IPAN :: Indian Project for Animals and Nature

India Project for Animals and Nature (IPAN) is a non-governmental organisation which works to reduce and prevent cruelty towards animals, to promote the health of domestic and wild animals, to protect the environment and by so doing improve the livelihood of people depending on their well-being and balance.

IPAN's animal shelter and community animal hospital are located at Hill View Farm in the village of Mavanhalla just next to the 260 square mile Mudumallai Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This is part of the United Nations designated Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve with the largest remaining elephant population in India and an incredible diversity of other fauna, like the Indian gaur or bison, tiger, panther and the Nilgiris langur monkey.

Since its establishment in 1996 it has provided a shelter for injured, abused and abandoned animals in the Nilgiris region. In a region with one of the largest domestic animal populations in India , IPAN has launched programs to treat and prevent contagious diseases, thus indirectly protecting also the local wildlife from the devastating effects of the same disease, such as foot and mouth, rabies, black-quarter and distemper.




ANIMAL SCOUTS (click here)