Rescued on time saved life

Fridayday, 27 July 2012 : PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

Friday, July 27, 2012 : A bird Heron rescued from the dog attack at Shivaji Talav area at Bhandup, it was fallen from the tree seen by a student Kalpesh Pate of Parag English School. At 12:40 PM when I was on my way back to home from school I save the life of this bird otherwise it have been eaten-up by dog. As our school is situated near Shivaji Talav, I use to see this type of bird daily sitting on the tree and walls around said Kalpesh.

The rescued bird by Kalpesh is now under the observation, after keeping for a day we will be releasing back in the safe place in natural habitat said Sunish Subramanian Kunju, Secretary of Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai.

For more information & detail please call 

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542

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Kalpesh Pate with rescued bird Heron

Kingfisher, Heron & Mynah rescued

Thursday, 21 June 2012 

PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

Kingfisher Bird saved : A bird Kingfisher was attacked by bunch of crows saved at Asian Paint Company at Bhandup, taken care by young bird lover Nisha Kunju at Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai and later it was released backed into the natural habitat by her.  

My First day of School My First Rescue :

Heron rescue by 12 Year bird lover : Anand Dubey (12 Years) Standard 7^th of RAUBS School (Bhandup) was coming from school, he saw a bird (Heron) running in the middle of the road, he rescued the bird and brought it to PAWS-Mumbai for check-up. If he was not possible to rescue the bird may be attacked by crows, dogs or cats, as the spot is near to a fish market he added.

Bird Mynah saved by 7 Years Student : Hitesh Yadav (7 Years) Standard 2^nd, NES Primary School (Bhandup) have save a Mynah bird which was been attacked by crow while he was coming from school with his father. He rescued the bird and he brought to PAWS-Mumbai for treatment and after necessary treatment it was set free.

PAWS-Mumbai Monsoon Appeal : In monsoon season we receive large number of such calls, due to heavy rain and wind, bird’s falls from their nest on the tree especially birds like crow, heron and egrets are mostly affected. Citizen should help in saving such birds by becoming helping hands, after saving keep it in safe place till animal welfare group volunteers reach. If you come across any such incident call PAWS-Mumbai Helpline 9833480388 

For more information & detail please call 

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542


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Hollywood Actress on turtle rescue task

Thursday, 31 May 2012 

PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

I was shocked to see it -- Sofia Hayat

Sofia observing the rescued turtle in plastic bag

Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat, who is associated with animal welfare & rights NGO Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai as a Patron, was recently in Thane at Hiranandani area, while she spotted few boys taking a turtle in plastic transparent bag, I was shocked to see it. I stopped my car and have talk with those boys, I learned that they are taking it to keep it as pet at home, I convinced them and taken the turtle. Till that time I informed the PAWS-Mumbai Rescued team who reached the spot said Sofia.

 It’s a Red Eared Slider Turtle, which is not a native species of India, but it’s illegally sale in Indian pet markets. Due to which it is easily available to public who keep it as pet. There is many blind faith behind keeping it as a pet, few of the reason are Good Luck, Fengshui and Vastu. As it is not native species so we can’t release it in natural pond where our native species found, we are planning to send it to rehabilitation center said Sunish Subramanian of PAWS-Mumbai.

Red Eared Slider Turtle
enjoying the FREEDOM

About Red Eared Slider Turtle

Red-eared sliders are almost entirely aquatic, but leave the water to bask in the sun and lay eggs. These reptiles are deceptively fast and are also decent swimmers. They hunt for prey and will attempt to capture it when the opportunity presents itself. They are aware of predators and people, and generally shy away from them. The red-eared slider is known to frantically slide off rocks and logs when approached.

Contrary to the popular misconception, red-eared sliders do not have saliva. They, like most aquatic turtles, have fixed tongues, so they must eat their food in water.

If you come across any such incident or wildlife trade do call PAWS-Mumbai Helpline 9833480388 or E-mail at pawsmumbai@gmail.com, the name of informer will be kept confident. You can also inform about it to nearest Forest Office too.

