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

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

PAWS March 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. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Ulhasnagar

6. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Kalwa

7. This Month’s Visitor’s @ PAWS

8. PAWS Training for Volunteers / Animal rescue personnel

9. Society Pet Dogs / Stray Feeding issues

10. School Awareness Programs

11. Support our Cause

1. FROM THE DESK OF HONY. GEN SECRETARY:

This month of March has been eventful in that it has brought a lot of good news to all of us at PAWS. We all know that PAWS is working tirelessly for the cause of animals /environment since the last 7 years. All this while, PAWS never courted the media; which is undoubtedly one of the most effective ways to spread awareness amongst the ‘AAM JUNTA’. We did give press releases, but were never covered on TV. But last week ‘Times Now’ attended our vaccination drive, shot footage of rescue & first aid of animals done by our founder Anuradha. This was a feather in our cap since the media felt important to high-light our work.

Some more good news awaited us as Fizzah Shah won the ‘Kisko Milega Cash’ contest & raised money for the cause of animals. Both these events were important to us since our charities got the attention which was much required since the beginning of animal welfare work. Fizza’s victory is our victory!

With active & continuous support from all of you, we pledge to continue to spread our cherished cause.

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 in 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!

3. SOME NOTABLE FIELD CALLS:

## On 4th February, PAWS secretary Nilesh received a call from resident of Kalyan, Ms. Shilpa Harkare, narrating that a cat had fallen in a 30 feet deep well, since past 15 days. PAWS Secretary Nilesh & Mansi Bhanage rushed to the spot within an hour & with the help of Fire Brigade, the cat was rescued after a two hour rescue operation. We are proud of ‘Ms. Shilpa Harkare’, a true animal lover who ensured that the kitten was fed & survived. Click below to read full story:

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/

mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=2&contentid=200803052008030502233877086c34ba8

## On 6th March, our volunteer Mr. Jadye, spotted a small calf sweating it out in the heat outside a temple in Goraswadi, Dombivli. He called PAWS volunteer Mansi. She & Mr. Jadye reached the spot & forced the owner to unite the calf with its mother. The calf was so young that it could not even eat the grass. Mr. Jadye & Mansi

accompanied the calf till the calf went back to its mother cow. We are now regularly keeping a vigil on the calf & if the owner is found using the small calf for begging, we plan to make sure that she will be taken to the police station.

## On 11th March, volunteer Crystal Fernandes, spotted a pony in Kalyan tied to a tonga with bruises on its back. She immediately spoke to the owner & warned him to take proper care. After enquiry, we came to know that the owner visited the ACP office to register the 7 year old pony. The police at ACP office supported Crystal in her

stand.

## In another incident on 11th March, the Fire brigade called PAWS, to help rescue a female dog which had fallen in a deep gutter. PAWS ambulance reached the spot at 9 pm & rescued the dog. Its ear was badly wounded and was infested with maggots. PAWS admitted the dog at Thane SPCA where he is recuperating now. We thank TSPCA for their co-operation in timely admission.

4. PAWS ON WEB / MEDIA:

## PAWS secretary rescued a cat from a 30 feet deep well, click below to read the story:

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/

mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=2&contentid=200803052008030502233877086c34ba8

## Children’s Academy school children collected Rs.20/- each & donated 14 vials of Anti-Rabies Vaccines. Read below the amazing story of children:

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1155565

## Same story of school children covered by Hindustan Times, click on site & search for the article named ‘School Children raise money for vaccination of street dogs’:

http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/default.aspx

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

www.pawsasia.org

‘Times Now’ crew shot PAWS trustee Anuradha’s work which included Vaccination Drive, Ambulance rescue as well as first aid.

5. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE – ULHASNAGAR

PAWS team comprising Dr. Shweta Konkar along with trustees Nilesh Bhanage & Anuradha Ramaswami & volunteers Prasad Phadke, Anushree Permeshwaran, Anahita Kumar, Lalita Gopalan, Preeti Paul, and Swapna Pendse vaccinated more then 40 stray dogs. Two dogs were rescued which we found maggot-wounded. Also first aid was given to 3 strays. Team also dewormed more then 13 puppies.

Local volunteer Ms. Satwan Kaur joined PAWS camp in Ulhasnagar. She feeds & looks after near 40 strays in Ulhasnagar city, which helped us in catching the strays. We appreciate her love for stray animals, we are also proud to have such a dedicated soul in our central suburbs.

6. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE – KALWA

Every year, PAWS founder Anuradha vaccinates stray dogs in Kalwa area against rabies. This is a 6th year wherein PAWS conducted a vaccination drive against rabies. We received an OVERWHELMING response for the drive as there was huge turnout of volunteers.The team comprising Mrs. Satwan, Dr. Mumbaikar, Anahita Kumar, Lalita Gopalan, Swapna Pendse, Ashim Maske, Crystal Fenandes, Kaizad Daruwalla, Saikishan Iyangar, Khairul, Darshana Sonpara, Vishal Murlidhar and Arifa were actively helped in camp along with trustees Nilesh Bhanage & Anuradha Ramaswami.

