programme is national policy since 2001 and has been widely used around the world. In November 1997, we moved to our present premises on Velachery Road, Guindy - a plot of land we purchased from the government of Tamil Nadu. Our other two centres are Kunnam in Kanchipuram District and Toducadu in Tiruvallur District.

Demographies Served

Impact

Impacted following in 59 years Rescued 3,18,531 animals Spay.neuter surgeries for 2,3,946 animals 1,02,885 adoptions done Did 5,870 complex rescues

Programs

  • Animal Birth Control

    District

    Since 1965, we have been at the forefront of animal birth control procedures. We refer to it as the ABC program to emphasize how easy it is to control the number of street dogs in a humane manner.

    In order to administer the Animal Birth Control program on street and communal animals, we collaborate closely with the Greater Chennai Corporation and other local bodies in the vicinity of Chennai, Puducherry, and Neyveli.

    In addition to corporations, we assist private individuals with pets, municipal agencies, academic and corporate campuses, and gated communities in spaying or neutering the animals under their care. Up to 80 animals can be included in daily mass ABC-AR activities with the help of a well-trained and equipped team.

    All street animals that we rescue and bring back to health at our hospital in Guindy, Chennai, are likewise sterilized by the Blue Cross. They are then freed to return to the original GPS position where they were first picked up.

  • Rescue of distressed animals

    Residents in the Greater Chennai area who have sick, injured, or abandoned animals languishing on the streets can report these incidents to our helpline.

    Every day, a number of rescue routes traverse the entire city to bring these stray animals to our shelter and hospital for medical attention and rehabilitation.

    Our veterinary hospital admits between thirty and forty sick, injured, or abandoned animals every day.

    A specialized team of skilled rescuers takes over for complex rescues involving animals stranded in dangerous or difficult-to-reach locations. Rescued 318531 animals since 1959.

  • Adoptions and Fostering

    In India, there are millions of abandoned pets and street animals that are either crippled or orphaned.

    A significant amount of the issue has been mitigated at the policy level thanks to the groundbreaking work of the Blue Cross of India's ABC-AR program, which was passed into law more than twenty years ago. But in terms of effectiveness, its implementation—which is the purview of municipalities and city corporations—still needs a lot of work. Therefore, the stream of abandoned puppies and disabled street animals in need of homes, along with the numerous so-called "pedigrees" who are brutally abandoned when they become sick, get old, lose the favor of their "masters," or just go "out of style," does not stop. Have facilitated adoption of 105885 animals so far.

Leadership Team

  • S.Vinod Kumaar

    General Manager (Administration)

  • Shanthilal Pandya

    Chairman

  • Sathya Radhakrishnan

    Founder

  • Saraswathi Haksan

    Secretary

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    100+

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAABB0008K

  • Registration ID

    129/1964

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    TN/2014/0083592

  • 12A

    AAABB0008KE20211

  • 80G

    AAABB0008KF20214

  • FCRA

    075901413

  • CSR Registration Number

    Not Available

Location

Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Society