About Us
All Creatures Great and Small (ACGS) is a non-profit animal sanctuary located on a 2.5 acre plot in a picturesque green area in rural Haryana, about an hour’s drive from India’s capital city, Delhi.
Our Story
Everyone has a dream. It takes time and backbreaking effort to make it happen, but if you persist, it will.
All Creatures Great and Small (ACGS) is the vision of one of India’s leading human and animal rights activists, Ms Anjali Gopalan. In 2012 Anjali was named by “Time” Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people for her pioneering work on HIV/AIDs and LGBT rights in India. She established Delhi’s first HIV clinic in 1994 and the Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an HIV/AIDS service organization that concentrates on prevention and care.
Our Mission
ACGS’s mission is to create a gentle, nurturing, loving and compassionate sanctuary for old, sick, abandoned and lonely animals. We believe every animal that comes through our gates is special and is worthy of quality care, good nutrition, medical attention and tons of affection. Our aim is to create a happy forever home for each permanent resident till the end of their lives whether at the sancutary or through our adoption programme.
Our Vision
ACGS believes that animals have a right to a non-speciesist, cruelty-free life. They need to be recognised as sentient beings, no different from humans, and must be included in the global social justice movement along with all the other liberation movements.
The Team
Rishi Harsana
Veterinary Assistant
Lekh Raj
Animal Welfare Assistant
Shubham Verma
Paravet
Anokhi
Animal Welfare Assistant
Chandan Das
Animal Welfare Assistant
Sonu
Animal Welfare Assistant
Rajni
Animal Welfare Assistant
Mithilesh
Animal Welfare Assistant
Brindaban Bera
Animal Welfare Assistant
Ganesh
Animal Welfare Assistant
Krishna Chhetri
Animal Welfare Assistant
Vikal
Animal Handler
Prasanjit Das
Animal Welfare Assistant
Sudhir Pal
Animal Welfare Assistant
Gudiya
Gardener
Nirmal
Gardener
The Board
Anjali Gopalan
is the Managing Trustee at All Creatures Great and Small. She is also the Founder and Executive Director at The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, a non-profit organization that works in the fields of HIV, gender and rights. She was awarded the theChevalier de la Legiond’Honneur by MsNajatVallaud-Belkacem.
Sumant Jayakrishnan
is a Scenographer, Designer as well as Installation Artist and a Theatre person. He has been the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trusts Art Award in 1994. Some of his work includes Deepa Mehta’s Water, Tim Supple’s Midsummer Night’s Dream to name a few.
Gurpreet Virk
has contributed his time and skills to the IT sector as well as dealing with the hospitality domain for years. He left his job in 2008 to contribute to the bandwidth of NGOs in helping them achieve its vision. He has been associated with ACGS since its conception.
Raji Nair
has been involved with All India Radio for over 30 years as well as hosted a pet show for 18 years. Presently, she is involved in the travel industry with her husband and runs an inbound travel service.
Dr. Amit Motihar
is a certified by the American Heart Association (ASA) as a Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider. Currently, he sits as the Clinical Assistant in the Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
Lalit Narke