Meghna, Dinyar & Preeti with her group from WNS witnessed the entire drive as part of their Nurture Project. PAWS long time volunteer Nikita Sawant along with Priyanka Shenwai shot the entire drive for their college project. The drive continued till next Sunday & a total of 70 dogs were vaccinated against rabies in entire Kharegoan-Kalwa area.

7. THIS MONTH VISITOR’S AT PAWS:

This month we had many visitors’ at PAWS office.

## Meghna Ahluwalia & Keith D’Silva of WNS Travel Operations visited PAWS office for their buddy Project of Quality DNA (Develop-Nurture-Aspired). Under that they selected PAWS as the core organization also attended the vaccination drive organized by PAWS.

## Priynka Shenwai along with Nikita Sawant who is also PAWS volunteer, participated in PAWS vaccination drive as part of their project on ‘Broadcast Journalism’. They are the doing Bachelor in Mass Media from SIES college of

Art. They shot the entire vaccination drive & presented the video in class. Very soon, this video will be available on our website.

8. PAWS TRAININGS FOR VOLUNTEERS & RESCUE PERSONNEL:

PAWS volunteers demanded the rescue training which was due since 2 years. The last training was organised in 2006 at Hariyali Office on ‘Snake Rescue & Rehabilitation’ by Dr. Gowri Mallapur. After that we again organized training program on 22 nd March on the eve of a public holiday on the topic ‘Rescue & First Aid’. Over 40 people attended the training program.

Our guest lecturers D. Gruprasad Mahadik delivered a talk on ‘First Aid’ while Mr. Hemkant Gupte shared his expertise on rescuing birds, treatment, species of birds found in thane. It was a very interactive session. Many volunteers took first aid medicines from PAWS. We thank Mr. Maksud for designing entire booklet with Mr. Nilesh. We are also grateful to Anuradha for arranging the venue as well as Crystal, Lalita, Anushree & Anahita who helped in organizing the entire event.

9. SOCIETY PET DOGS / STRAY FEEDING ISSUES:

# On 13 th March, Preeti Paul – our volunteer from Ulhasnagar, who cares for dogs in her society, called us because her society members did not approve of her animal care and were creating problems for her. They were also using abusive and filthy language.. PAWS sent a strong letter to society as the dogs in her care are properly vaccinated & also sterilized. So they are totally harmless & are good watchdogs. After PAWS sent the letter, the matter was solved amicably.

# On March 18, Ms. Pooja Kekre, an animal lover from Dombivli phoned PAWS that her society wanted to abandon a small puppy & her mother in another area. This is a cruelty since a dog from one area is not accepted by dogs from another area. These results into fights & finally animals get injured. On her complaint, PAWS sent a strong letter to society, rescued the injured dog which is now recuperating. Now society does not create any problem to animals but sadly, the puppy is still missing.

10. SCHOOL AWARENESS PROGRAMS:

PAWS management believes in spreading awareness through educational activities & also works on same.

## 5 th March, Education Program In-Charge Sonali along with Anahita Kumar & Lalita Gopalan conducted a ‘Compassionate Citizen’ program in KDMC’s ‘Gaikwad School’. The program continued the next day with Crystal Fernandes taking charge.

## On 10th March, Malad based School ‘Children’s Academy’ approached PAWS, expressing the desire that the students wanted to help animals. They contributed Rs.20/- each & raised the money for 14 Anti-Rabies vaccine vials. Out of which PAWS vaccinated 140 stray dogs against rabies. PAWS Founder Anuradha, along with Sonali, Crystal, Anahita & Lalita participated in program. Vet injected 3 stray dogs with Anti-rabies shots to demonstrate the process to students.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1155565

11. 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 in life of injured animals. If you monthly donate specific small amount it will help animals and also our efforts to contact donors will save, those effort we can put to do more rescue & 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

*********************************************************

Plant & Animals Welfare Society – PAWS is….

*Member Society of WSPA – World Society for Protection of Animals

*Associated with IOAP – International Organization for Animal Protection.

*Associated with RSPCA – UK.

*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 11 th September 2001.

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

*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

*Permanent Account Number (PAN) is AAATP4245L allotted by Dy. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Pune.

************************************************************

For more information please contact ‘Plant & Animals Welfare Society – PAWS’ at, A-14, Savitri Sadan, Dr.

Mukharji Road, Dombivli (East) 421201, Mumbai. Phone Nos.: 9869376238 or 9820161114.