Read the blind faith story behind keeping turtle as a pet visit : http://shuangxingfu.blogspot.in/2010/05/rearing-tortoises-for-good-feng-shui.html

For more information & detail please call 

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542

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Sofia taking out turtle from the plastic bag

 Sofia observing turtle after taking out from the plastic bag

 Sofia taken out the turtle from the plastic bag and put it in backet

 Sofia observing the turtle after it was released 
in backet from the plastic bag

 Sofia observing the freedom of the turtle 

Helping hand ! Sofia with rescued Red Eared Slider Turtle

Sofia become the ANGLE for lovely creature 

PAWS-Mumbai the movement launched by youth’s in World Records

Sunday, 27 May 2012 

PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

World Record Trophy  

PAWS-Mumbai Patron & Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat
& Founder Sunish Subramanian Kunju receiving World
Records India and World Amazing Record 2012 as 
Youth for Mother Earth Trophy & Certificate  from 
the hands of World Record India President 
Paavan Solanki    

"It’s the achievement of Youngster
  behind PAWS-Mumbai,
supporters and well wishers,
without whom we cannot achieve it".
-- Sofia Hayat 

Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) a Mumbai based animal welfare and environment protection organization founded in 2002 by few likeminded youth who  believed that their consistent efforts at grassroot level would be able to bring about a change on the two fronts. Over the years PAWS-Mumbai had raised several pertinent issues concerning the environment and animals which are remarkable and make their way to entry in World Records India and World Amazing Record 2012 as Youth for Mother Earth. Team was awarded with World Record Trophy and Certificate by Paavan Solanki the President of World Record India, which was accepted by PAWS-Mumbai Founder : Sunish Subramanian Kunju and Patron : Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat.

PAWS-Mumbai started as a small first aid group but now it becomes a major movement in the city, runs two rescue vans – animal ambulance. As city changed PAWS-Mumbai focus on issue was also changed, as the city wildlife losing their natural habitat, organization’s started their movement to save wildlife found in city and its stared raising their voice to conserve green cover area. 

If you wish to be the part of PAWS-Mumbai or want to support them, call on 9833480388 / 25968314 or E-Mail at pawsmumbai@gmail.com, Donation to PAWS-Mumbai is exempted under section 80G of Income Tax Act 1961.

For more information & detail please call 
Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542

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Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai) , Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat (Patron : PAWS-Mumbai) and Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Founder & Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) with World Records India and World Amazing Record 2012 as Youth for Mother Earth Trophy & Certificate

Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat (Patron : PAWS-Mumbai) and Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Founder & Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) with World Records India and World Amazing Record 2012 as Youth for Mother Earth Trophy & Certificate

PAWS-Mumbai Patron Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat with World Record Trophy

PAWS-Mumbai Patron Hollywood Actress Sofia Hayat with World Records India and World Amazing Record 2012 as Youth for Mother Earth Trophy & Certificate

Sofia will speak for voiceless! Sofia is been appointed as Patron of PAWS-Mumbai

Sunday, 20 May 2012 

PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

Sofia with My Sparrow Home No 169 

Adopted her

Actor, Model & Singer Sofia Hayat is been appointed as Patron of PAWS-Mumbai. I am an animal & environment lover and I take care of strays in my locality, since long time I am observing the work of PAWS-Mumbai, this young team of animal lovers and environment friends are really doing hard work to save our wildlife and its natural habitat said Sofia. Few days before I have adopted an artificial nest box called My Sparrow Home which I have fixed at my home and I am waiting for the guest to come to visit the nest box. As a consent citizen it’s our duty to save the beautiful species, we can save this bird in this summer heat by providing the water bowls, outside our home, balcony, garden or shop, it will help us to save many living creature.

We are happy to see Sofia’s love for animals so she have been appointed as Patron of PAWS-Mumbai, very soon Sofia will be seen taking active part in PAWS-Mumbai campaigns said Nisha Kunju, PRO of PAWS-Mumbai.

For more information & detail please call
Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542      

Actor, Model & Singer Sofia Hayat appointed as Parton 

of Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai

Role actor in real act

Sunday, May 20, 2012

PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

 Sofia observing the kite after giving first-aid by
 PAWS-Mumbai team 

Actor, Model & Singer Sofia Hayat have save a bird Kite which was attacking by crows at JVLR near Film City, she call PAWS-Mumbai helpline, where she was guided what to do till rescue team reach. By putting cloth on it she had rescued and taken it to her home, where PAWS-Mumbai Rescue Team reached and had given the bird first aid. The bird was effected by Heat Stock and was in dehydrate condition. We have giving water & multivitamin drops and the bird’s condition is OK now. For 2-3 days we will keep the bird under observation and take care by our volunteer’s, later once it’s fit to fly we will release back into the natural habitat said Sunish Subramanian, Founder of Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai.

I was very shocked & surprised to see such a huge bird in the middle of the busy road and vehicles were going around, if I have not properly guided how to handle the bird may I not possible to save it said Sofia.

