10 Ways You Can Help Animals | 10Tips

Animals can be our best friends, only if we allow them to be so. They are voiceless but furry. Any dog you see on the street is not your enemy, so do not look at them as one. It may be understandable that you are scared of animals, be it cats, dogs, stray cows or goats. You can start with baby steps such as giving them food and water and slowly you will see your compassion grow for them. Over time you will see them be your protectors, showing love and care for us. See, the things with animals is that unlike humans they never forget you once you help them. So how to help stray animals? How do you play a role and how to begin? Here are 10 Ways You Can Help Animals.

1. Don’t Mistreat Them

It is understandable if you cannot help them, however, you can at least not mistreat them. They do not mistreat you, and life on the street for a stray is difficult as it is. They have to search for their daily food and water and protect themselves from the harsh weather conditions as well. Therefore, we should not make it more difficult than it already is by making their life unlivable.

2. Provide Water Bowls

It is okay if you are new at this thing where you want to help them out. That’s great! You can start with small steps such as giving them water in water bowls. Summers in India are scorching, and they tend to get parched. You can make things easier for them by providing a bowl in front of your door and giving clean water to the animals in your locality. 

3. Give Them Food

According to an Indian myth, it is said that before one goes to heaven, each animal we had come across in our lifetime will decide whether we get a place in heaven or in hell. This is the best kind of Karma. Giving food to animals is the least we can do, given we waste so much food every day. Instead of throwing it away you can give it to the strays in your area. They have to spend each day scrounging for food.

4. Foster Animals That Are In Need

Fostering includes providing food shelter and basic care to an animal until they are adopted permanently into a loving home. There are many animals that need to be adopted as they cannot be left on the streets or else they will die. Fostering them until they are adopted will be of great help as this will take you a step closer to adopting animals and your compassion and love for them are bound to increase. For more ways, you can visit wikihow.

5. Give Shelter During Rains

During the rainy season, it gets difficult for the street animals to find shelter. Heavy rain in India leads to waterlogging in the streets. If you can, then you must provide shelter to the animals, whether in your garage or somewhere, so that they do not have to scramble for a place to stay in, or worse, drown.

6. Spread Awareness About Stray-Animal Care

Many times, in fact, most of the time, it is so that people in and around us mistreat animals by pelting stones at them for fun or throwing water at them or kicking them and hitting them with sticks. This is mostly due to a lack of knowledge or awareness about animals. People do all the aforementioned cruel things to strays. You can volunteer with animal NGOs like People for Animals(PFA) who go on awareness drives and in the process, help people understand the need for human-animal peaceful co-existence.

7. Spay and Neuter

Spaying and neutering is a surgical process through which the reproductive parts of animals are removed using humane methods. This is also known as sterilization. Another benefit arising out of this is that animals that are sterilized or neutered also get protected from many life-threatening diseases such as cancer. The most important reason for neutering them is to prevent our furry friends from multiplying as that puts a lot of stress on the animal parent in terms of providing food and security to their off-springs. This also helps in population control of the animals and prevents unfortunate deaths. In these ways, you can help animals.

8. Volunteer In Vaccination Drives

Vaccinating the dogs and cats in your area is a good habit. Rabid dogs are a threat to the human as well as animal society. You can volunteer with NGOs such as People for Animals(PFA) and go on vaccination drives to ensure that all the dogs and cats in your area are vaccinated.

9. Adopt Stray Dogs and Cats

I think the biggest way you can help out is by adopting a stray. Adopt a cat or a dog and I promise you they will change your life ‘furever’. While you save their life by giving them a happy home, they in turn, change yours by taking away all your worries. You can look for stray dogs by searching for animal shelters near me.

10. Don’t Put Colours On Them During Holi

Holi is an annual festival in India and is full of colours. During Holi, we have a lot of fun sprinkling colour on each other but we must remember that smudging colour on animals is a big no-no. You should NOT put colours on them as the chemicals are harmful to them and you should stop anyone from doing the same.

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