For over 30 years, Dr. Rashila Ramchurn has been feeding and taking in abandoned dogs in the north of the island. To ensure the continuity of her mission, she launched Sevah For Animals, an appeal for compassion. ZAK
A teacher by profession, every day she travels dozens of kilometers to feed dogs living in the streets and cane fields. Crossing Khoyratty, Ilot, Pont Praslin, D’Epinay, among others, she makes sure her protégés are in good health. She takes them to the vet when they are injured or ill, and to have them spayed or neutered. At her home, a special area has been set aside for some forty dogs she has rescued from abandonment.
“I don’t understand how people have the heart to abandon their dogs and puppies in this way. I’ve told the Minister of Agriculture that it’s important for animal welfare to be taught in schools so that it becomes part of our culture in the future,“ she says.
Dr. Rashila Ramchurn’s commitment dates back to her childhood in her village of Khoyratty.
” We were among the first inhabitants and my father used to bring in all the stray dogs abandoned in the fields. He taught me how to cook and feed them every day. It became part of my daily routine,” she continues.
As an adult, she has maintained the same habits, distributing several dozen kilos of food every day. “On the road, I see drivers driving past these animals in distress, completely indifferent. I can’t understand this attitude”, she insists.
Dr. Rashila Ramchurn explains that she met with the Prime Minister to discuss the need for an animal hospital. “I’m happy that my appeal has been heard. This project will soon become a reality.”
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