Hemalkasa Gallery:

Dr. Prakash holds up a Giant Flying Squirrel

Food, medicines, and proper accommodation for all these creatures is problematic. No funding is provided for their up-keep. Prakash and Vilas depend on donations from animal lovers. At first creatures roamed at will on the premises, but as more patients visited the Project, they had to be caged. The Hemalkasa collection isn't like a city zoo where there is an entrance fee and animals are show-cased for public entertainment. It grew out of a perceived need. The World Wildlife Fund understood the spirit behind Prakash Amte's work, describing the center as a "Wildlife Asylum."

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