Marwar Animal Protection Trust : The People

Centre Manager:Wdg Cmd Baldev Singh (pictured at left) has a wide-ranging set of responsibilities from buying dog collars to handling the accounting to meeting with local officials. His diligence ensures that all dogs are properly fed and watered during their stay at the Centre. As a former Wing Commander, brings his fighter pilot skills to planning and implementation of the project! In his spare time, Baldev takes care of five community dogs, half a dozen cats, 2 parrots and around 30 budgerigars!

Veterinary Surgeons: Dr. Mahesh Kumar and Dr. Leela Ram lead the dog sterilization and vaccination program. Dr. Kunmar is responsible for all ongoing training of the surgeons and veterinary assistants. The program has neutered and vaccinated 40,000 dogs a year, since in inception in April 2004.

Veterinary Assistants: Kishore Kumar, Gokal Ram, Mahendra Bishnoi and Ram Prakash are our veterinary assistants. They contribute to the Project in a variety of ways, from charting animal histories and medical records to tagging captured dogs, providing specialized nursing care or assistance with surgical procedures. Once treated, they also supervise and care for the dogs until they are returned to their capture site. All the Veterinary Assistants are from Jodhpur and are provided with ongoing training by the Marwar Trust.

Education Program Officer: The education program takes place in Hindi. Dr. Mahesh Kumar leads the educational component of the Project. As the Trust’s senior veterinary surgeon, Dr. Kumar has been with the project since its inception in April 2004. In 2008, 2,070 children benefits from the schools based education program.

Public Education: Wdg Cmd Baldev Singh (Rtd.) handles the public relations, educating the local residents about the project's aims and running the educational outreach of the Trust.

Evaluator:Dr. Alexander Wandeler is the Project's scientific advisor responsible for gathering the epidemiological data required for planning, organizing and monitoring of implementation of the rabies control program. Dr. Wandeler is the Director of the WHO Collaborative Centre in Ottawa, Canada, as well as the Leader of the Centre of Expertise for Rabies, for the Government of Canada.