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anjali_ar
16 July 2007 @ 08:24 pm
The Bangalore Rehabilitation Centre, Bannerghatta …………Salims World  

Got to know about this place from Deepa (http://deponti.livejournal.com/254533.html) and an email that was posted on JLRNTP.Decided to go to this place on Sun along with a friend Raghavendra who was more than eager to come along. After getting the directions from another friend Adarsh (JLRNTP), we reached this place in the afternoon. The first ones to greet us were the beautiful Bea Eaters, amazing birds they are after watching them for sometime we decided to go inside. Not able to find anyone around we were wondering what to do when suddenly out of no where we were greeted by Sonja and Tension (Resident Dogs) though they looked like they were going to tear us down to pieces they turned to be more than friendly and affectionate. Later we met up Adarsh and Nisarg who had come along to help Salim and others. As Salim was a little busy he asked to go around until he could assign us some work, as we were going around looking at the rescued Monkeys, Jackals, Pariah Kites, Brahminy Kites, Parakeets etc it made me wonder what would have been their fate if there was no one to take care of them and was glad that this place existed.
 
When I first saw Salim with his long white hair I thought he was very old and wondered how he was able to manage this place with very little or no help but I was so wrong and I am happy I was wrong to know that looks are so deceiving, this man is so full of energy, the passion and love he shares for his wonderful birds and animals that are under his care is really amazing.
 
It felt really nice to see all those birds especially the Pond Heron, Jungle Mina,Brahminy Kite,Shikra,Parakeets etc at such close quarter, but yes nothing can be more nice than the day when they would be released into the wild I am sure. We were so lucky to see two little juveniles of no one knows what as yet and Salim makes sure to take such delicate care of them by feeding them some homeopathic medicine I just hope that they both survive as one just refused to eat, there was this small baby spectacled cobra and 2 juvenile quails as well all cared by Salim and his two friends at the center.
 
We helped in shifting the birds to diff cages, cleaning the cages and helped with few other small things. I felt so gratified at the end of it all that we were able be of some help to them who untiringly work there 24*7 without even caring for themselves. This place definitely needs some help from the volunteers on a regular basis.

                          

 Last but definitely not the least I cannot forget to mention the friendly juvenile jungle crow Aawa, I guess he literally has forgotten that he is a crow, flies less and walks more, is hungry almost all the time ,gets on Salims nerves and keeps one entertained all through..... J

  



 

 

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