The campus of IIT Bombay is home to lots of flora and fauna: the fauna includes birds, dogs, cattle, butterflies, snakes, monkeys, langurs, leopards and humans. There are some rare species too: we are not trying to be exhaustive here.
While most campus residents appreciate the presence of various animals, there are instances of conflicts between monkeys-humans, dogs-humans, cattle-humans. Methods to minimize conflicts are complex: some residents feel all non-humans are best eliminated from the campus: of course, there are very few such residents. Some others believe feeding animals aggravates these conflicts, while others believe feeding alleviates these.
The Animals-Welfare-Group strives to minimize conflicts. Please write to belur[AT]iitb.ac.in for any conflict/complaint/interest-in-helping/etc.
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The institute has supported the activity both in spirit and monetarily. The institute fund is used through procedures approved by the institute, i.e. the expenses are subject to the institute accounts and audit procedures like all other institute activities. The institute fund is used for:
The institute fund is NOT used for
The institute fund is handled by Krishnan, Prita and (initially) Madhu.
Our current efforts are still focussed towards neutering and vaccination. Please drop an email to belur[at]iitb.ac.in (without square brackets, replacing 'at' by @) and mention if you want to be included in the googlegroup, and if you can help in coaxing a dog into our car (for taking to the vet for the neutering operation).
A presentation that was made to the Deans' committee in May 2016 that contains more information is available at http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~belur/animals/files/awc-work-July16.pdf
For useful FAQs to deal with stray dogs: - http://homepages.iitb.ac.in/~mkmitra/animalsofiitb/fear-of-dogs.html (Sumant Rao) - http://www.thewayofslowtravel.com/2013/12/28/5-non-violent-tricks-to-deal-with-stray-dogs/ (Daniel Roy)
Some recent activities:
Total dogs on campus neutered (since Aug-2015): 125. Estimate of dogs yet to be neutered (as of August 19): 25: these are all either exceedingly shy or puppies.
- 13th August 2019: Ms. Lynnette D' Souza visited IIT Bombay and gave conducted a session to increase awareness about snakes: thanks to coordination with Weber Shandwick and Animal Planet. More about that can found here.
- July-2018 to June 2019: About 8 dogs were neutered, further details to be put here.
- 1st June 2018: 2 female dogs (1 from M. Kulkarni's lane, and 1 from opposite Devi temple) go with Dr. Jinesh for spaying (and return on 14th June).
- 27th April 2018: 6 dogs (1 male and 5 females) go with Dr. Jinesh for neutering. The male dog (white and large) and 2 females (Lucy, black and white, Maya) from H15, and 2 small black females from M. Kulkarni's lane, and 1 light-brown female from MARAS, Hillside. Thanks to Dr. Jinesh, Jay, Makarand, Harsh of H15).
- 14th April 2018: 2 dogs (one black male, with white chest, and one black lean female), both from M. Kulkarni's lane leave for Dr. Thange. Thanks to Rajesh Saavla, Makarand.
- 12th Feb 2018: 10 dogs go to WSD for neutering (thanks to Dipesh and Sawant of WSD): Market-gate male + mom (white-male, light-brown-mom), CTR-20 (male), 2 female dogs of H9 (black-tall and brown), 1 H6 female friendly-brown, 1 H5/campus-hub-female (dark-brown smallish female) and 3 dargah point (golden-black/brown-tall, black-short, white) dogs.
- 26th Oct 2017: 14 dogs leave for WSD (thanks to Dipesh and Ismail) H12 (non-uniform white, thanks to Mahesh Thorat), H5 (small black female, pretty friendly, thanks to Jay), IDC (big black male, pretty friendly, thanks to Jay), H6 (brown and quite fluffy), 10: dargah-point.
- 7th and 14th Oct: 84 dogs across campus were administered the anti-rabies vaccine, thanks to Dipesh and Mayur of WSD.
