Plant and Animal Welfare Society, Thane : Newsletter for April 2008

April 2008 Newsletter

Edited by Shilpa Phadke

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This issue contains…   

1. From the Desk of Hony. General Secretary

2. Urgent Attention

3. Some Notable Field Calls

4. PAWS on Web / Media

5. PAWS team @ Picnic

6. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Kalyan

7. Donkey Health-Checkup Camp – Kalwa / Dombivli

8. Society Pet Dogs / Stray Feeding issues

9. Donation in Kind

10. Support our Cause

1. FROM THE DESK OF HONY. GEN SECRETARY:

A peculiar incident took place recently. I received a call from a person informing me that a dog was injured & needed urgent rescue help from PAWS. As usual, toeing our call of duty, PAWS rescued the dog, but unfortunately, the dog died inside the ambulance on its way to the hospital. Later, we came to know that a private vet was treating the dog which was lying on the road for over a week. He charged the volunteer his fees and the cost of the treatment. When the case became serious and out of his control, he suggested that the volunteer call PAWS. Ultimately, the caller blamed PAWS for the death of the dog. I would like to issue a stern reminder to all, that such money minded & sweet talking vets should not be entertained by PAWS volunteers or care-takers of strays. All are requested to kindly call our volunteers who are already trained in administering first-aid & in case the animal is in severe pain then please directly call PAWS ambulance. We do not accept responsibility for animal deaths resulting from treatment by private vets.

If the volunteers prefer these vets, then please do not call PAWS for help. We have many other opportunities to serve. Thank You!

Yours for animals,

Nilesh Bhanage

2. URGENT ATTENTION:

PAWS is always in need of funds as it is largely dependent on local donations from animal lovers, volunteers & valuable supporters like you. Even a small contribution will make a difference to the life of the injured animals.

For Direct Transfer of Donations:

Bank                : ICICI Bank Ltd.

Branch             : Dombivli MIDC Branch

A/C. No.           : 008801026804

Name of A/C    : ‘PLANT & ANIMALS WELFARE SOCIETY’

Thank You for donating to a cause!

3. SOME NOTABLE FIELD CALLS:

## On 12th April, PAWS received a call about the donkey lying injured in Sangeeta wadi. PAWS immediately swung into action & rescued the bleeding donkey and immediately sent it to SPCA, where it is now recuperating.

## In an encore of last month’s incident, a cat fell in the well of Tulsidham Complex, Thane where our volunteer Anahita Kumar stays. She immediately swung into action & rescued the cat from the well with help of local residents.

## On 17th April, PAWS got a call from New-Bombay’s company about a kite being entangled in side the crane of the factory; PAWS staff went & rescued the kite. On 26^th April, PAWS volunteer Mansi Bhanage found 2 sparrow chicks which had fallen from their nest in her society area. She took them home. All the birds are now currently recuperating & Thane SPCA.

## On 20th April, PAWS founder Anuradha saw a maggot-wounded German shepherd roaming on streets of Kalwa, she immediately took PAWS Thane ambulance & rescued the dog. We thank to Suresh Naidu, a volunteer of WSD, who took that German shepherd to WSD center for treatment & also found new home for the dog.

4. PAWS IN WEB / MEDIA:

## Due to the soaring temperatures, the animals too feeling the heat. Regarding the care and precautions to be taken at such times, our secretary is quoted by Mumbai Mirror, below is the link:

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=2&contentid=20080421200804210216247376f8ea89c

## To know about PAWS’s annual rescue records, educational programs, list of visitors visit below site:

www.pawsasia.org

5. PAWS TEAM ENJOYED PICNIC:

PAWS Team comprising Nilesh, Anahita, Laitha, Kunal, Prasad, Vishal, Darshna, Arifa, Crystal & Aashim let their hair down and enjoyed a picnic at PAWS Trustee Goodicia‘s Bungalow in Lonavala. Team enjoyed with dogs at her bungalow as well as visited Karla resort. Special thanks to Prasad for making entire arrangement of picnic & Goodicia who allowed us the use of her premises for the picnic. Picnic photos are available on Orkut on below link:

http://www.orkut.com/Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481&aid=1207542768

6. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE @ KALYAN:

This month PAWS’s Anti-rabies drive was organized at Godrej hills in Kalyan where PAWS young Bawa volunteer Kaizad Daruwalla looks after more then 35 strays. PAWS team vaccinated all strays in colony, treated the skin aliment cases & maggot cases & de-wormed all the puppies.

