Guest guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 PAWS February 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 5. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Dombivli West 6. Presentation & Participation @ WTI Meet in Kaziranga 7. This Month's Visitor's @ PAWS 8. Society Pet Dogs / Stray Feeding issues 9. School Awareness Program 10. Your Chance to Help Animals ------------------ 1. FROM THE DESK OF HONY. GEN SECRETARY: For the last 3 months we concentrated more on awareness & educational programs. This helped to enroll volunteers, spread the message of compassion towards animals and helped to raise much needed funds. We are very happy about the fact that now people are calling from different organizations, management institutes etc for their project work, to conduct session on animal welfare & to deliver guest lectures. PAWS aim to spread awareness among the masses is now getting fulfilled. However this is just a step forward in the never ending journey & we realize that there are miles to go before we sleep! So if you wish to be a part of this journey then please get in touch with me on 9820161114 or Anuradha on 9869376238. We @ PAWS are always happy to help in spreading awareness & conduct such programs in your colony, school, college or institute. Yours for animals, Nilesh Bhanage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. 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! ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 1. SOME NOTABLE FIELD CALLS: ## When a housing society in Thane decided to throw some puppies out of the society, PAWS Trustee Ms. Neeta Parwatay shifted them to Shelter of 'Voice of Animals In Distress' in Panvel for lifetime care. PAWS Volunteer Prasad & Nilesh drove the ambulance during the night to urgently shift then to safety. Now all the puppies are safe in custody of Neeta. ## A resident of a society @ Manpada road called PAWS office when he found an injured Barn Owl attacked by crows. PAWS volunteer Kunal Chheda rushed to the spot in morning and rescued it on 11th February. Next day, a family in Gograswadi brought an injured Cuckoo to PAWS office. Another Barn Owl was rescued on 16th Feb by PAWS Team from Aasangoan next to Titwala & on 19thFeb, one more Barn Owl was rescued by PAWS volunteer Mansi Bhanage. Amongst all these rescues, 2 barn owls & 1 Cuckoo was hospitalized @ Thane SPCA & 1 Barn Owl was released during night time. One Cuckoo & One Owl died in the hospital due to critical condition. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 1. PAWS ON WEB: To know more about our rescue work, updates on awareness programs, annual reports & photos log on to: *www.pawsasia.org* <http://www.pawsasia.org/> ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 5. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE – DOMBIVLI WEST: This month's Anti-Rabies drive held on 2nd February was hosted by our core volunteer Lekha Lodaya. Lekha is with P@WS since the past 3 years. She balances her college studies with her social work beautifully. It is a matter of pride for us that she looks after more then 40 stray animals in her area. The anti-rabies drive coincided with her birthday. That called for a double celebration. We vaccinated more then 52 stray dogs/cats in her colony within an hour. Over 17 volunteers were present for this mega event. Dr. Datta Raje vaccinated the entire area dogs. Vety. Students Anahita Kumar & Laita Gopalan along with Lekha Lodaya, Prasad Phadke, Kunal Chheda, Sonali Bagde, Bhakti Shah, Darshna Sonpara, Sourabh Chougule, Arifa, Kaizad Daruwalla, and Mansi Bhanage trustees Anuradha Ramawamy, Nilesh Bhanage, Staff Nitin Khadse & Mohan Chouhan participated in the camp. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 1. PRESENTATION & PARTICIPATION @ WTI MEET IN KAZIRANGA : PAWS Trustee Mr. Nilesh Bhanage along with volunteer Mr. Shivprasad Phadke attended a 3 day workshop on 'Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation' as well as a 2 day members meet held at Centenary Hall @ Kaziranga National Park, Assam hosted by Wildlife Trust of India & IFAW. It included a visit to Kaziranga National Park as well as Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. PAWS founder Nilesh also gave a short presentation on 'Urban Wildlife issues of Mumbai & Suburbs' during the meet. It was a very good learning experience for both the participants. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1. THIS MONTH'S VISITOR'S @ PAWS # Ms. Jenny Briganza of AIESEC visited PAWS office on 3rd February, to discuss Volunteer Opportunities with PAWS. PAWS Secretary gave a brief talk on animal welfare & educational work that has been taken-up by PAWS. # On 5th February, a 12 yr. old student of St. John School, Master Kayomarz Darukhanwalla visited PAWS office along with his parents. He is one of the 20 finalists who are appearing for Action research project by 'Dr. Homi Bhabha Young Scientists'. He has taken-up the subject 'Nurturing the Nature- Hobby'. Under that head he has selected Animal Welfare as hobby and PAWS as the ideal organization. His projects include interaction with animals, study PAWS functioning, spreading awareness among his schoolmates. Subsequently on 12th February, PAWS volunteers Ms. Sonali, Ms. Darshna & Ms. Arifa visited his school & made presentation of 'Compassionate Citizen' to the students. He submitted his final report to his school / association. He also collected few donations on behalf of PAWS. # On 24th February, Sunil, Violet, Akshaya, Sima, Ashrita – the students from Birla College visited PAWS office for their project on 'Professional Skill Development'. PAWS secretary interacted with them & gave an overview about developing skills through participation with NGO. # On 24th February, employees 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. This project will continue till 15th March, which includes participation in vaccination drives, fundraising & presentations. ------------------- 1. SOCIETY PET DOGS / STRAY FEEDING ISSUES: # Last month, PAWS team fought against the society of Vishal Murlidhar wherein society members had raised an objection against him for keeping pets. PAWS wrote a strong letter condemning the action and also involved the media. The newspaper clipping was circulated widely. As a result we received a very huge response & the secretary received calls from Fizzah of IDA India, Snehal Bhatt of GSPCA, Suparna Ganguly of CUPA, Manoj Oswal of PFA Pune and Sunish of PAWS Mumbai. They were keen to see the letters which our secretary duly forwarded to them. Smt. Maneka Gandhi also enquired about the same. #Our member Mr. Sourabh Edwankar from Borivli faced a similar problem regarding feeding stray dogs. Again, PAWS wrote to the concerned society. #Ms. Amita Kulkarni used to feed several stray dogs in her society near CKP Hall area wherein the society people took objection. PAWS intervened in the matter again & the problem was solved amicably. #Ms. Mansi Bhanage used to take her pet dog out for a walk everyday. The neighboring society members took objection to it & used filthy language. Along with volunteers Sourabh Chougule & Prasad Phadke, Mansi went to Ramnager Police Station and filed a complaint against the members. Since then she never faced such problems. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1. SCHOOL AWARENESS PROGRAM Our Awareness Program In charge Ms. Sonali conducted two programs this month as a part of the mission to spread awareness and compassion for animals. Here are the details: ## Sonali, Arifa & Darshna conducted the 'Compassionate Citizen' program for 6th Standard students studying in St. John Hi-School Thane on 7thFebruary. ## PAWS volunteers Sonali Bagde & Bhakti Shah interacted with little Orphans at 'Parivartan Mahila Sanstha' in Titwala. They also played a CD show of 'Compassionate Citizen' on 24th February 2008. ________ 10. YOUR CHANCE TO HELP ANIMALS. Your small contribution would make a big difference! With two ambulances, 60 volunteers and two staff members and being in possession of an entire animal rescue gear and medical kit, PAWS works tirelessly under the leadership of young Mr. Nilesh Bhanage & Ms. Anuradha Ramaswami. Anyone wishing to become a volunteer of PAWS or wanting to donate may call Mr. Nilesh on 09820161114 or send e-mail at *nilesh*<nilesh 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 e-mail us on * anuradha* <anuradha or *nilesh*<nilesh 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 11thSeptember 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 dated October 10, 2007 and valid up to **31**st **March 2010*. *Registered Under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide letter dated May 01, 2002. Letter No. THN/CIT-III/J & T/184/2002-03. *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. -------------------------END OF NEWSLETTER--------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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