- 9th Oct: WSD takes 5 dogs for neutering: uniform white-dog (female)from H-12, small-white (with black patches male dog) from Devi-temple (Chintoo), quite-white female dog from behind-power-house, small shy brown-black female dog from H5, White (male?) dog from Market gate.
- 13th Sept: Anti-venom administration CME in Cooper hospital: Dr. Reshma Tipnis, and Sister Vineeta and Sister Wasanti of IITB hospital attended the CME regarding anti-venom administration. Thanks to noted herpetologist Mr. Kedar Bhide of Zero Bite initiative
- 5th Aug: An awareness session about rabies, dog-bite prevention, first-aid about bites, animal rights and animal-birth-control was conducted in 6 classes of KV IIT secondary session. Thanks to Ms. Dharmita of WSD and Manjuli madam and Bhattacharyya madam of KV IIT.
- 18th April: H-8's 2 old-pups get neutered. Thanks to IDA/Rajesh Rokade.
- 17th (and 31st) Jan: 11 puppies (and 2 adult dogs) across H-1, H-15 and H-8 pups get vaccination doses. 1 kitten of Old-multi-storey-bldg gets a vaccine. Thanks to Dr. Anil Singh and Madhu.
- 13th Jan 2017: Lucky's 4 old-pups return neutered. Thanks to Rimi/Palka and Rajesh Saavla
- 29th Nov 2016: Granny (female) returns neutered. (She had gone before but was not operated then.) Thanks to Rajesh
- 15th Nov: Jhabru and Lake-side dog return neutered from Thange's. Thanks to Rajesh/Palka/Trirag.
- 22nd Oct: Another 34 stray dogs get anti-rabies vaccine in the vaccination drive. Thanks to WSD/Techfest/NSS/AWG. This brings the total stray dogs vaccinated by WSD to 90. In the recent past (i.e. within last two months), 7 stray dogs had already been vaccinated for anti-rabies and hence did not receive again.
- 15th Oct: Anti-rabies dog-vaccination drive: 56 stray dogs given vaccine. (Almost all of them got a new RFID PFCI collar): thanks to WSD/Techfest/NSS/AWG. Central-area, Lake-side, Hill-side (balance) will be done on 22nd Oct.
- 11th Oct: Rajesh took 2 male dogs (Patchy and Lucky's brother) from opposite-Nilgiri to Dr. Thange's: thanks to Palka/Chandiramani
- 9th Oct: Dr. Jinesh Shah took 6 female dogs for neutering (3 Lake Side + 3 from H12, thanks to Josephine/Doryl/Palas/Krishnan)
- 5th Oct: Rajesh took 2 female dogs (Hill-side Granny and H-10-Mummy from opposite Nilgiri) to Dr. Thange's: thanks Preethi/Palka/Madhu
- 2nd Oct: Rajesh took 2 male dogs Lambu (of YP-Upahar) and Whitney (of Mithun's building) to Dr. Thange's: thanks to Mithun
- Sept: 3 male/female? dogs (from ?) sent to IDA for neutering: thanks to Rajesh Rokade
- 26th August: Three dogs (1 female and 2 males) opposite Nilgiri undergo sterilization at Dr. Jinesh's (thanks to Sridhar/Puranik)
- 23rd July: Two hill-side female dogs (Sun and KTM) undergo sterilization at Dr. Thange's (thanks to Jay)
- 15th July: Two hill-side male dogs (Max and Kangaroo (i.e. Dancing Doll)) undergo sterilization at Dr. Thange's (thanks to Jay)
- 20th June: Three female dogs: Brownie, Solar and Urja (from opp NCAIR) get spayed at Dr. Jinish's (thanks to Swetha and Sridhar). They together with Tuktuk had got vaccination recently.
- 15th June: Four more lake-side Devi-temple dogs undergo sterilization at Dr. Jinish's (thanks to Trirag/Prita)
- 26th May: Four lake-side Devi-temple dogs undergo sterilization at Dr. Jinish's (thanks to Trirag/Prita)
- 6th March: Staff hostel/convo black female and tweety (opp Director bungalow) leave for Thange's (Jay/PP)
- 1st March: Hill-side temple female dog and H-15 male dog leave for Thange's (PP/MB)
- 20th Feb: IDC's female brown-black Taxi and light-brown female from car-wash (behind H8) leave for Hemant's and Fluffy returns (MM/Rimi/MB).