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PAWS March 2008 Newsletter

Edited by Shilpa Phadke

~~~(*.*)~~~(*.*)~~~(*.*)~~~

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. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Ulhasnagar

6. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Kalwa

7. This Month’s Visitor’s @ PAWS

8. PAWS Training for Volunteers / Animal rescue personnel

9. Society Pet Dogs / Stray Feeding issues

10. School Awareness Programs

11. Support our Cause

1. FROM THE DESK OF HONY. GEN SECRETARY:

This month of March has been eventful in that it has brought a lot of good news to all of us at PAWS. We all know that PAWS is working tirelessly for the cause of animals /environment since the last 7 years. All this while, PAWS never courted the media; which is undoubtedly one of the most effective ways to spread awareness amongst the ‘AAM JUNTA’. We did give press releases, but were never covered on TV. But last week ‘Times Now’ attended our vaccination drive, shot footage of rescue & first aid of animals done by our founder Anuradha. This was a feather in our cap since the media felt important to high-light our work.

Some more good news awaited us as Fizzah Shah won the ‘Kisko Milega Cash’ contest & raised money for the cause of animals. Both these events were important to us since our charities got the attention which was much required since the beginning of animal welfare work. Fizza’s victory is our victory!

With active & continuous support from all of you, we pledge to continue to spread our cherished cause.

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 in 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!

3. SOME NOTABLE FIELD CALLS:

## On 4th February, PAWS secretary Nilesh received a call from resident of Kalyan, Ms. Shilpa Harkare, narrating that a cat had fallen in a 30 feet deep well, since past 15 days. PAWS Secretary Nilesh & Mansi Bhanage rushed to the spot within an hour & with the help of Fire Brigade, the cat was rescued after a two hour rescue operation. We are proud of ‘Ms. Shilpa Harkare’, a true animal lover who ensured that the kitten was fed & survived. Click below to read full story:

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/

mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=2&contentid=200803052008030502233877086c34ba8

## On 6th March, our volunteer Mr. Jadye, spotted a small calf sweating it out in the heat outside a temple in Goraswadi, Dombivli. He called PAWS volunteer Mansi. She & Mr. Jadye reached the spot & forced the owner to unite the calf with its mother. The calf was so young that it could not even eat the grass. Mr. Jadye & Mansi

accompanied the calf till the calf went back to its mother cow. We are now regularly keeping a vigil on the calf & if the owner is found using the small calf for begging, we plan to make sure that she will be taken to the police station.

## On 11th March, volunteer Crystal Fernandes, spotted a pony in Kalyan tied to a tonga with bruises on its back. She immediately spoke to the owner & warned him to take proper care. After enquiry, we came to know that the owner visited the ACP office to register the 7 year old pony. The police at ACP office supported Crystal in her

stand.

## In another incident on 11th March, the Fire brigade called PAWS, to help rescue a female dog which had fallen in a deep gutter. PAWS ambulance reached the spot at 9 pm & rescued the dog. Its ear was badly wounded and was infested with maggots. PAWS admitted the dog at Thane SPCA where he is recuperating now. We thank TSPCA for their co-operation in timely admission.

4. PAWS ON WEB / MEDIA:

## PAWS secretary rescued a cat from a 30 feet deep well, click below to read the story:

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/

mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=2&contentid=200803052008030502233877086c34ba8

## Children’s Academy school children collected Rs.20/- each & donated 14 vials of Anti-Rabies Vaccines. Read below the amazing story of children:

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1155565

## Same story of school children covered by Hindustan Times, click on site & search for the article named ‘School Children raise money for vaccination of street dogs’:

http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/default.aspx

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

www.pawsasia.org

‘Times Now’ crew shot PAWS trustee Anuradha’s work which included Vaccination Drive, Ambulance rescue as well as first aid.

5. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE – ULHASNAGAR

PAWS team comprising Dr. Shweta Konkar along with trustees Nilesh Bhanage & Anuradha Ramaswami & volunteers Prasad Phadke, Anushree Permeshwaran, Anahita Kumar, Lalita Gopalan, Preeti Paul, and Swapna Pendse vaccinated more then 40 stray dogs. Two dogs were rescued which we found maggot-wounded. Also first aid was given to 3 strays. Team also dewormed more then 13 puppies.

Local volunteer Ms. Satwan Kaur joined PAWS camp in Ulhasnagar. She feeds & looks after near 40 strays in Ulhasnagar city, which helped us in catching the strays. We appreciate her love for stray animals, we are also proud to have such a dedicated soul in our central suburbs.

6. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE – KALWA

