Animals
Gau Seva
Gau seva, for this foundation, means the welfare of cattle: feed when grazing fails, water, and support for the people and gaushalas who look after them. Respect for the animal is shown in that care.
Why this work
In a drought year the grass goes first. Cattle that a family depends on, and cattle that have been left to wander, both suffer when fodder and water run short. A meal of dry fodder in those months is the work.
Injured, ageing, or abandoned animals need more than a gesture. We are not a veterinary hospital, and we will not pretend to be one. We help with feed, water, and the cost of basic care, and we point serious injury toward proper treatment where we can.
What care looks like
Fodder in the lean months
Support for feed when common grazing is finished, arranged with caretakers so that it reaches the animals rather than a store that never opens.
Water and shelter
Help with water through a dry spell, and with simple shelter where a gaushala or a keeper is already doing the daily work.
Alongside keepers
Gaushalas, farmers, and local keepers know their animals. We add resources to their labour. We do not replace them for a day's visit.
Humane treatment
Abandoned and injured cattle are approached calmly. Where a qualified vet is needed, that is the right next step, and we will say so.
At a glance
- Focus
- Cattle welfare: fodder, water, and support to caretakers and gaushalas.
- Season
- Throughout the year, with urgency in summer and failed monsoons.
- Limit
- We do not run a hospital. Serious illness needs a veterinarian.
If you keep cattle or run a gaushala and need feed, write with the number of animals and the place. Please do not send fodder to the registered office without arranging it first.