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

PAWS May 2008 Newsletter

Edited by Shilpa Phadke

This issue contains

1. From the Desk of Hony. General Secretary

2. Urgent Attention

3. WVS Affiliation

4. Some Notable Field Calls

5. PAWS on Web / Media

6. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive Western Suburbs

7. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive Runwal Plaza, Thane

8. Awareness Program Alibaug

9. Society Pet Dogs / Stray Feeding issues

10. Donation in Kind

11. Support our Cause

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1. FROM THE DESK OF HONY. GEN SECRETARY:

First and foremost, I would like to personally thank Roxanne, who took a lot of efforts to organize a 2 day workshop on animal welfare. I really enjoyed winning debates on topics like slaughter houses, ABC, cattle pounds etc. It is a sad fact that my work is not noticed in my own district (may be intentionally) but neighboring district collectors certainly call upon me for help. All of us concerned with animal welfare certainly need to think and take notice of the same. What I would like to put forth is that there is enough space under the sun for everybody to do their bit. Always allow others to grow. The final aim should be animal welfare.

Anyways, I am quite used to the cold shoulder treatment meted out by the administration to animal welfare volunteers. But the gleaming ray of sunlight appears in the form of people, right from melghat to satara who come to PAWS office to get help from me for their NGOs. If anyone wants any help, I am always available.

Thank You!

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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 your monthly 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!

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3. WVS AFILIATION:

This month, we received an affiliation from Worldwide Veterinary Association. We consider it a great honor to be internationally tied up with WVA.

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4. SOME NOTABLE FIELD CALLS:

## On 6 th of May, a resident of Wangni village, visited PAWS office with 2 friends – two soft back turtles which were found in a small water pond. The pond needed to be closed. PAWS office accepted them, and arranged the ambulance to transfer them to Bombay SPCA for further rehabilitation.

## On 12 th May, a Cuckoo which was found injured by a family in Kalwa, wanted to give it away for further rehabilitation. PAWS picked-up the cuckoo & sent it to Thane SPCA for further rehabilitation.

## PAWS secretary received a call from its volunteer Ms. Devika Mundkur, regarding a female Doberman dog which they had rescued from the streets of Pune, and had kept it in Pune SPCA. The vet at SPCA suggested euthanasia for the dog as she was suffering from Virginal cancer which cannot be treated. Secretary was quite disturbed to hear this as we at PAWS get operated many such cases & remove the growth. The operated dogs are fine & happy. PAWS Secretary along with volunteers Ms. Crystal Fernandes and Mr. Aashim Maske drove the ambulance all the way to Pune to rescue the dog on 21 st May 2008. Then the dog was taken to Sucheta Vishwanathan – Animal Farm Trust in Pune. When the vet at her facility checked the dog, they found the dog did not have Cancer growth but instead had a tumor. They operated on the Doberman on Tuesday, 27 th May, now the Doberman is recuperating at her facility. It is indeed sad that the Pune SPCA functions in such a way and gives wrong diagnosis.

Apart from this, two ambulance from PAWS rescue & treat injured animals every day in Thane district. To know about our last years rescue work, log on www.pawsasia.org

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5. PAWS IN WEB / MEDIA:

## On 2nd June Red FMs famous RJ Malishka interviewed Mr. Nilesh our secretary regarding the controversial Vodafone Pug Ad. Nilesh gave his views & appealed the listeners to adopt an Indian Dog instead of hybrid pedigree dogs which are less suitable for Mumbais Climate.

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

www.pawsasia.org

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6. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE @ WESTERN SUBURBS:

On 1 st of May, PAWS team comprising Anahita, Lalita, Aashim, Vishal, Nilesh, Darshna, Arifa, and Sangam attended the Anti-Rabies drive that was orgnised in Borivli west. Local volunteer Sourabh Edwankar joined this camp.

More then 40 strays were vaccinated against rabies as well as several were treated against skin infection, small injuries.

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7. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE @ RUNWAL PLAZA, THANE

PAWS volunteers Parizad Dalal, Shamila Manjrekar & Jayesh look after more then 50 strays in Runwal Plaza, Gawand Baug area. This was the 5 th year when PAWS organized anti-rabies drive in this colony. Dr. Khade vaccinated all the dogs. Volunteers Sangam Khandare, Preeti Paul, Crystal Fernandes, Kunal Chheda, Parizad Dalal, Anushree Permeshwaran and Darshna Sonpara joined this camp alongwith Trustee Anuradha Ramswami.

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8. AWARENESS PROGRAM ALIBAUG

On Thursday, 22 nd May, I attended a workshop organized by Distrcit Collector of Raigad Dr. Nipun Vinayak on Animal Welfare & Garbage Control alongwith 2 PAWS volunteers Ms. Crystal Fernandes & Mr. Aashim Maske. I was speaker for ABC Rules, Slaughter Houses & Laws, and Stray Cattle Problem. We also played Beauty without Cruelty video, distributed Performing animals awareness brochure & copies of marathi Laws.

There was a huge response for the Workshop. Thanks to Roxanne Conz-Davur of Terra Anima Trust, who made the workshop possible with her excellent organizing skills. In Defense of Animals also joined this session in afternoon. They had a talk on Sterilization & Animal Birth Control Program by Goodicia Vaidya, Sudnya Patkar & Dr. Guruprasad Mahadik.

Over 120 people attended the workshop, majority of whom were local policy makers like Corporators, Animal Husbandry, Municipal Health Officers, Police personnel, Presidents of Municipal councils & CEOs. Roxanne taught about Banning plastic on beaches, pony & horse carts, and Garbage control. On the second day, the topics for the workshop were Vermi-culture, Compost, Medical Waste, Nutrition Management, Rag-pickers, Urban Waste Management, Rain-Water Harvesting & Solid Waste Management including E-Waste (Electrical Waste).

We hope the workshop will come out with concrete results & mainly stop Bullock cart races which already banned by high-court. The collectors interest & participation was amazing.

Below is the link of all photos on Orkut album:

http://www.orkut.com/Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481&aid=1211528514

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9. SOCIETY PET DOGS / STRAY FEEDING ISSUES:

## Animal Lover Mr. Arif called PAWS when he spotted a pet owner, who was hitting other dogs with stick and also encouraging his pets to attack small puppies. On 9th May, one such pup died due to attack from the pet dogs. Mr. Arif has photo evidence of the same. People argued with the pet Owner. Finally PAWS wrote a stern letter to him copying it to Ramnagar Police Station. The PSI called secretary Nilesh to know about laws. The pet owner was then called to the police station & action was taken against him.

## PAWS volunteer Neha Surve owns a small pomerenian pup in her house; the society objected to keeping the pet although there is no such society rule. Some society members even threw stones at Neha, and then she called PAWS. Again we wrote a very stern letter to her society committee and the matter was resolved amicably.

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10. SUPPORT OUR CAUSE:

Your small contribution will make a big difference!

PAWS always in need of funds, as it is largely dependent 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

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Plant & Animals Welfare Society – PAWS is….

*Affiliated with Worldwide Veterinary Services, UK

*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 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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