: Inside a 75-YO Parsi Ladys Paradise for 431 Rescued Animals #IndiaNEWS #Animal Welfare Trying to get Roxanne Davur to speak uninterrupted for 30 seconds is quite difficult, as a cacophony of animals

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Inside a 75-YO Parsi Ladys Paradise for 431 Rescued Animals #IndiaNEWS #Animal Welfare
Trying to get Roxanne Davur to speak uninterrupted for 30 seconds is quite difficult, as a cacophony of animals in the background often breaks out.
“It is always noisy when breakfast is being served on the farm,� chuckles Roxanne, who runs Probably Paradise, which is situated 11 km outside Karjat, Maharashtra.
She laments how she is often asked, ‘Why is the name Probably Paradise for an animal shelter?’ “You have to be dead to go to paradise, so that’s why this is Probably Paradise,� she replies.
The 1. 5-acre farm in Karjat houses 431 animals today, including 250 dogs, 162 cats, eight ponies, seven donkeys, two horses, one pig and one cow. The 75-year-old lists out the numbers from a roster sheet that is updated every month. Most of these rescues are from Mumbai and Pune, where they were injured, abandoned or fell chronically ill. This shelter home for unwanted animals has the unique purpose of giving them a ‘dignified place to die’.
“They are all residents, not pets,� asserts the Master Trainer in Animal Welfare.

Life on the farm starts early when this septuagenarian, dressed in floral motifs and her short hair neatly combed, wakes up in the wee hours of the morning to get the herd ready for the day. “The staff come at 8 am, then we have feedings, medication, and we tend to emergencies throughout the day that even extend into nightfall,� says the 75-year-old.
“Just last night, someone brought in an injured dog, which will probably stay here. Our gates are open so the animals can come and go as they please. We also allow visitors but only during reasonable daylight hours. �
Their daily routine also includes preparing tonnes of food, medications, buying vegetables — and one wonders how many hours in a day does Roxanne have?
But her journey with rescues begins when she was a young girl watching her hardworking father, Murzdan Davur, find time to bring home injured and wounded animals. So, growing up in a typical Parsi household, animals have always been a “way of life� for the Davurs.
Growing Up Around Wild Cats

“At first, my dad would bring back street dogs that were abandoned like German Shepherds, Dobermans. At one point, I think my dad had 50 dogs, and my stepmom and I would look after them,� she recalls.
In 1963, the Davurs moved out to Karjat while Roxanne was sent off to boarding school.
“We had a diverse bunch of animals. We rescued hyenas and wild jungle cats too,� says Roxanne.
She grew up to work in the sales and airline industry before finally giving it all up to open ‘Terra Anima Trust’ in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, in 2000.

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