Every year, PAWS founder Anuradha vaccinates stray dogs in Kalwa area against rabies. This is a 6th year wherein PAWS conducted a vaccination drive against rabies. We received an OVERWHELMING response for the drive as there was huge turnout of volunteers.The team comprising Mrs. Satwan, Dr. Mumbaikar, Anahita Kumar, Lalita Gopalan, Swapna Pendse, Ashim Maske, Crystal Fenandes, Kaizad Daruwalla, Saikishan Iyangar, Khairul, Darshana Sonpara, Vishal Murlidhar and Arifa were actively helped in camp along with trustees Nilesh Bhanage & Anuradha Ramaswami.

Meghna, Dinyar & Preeti with her group from WNS witnessed the entire drive as part of their Nurture Project. PAWS long time volunteer Nikita Sawant along with Priyanka Shenwai shot the entire drive for their college project. The drive continued till next Sunday & a total of 70 dogs were vaccinated against rabies in entire Kharegoan-Kalwa area.

7. THIS MONTH VISITOR’S AT PAWS:

This month we had many visitors’ at PAWS office.

## Meghna Ahluwalia & Keith D’Silva of WNS Travel Operations visited PAWS office for their buddy Project of Quality DNA (Develop-Nurture-Aspired). Under that they selected PAWS as the core organization also attended the vaccination drive organized by PAWS.

## Priynka Shenwai along with Nikita Sawant who is also PAWS volunteer, participated in PAWS vaccination drive as part of their project on ‘Broadcast Journalism’. They are the doing Bachelor in Mass Media from SIES college of

Art. They shot the entire vaccination drive & presented the video in class. Very soon, this video will be available on our website.

8. PAWS TRAININGS FOR VOLUNTEERS & RESCUE PERSONNEL:

PAWS volunteers demanded the rescue training which was due since 2 years. The last training was organised in 2006 at Hariyali Office on ‘Snake Rescue & Rehabilitation’ by Dr. Gowri Mallapur. After that we again organized training program on 22 nd March on the eve of a public holiday on the topic ‘Rescue & First Aid’. Over 40 people attended the training program.

Our guest lecturers D. Gruprasad Mahadik delivered a talk on ‘First Aid’ while Mr. Hemkant Gupte shared his expertise on rescuing birds, treatment, species of birds found in thane. It was a very interactive session. Many volunteers took first aid medicines from PAWS. We thank Mr. Maksud for designing entire booklet with Mr. Nilesh. We are also grateful to Anuradha for arranging the venue as well as Crystal, Lalita, Anushree & Anahita who helped in organizing the entire event.

9. SOCIETY PET DOGS / STRAY FEEDING ISSUES:

# On 13 th March, Preeti Paul – our volunteer from Ulhasnagar, who cares for dogs in her society, called us because her society members did not approve of her animal care and were creating problems for her. They were also using abusive and filthy language.. PAWS sent a strong letter to society as the dogs in her care are properly vaccinated & also sterilized. So they are totally harmless & are good watchdogs. After PAWS sent the letter, the matter was solved amicably.

# On March 18, Ms. Pooja Kekre, an animal lover from Dombivli phoned PAWS that her society wanted to abandon a small puppy & her mother in another area. This is a cruelty since a dog from one area is not accepted by dogs from another area. These results into fights & finally animals get injured. On her complaint, PAWS sent a strong letter to society, rescued the injured dog which is now recuperating. Now society does not create any problem to animals but sadly, the puppy is still missing.

10. SCHOOL AWARENESS PROGRAMS:

PAWS management believes in spreading awareness through educational activities & also works on same.

## 5 th March, Education Program In-Charge Sonali along with Anahita Kumar & Lalita Gopalan conducted a ‘Compassionate Citizen’ program in KDMC’s ‘Gaikwad School’. The program continued the next day with Crystal Fernandes taking charge.

## On 10th March, Malad based School ‘Children’s Academy’ approached PAWS, expressing the desire that the students wanted to help animals. They contributed Rs.20/- each & raised the money for 14 Anti-Rabies vaccine vials. Out of which PAWS vaccinated 140 stray dogs against rabies. PAWS Founder Anuradha, along with Sonali, Crystal, Anahita & Lalita participated in program. Vet injected 3 stray dogs with Anti-rabies shots to demonstrate the process to students.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1155565

11. 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 in life of injured animals. If you monthly donate specific small amount it will help animals and also our efforts to contact donors will save, those effort we can put to do more rescue & 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

*********************************************************

Plant & Animals Welfare Society – PAWS is….

*Member Society of WSPA – World Society for Protection of Animals

*Associated with IOAP – International Organization for Animal Protection.

*Associated with RSPCA – UK.

*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 11 th September 2001.

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

*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

*Permanent Account Number (PAN) is AAATP4245L allotted by Dy. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Pune.

************************************************************

For more information please contact ‘Plant & Animals Welfare Society – PAWS’ at, A-14, Savitri Sadan, Dr.

Mukharji Road, Dombivli (East) 421201, Mumbai. Phone Nos.: 9869376238 or 9820161114.

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