- 14th Feb: Blackie (from MW-building) is brought back from Hemant's (NKC/PP).
- 9th Feb: Two hill-side 9-month old puppies return from Hemant's and blackie (from MW-building) is left at Hemant's. (Fluffy still at Hemant's and the H15 dog with distemper now at Thane SPCA: thanks to NKC).
- 28th Jan: Two hill-side 9-month old puppies return from Hemant's (MB, PP).
- Jan 2016: Eight dogs: two females near devi temple (thanks to Trirag Chaudhary, PP),
- one black female near H-15, Pandu, a white-brown male near market gate, Oreo (male near SOM), one female and one male near the car wash (next to H-8, thanks to NKC, PP) get neutered. These 8 do not have their left ear V-marked.
- 14th Dec: YP-gate brown-white and Type-2B-puppy leave for Dr. Thange's (Rajesh/Shankar/Prita/Jay). (They return on 19th Dec: Rajesh brings back.)
- 9th Dec: NCAIR white Snowy female and Salim (male of Hill Side) leave for Dr. Thange's and H1-Blackie returns (thanks to Prita/Rajesh/Shankar)
- 5th Dec: H1-Blackie (Kaali) and IDC-blackie leave for Dr. Thange's (thanks to Mithun/Rimi/Madhu)
- 1st Dec: Polar and Giggle from the park opposite Director's bungalow leave for Dr. Thange's (thanks to Saavla/Shankar/Shilpa/Mithun)
- 27th Nov: Gangya of Hostels 12/13/14 left for Dr. Thange's (thanks to Rajesh Saavla/Shankar/Sangeet/Chirayu)
- 22nd Nov: Two old CSE male dogs (one brown (Mohawk), one black) left for Dr. Thange's (thanks to Nutan, Swetha, Chetan, Mithun)
- 20th Nov: Brownie of hill-side (which was attacked by other dogs, and treated by Dr. Anil Singh) kept at hill-side security kiosk, thanks to Mr. Ingle of security, Prita, Swetha, Nutan and Krishnan
- 3rd Nov: The 6th water-bowl (of the campus) placed at IDC for animals to drink water from (thanks to Prita)
- 2nd Nov: Ana (Laali) and Maya (Ana's puppy) from Main-gate both go to Dr. Thange's (for neutering) (thanks to Priyanka/Chirayu). They return on 8th (thanks to NKC, Jay, Prita)
- 29th Oct: Brownie and Blackie (from opposite Hanuman-temple, hill side) go to Dr. Thange's (for neutering) (thanks to Mithun/Prita/Naresh)
- 22nd Oct: A water-bowl placed for animals to drink water from (thanks to Prita)
- 24th Oct: Choti from H10 goes to Dr. Thange's (for neutering) (thanks to Palka/Madhu)
- 10th Oct: Three dogs of QIP-new-bldg go to IDA (for neutering) (thanks to Rajesh Rokade)
- 10th Oct: An anti-rabies vaccine drive: 51 dogs across campus get the vaccine (thanks to WSD: Mayur Jadhav and Deepesh Solia, and NSS volunteers)
- 15th Sept: Three dogs of Hill-side return from IDA (post neutering) (thanks to Jay/Prita/Naresh)
- 30th Aug: Mumtaz/Anarkali of Hill-side return from Dr. Hemant Thange's (post neutering): thanks to Naresh Chandiramani
- 27th Aug: Pepper/Chilli from H11 return from Dr. Hemant Thange's (post neutering): thanks to Neha/Mithun/Rimi
- 21st Aug 2015: Jay Ghosh and Prita Pant briefed new NSS students
Document last updated on 14th August, 2019