Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS)

Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS) was founded with a vision to create co-existence between mankind and wildlife and to engage youth by supporting wildlife conservation through rescue and awareness thereby helping animals in distress.

Their key activities include:

Rescue Centre: The Rescue Centre has many facilities to help malnourished and injured animals and nurse them back to health with regularly served food, a vet, 24-hour care-takers and ambulances. Animals like Dogs, Pups, Cats, Kittens, Pigs, Mice, Birds, Lizards, Snakes, Turtles, Mammals, etc. were rescued during the last year. The ambulance services respond to public calls to assist sick and injured stray animals.

Rescue and Rehabilitation is one of the main activities of PAWS. Many species that are traded illegally have been rescued. Spiny-tailed lizards, Snakes, Mongoose, Monkeys, Tortoises and a variety of birds are rescued and rehabilitated. They also respond to cattle in distress. PAWS also conducts camps in slums and villages for vaccination of Bullocks, Donkeys and Horses that are employed for labour.

Sterilizations and Vaccinations: PAWS identifies animals from different cities in the district of Thane and sterilizes them at Murbad Rescue Centre. PAWS also vaccinates all sterilized animals against rabies. PAWS is a representative of the ‘Animal Birth Control’ committee at the Municipal Corporation. All types of injured stray animals are treated, first aid camps arranged and lectures are held to teach first aid to students.

Adoptions & Re-homing: Innumerable homeless and abandoned animals have been re-homed through the adoption scheme. Adoption is done only after rigorous interviews and a thorough verification. It is free of cost and a basic adoption kit is also provided.

Awareness Workshops and Seminars: PAWS uses various media to have interactive sessions to create awareness about Animal Welfare through educational programs, corporate and volunteer trainings and assisting management students in conducting projects on NGOs. PAWS members and Animal Welfare Officers investigate cruelty cases and rescue exploited animals and have filed several police complaints to protect them.

The NGO is also engaged in distribution of water bowls, first-aid kits, magic collars which sparkles in the dark thereby reducing the death of animals due to accidents, sparrow homes which are made from recycled wood.