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Friendicoes SECA and Krrish Group have come together to raise money for several projects NEW DELHI: Friendicoes SECA (Society for the Eradication of Cruelty to Animals) and Krrish Group have come together to mount a three-day art exhibition in the Capital beginning this Friday to helps animals in need. The artists participating in the venture include Arpana Caur, Tapas Basu, Tirathankar Biswas, Hemi Bawa, Manisha Parekh, Raisinghani, Anu Jindal, Amit Datt, Arup Das, Mohammad Osman, Dhiraj Chaudhery, Dilawar Khan, Kishore Roy, Krishenendu Porel, Niren Sengupta, Prokash Karmakar, Pramod Ganpatye, Somnath Bannerjee, Subrata, Rajat Nandi, Shuvaprasana, Sudip Roy, Vijay Ved and Pravin Upadhyay. The event will be held at WWF-India. “Non-government organisation Friendicoes SECA began with a tiny premises at a shopping complex, a bare shop with a curtain for its fourth wall, with no electricity or water. Within the first week of starting the clinic-cum-shelter, we had 27 dogs and 12 cats in residence, these being abandoned pets and hit-and-run animals rescued by us,” says Friendicoes SECA executive member Gautam Grover. Rehabilitation “Today we have a lot more space to work and two operation theatres in the shelter-cum-hospital where over 150 dogs and cats are accommodated, treated, cared for and then rehabilitated at any point in time. We also have a sanctuary for animals in Gurgaon where we provide a home to about 800 rescued dogs, cats, horses and other animals that cannot survive on the road,” he adds. Through this exhibition-cum-sale the group hopes to raise money to help various ongoing projects for the welfare of animals. “The exhibition will offer art at very affordable prices and it will be used for a good cause,” says Mr. Grover.
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