From Rescue to Rehabilitation: Chamba Animal Care centre offers hope to injured dogs in Ladakh

Amid growing concerns over Ladakh’s rising street dog population and increasing cases of injured animals on highways, the Chamba Animal Care Centre has emerged as a major rescue and rehabilitation center for vulnerable dogs in the region. Spread across 12.5 acre of land alloted by Thiksey Monastery, the Chamba Animal Care center was formally inaugurated on July 7, 2024, by His Eminence Thiksey Rinpoche and Maneka Gandhi, noted animal rights activist and former Union Minister. The shelter is currently home to more than 650 dogs, many of them victims of road accidents, paralysis, amputations, disease, or abandonment.