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June 26, 2000 |
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 Life of an animal lover A
freewheeling British nurse (cum ambulance driver) is going to be soon
remembered as Bangalore's greatest animal lover. Crystal Rogers
(1906-1996) moved to India in 1958 to open an animal shelter -- Animals'
Friend -- in Delhi which she doggedly ran for 20 years. After a
philanthropic stint in Jaipur she went to Bangalore where in 1990
she founded Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) along with volunteers
like Suparna Ganguly. Now an anecdote-rich autobiography (also containing
Rogers' communications with her dead boyfriend), Mad Dogs And An
Englishwoman (Penguin), will be launched in Bangalore on June 24 by actress and animal-lover Amala. cupa now plans to build a
Rs 1 crore veterinary hospital on land donated to it by a government
college. Rogers would have been happy -- she had to change her house every
year because the landlords hated her animals. Wasn't their CUPA tea. -Stephen David |
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