PAWS team comprising Lekha, Aashim, Preeti, Nilesh, Kaizad, Saiprasad, Crystal, Anahita participated in drive. New volunteers Parizad Dalal & Sangam also enjoyed the drive. We made 4 more volunteers from Godrej hills.

Below is the link of the snaps posted on Orkut:

http://www.orkut.com/Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481&aid=1208745563

7. DONKEY HEALTH CHECK-UP CAMP – KALWA/DOMBIVLI:

Every year before the rainy season, PAWS organizes vaccination & health-checkup camps for donkeys that are employed on railway tracks & brick kiln activities. This year 2 similar drives were organized by Anuradha and Nilesh in Kalwa & Dombivli (east) respectively on 13th April. All the donkeys were vaccinated against tetanus as well treated for their bruises & wounds.

Over 20 volunteers participated in camp in both places and over 35 donkeys were vaccinated along with 5 other stray animals. Here is the link of camp photos:

http://www.orkut.com/Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481&aid=1208383050

8. SOCIETY PET DOGS / STRAY FEEDING ISSUES:

## On 1st April, Thane resident Aditya Prabhu called PAWS to inform about his missing dog from Thane. He believed that the dog was taken away by the security personnel. PAWS wrote a stern letter to the security company & asked for an explanation.

9. DONATION IN KIND:

## We wholeheartedly thank Andrew Goldberg of USA, who sent leashes & dog collars to PAWS. We are always in need of leashes, chains, muzzles, bowls to give away to volunteers to help strays. If you would like to donate some, e-mail us at nilesh@pawsasia.org

10. SUPPORT OUR CAUSE:

Your small contribution will make a big difference!

PAWS always in need of funds, as it is largely depends on local donations from animal lovers, volunteers & supporters like you. Even your small contribution would make difference to the life of injured animals. If you donate a small amount on a monthly basis, it will not only help animals but reduce the efforts needed to contact donors repeatedly, that effort can then be put to do more rescues & fight against cruelties. Anyone who wishes to become a volunteer with PAWS or wants to donate may call Mr. Nilesh on 09820161114 or send an e-mail to nilesh@pawsasia.org

Donation Cheques / DD’s can be drawn in the name of ‘Plant & Animals Welfare Society’ on below Address:

PAWS

A-14, Savitri Sadan,

Dr. Mukharhji Road,

Dombivli (East) 421201,

Maharashtra, India.

A registered NGO, PAWS will send you a receipt for all your donations at the earliest. For Direct transfer to PAWS accounts please check point no. 2 Thanks, Best wishes and Love from all of us.

TEAM PAWS

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Plant & Animals Welfare Society – PAWS is….

*Member Society of WSPA – World Society for Protection of Animals, U.K.

*Associated with IOAP – International Organization for Animal Protection, U.K.

*Associated with RSPCA – U.K.

*Registered under the Society’s Registration Act XXIX of 1960 with registration No. Maha/587-2001/Thane dated 7th July 2001.

*Registered with the Charity Commissioner vide certificate dated 11th September 2001.

*Donations are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80-G of the Income Tax Act 1961, as per Certificate no. THN/CIT-III/Trust/80G/242/309/2007-08.

*Registered Under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide letter dated May 01, 2002. Letter No. THN/CIT-III/J&T/184/2002.

*Recognized by ‘Animal Welfare Board of India‘, Ministry of Forests & Environment, GOVT OF INDIA.

*Affiliated with World Animal Net (WAN) Directory, USA

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