Awards

The Venu Menon National Animal Awards 2002 , 19th February, 2002
The Venu Menon National Animal Awards for 2002 have been decided and announced on February 19 at a ceremony held at the Main Auditorium, India Habitat Centre at 7 pm.
Starting this year the Venu Menon Animal Allies Awards have been re-christened as the Venu Menon Animal Awards to give it a national character, comprising welfare and conservation.
Other than the five awards given by the VMAAF, the two awards given annually by WTI, the Van Rakshak Award and the Endangered Species Award, will be given away at the same ceremony.
Compassionate Crusaders Trust, Kolkata . Venu Menon Special Organisation Award 2002.
Compassionate Crusaders Trust, which started in 1993, runs a shelter for destitute dogs, cats and rescued birds in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. The shelter has become Asia’s largest cat shelter with more than 100 cats and a capacity to house more than double this number. The shelter has some unique arrangements for the cats’ comfort, entertainment and safety. Over the past few years, the Trust has also been engaged in successful campaigns against the illegal cattle trade to Bangladesh and animal sacrifice in temples. The Trust also runs a clinic in Kolkata with X-ray facilities to treat animals and a mobile clinic to treat sick animals in rural areas. Through its dedicated service, the Compassionate Crusaders Trust has grown into an organisation of repute.