You can call PAWS-Mumbai on Helpline 9833480388

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 Sofia with rescued kite after giving first-aid by PAWS-Mumbai 

 

Sofia feeding water to rescued kite by her

 Sofia feeding water to rescued kite by her after she brought home

Sofia with rescued kite after giving first-aid by PAWS-Mumbai team

For more information & detail please call

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542        

World Sparrow Day - India Event

Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai

PAWS-Mumbai World Sparrow Day – India 
PRESS Release

Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) a NGO working for animals welfare, rights & environment protection in Mumbai city since 2002 celebrate 20th March 2012 as “World Sparrow Day - India” to mark our sparrow conservation efforts as a Indian in world map. All the World Sparrow Day – India event updates will there at www.worldsparrowdayindia.blogspot.com.

Sparrow Friend Award

PAWS-Mumbai invites nomination for Sparrow Friend Award 2012, who have done remarkable job in sparrow conservation in personal level.  Send your sparrow conservation story at s4sparrow@gmail.com.

Sparrow Drawing Competition

PAWS-Mumbai is also organizing Sparrow Drawing Competition, request student community to draw a sparrow and send to PAWS-Mumbai, the best four participants with receive trophy and certificate. For more information and info about drop center, call PAWS-Mumbai Helpline 25968314 / 9833480388.

Sparrow Poem & Story Writing Competition

PAWS-Mumbai is inviting Poems & Stories related to sparrow from the citizen. Selected best will be awarded with “S 4 Sparrow Award”. Poems & Story can send at s4sparrow@gmail.com with full name and contact detail.

PAWS-Mumbai role in Sparrow Conservation

In August 12, 2008 PAWS-Mumbai was first exposed the trade of House Sparrow at Crawford Market in Mumbai, which is one of the India’s biggest illegal animal selling market. And also found out one of the mystery behind the missing sparrows. As per the hakims in Bhendi Bazar and Pydhonie in Mumbai area seem to increasing the male sex drive. The latest formula for an aphrodisiac is sparrow meat mixed with other herb. Sparrow meat is being used as an aphrodisiac since the Mughal era and this therapy still continues. If you go to any hakim shop in Pydhonie and ask for an aphrodisiac, he will ask you to purchase a fleshy male sparrow from Crawford Market in order to prepare a mixture with the meat and other herbs to enhance the male sex drive.

PAWS-Mumbai launched Sparrow Conservation Mission

PAWS-Mumbai launched “Sparrow Conservation Mission” initiative to carry out various activities related to sparrows and its conservation like providing artificial nest box “My Sparrow Home”.

What is PAWS-Mumbai

Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) is an independently registered Non Government Organisation (NGO) founded in 2002 by likeminded youth who wanted to work in the field of animal welfare and environment protection. The youth believed that their consistent efforts at grassroot level would be able to bring about a change on the two fronts. Over the years we have raised several pertinent issues concerning the environment and animals. In 2009 PAWS-Mumbai featured in “Limca Book of Records”, In 2011 PAWS-Mumbai featured in “India Book of Record”, In 2011 Assist World Records Research Foundation Honoured the PAWS-Mumbai Sunish Subramanian Kunju with Honorary Awards 2011 as Best Youth for Animals, India and also received Awards like “NAI Best NGO Award 2010” at New Delhi and "S9 Karyaratna Puraskar 2011" / Receiving Appreciation Letter’s / Reward for the noble work which PAWS-Mumbai do. 

For more information & detail please call

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542

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Noble initiative to save environment

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
PRESS Release by

Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

Kirti D Shah giving first recycle flex bag to
Environmentalist & PAWS-Mumbai
Founder Sunish Subramanian Kunju 

Bhandup resident Kirti D Shah has come out with an innovative concept of re-using the flex-vinyl banners which are found discarded after its use.  He has arranged to use the flex material to prepare carry bags for his customers.  He has a "farsan" shop named Swastik Farsan at Bhandup, where till now he uses to provide a cloth or paper bags or plastic bags above 50 microns to his customers. As per the Municipal guidance to the shopkeeper have to officially charge for the carry bag.  He felt that daily there are scores of political and commercial banners which are freely discarded or carried away by the civic authorities who get wasted, he thought to better use rather than let it be discarded at some municipal dump and pollute the environment.  

After making such bags from the wasted flex banners, he gifts it to the environment protection and animal welfare NGO - Plant and Animals Welfare Society (PAWS-Mumbai).  PAWS–Mumbai works for the conservation of environment and for the well-being of the mute and helpless stray animals.  This way PAWS-Mumbai is able to gather funds from the sale of such flex bags which are sturdy, aesthetic, washable and re-usable too.  

Kirti D Shah says that "During festival season we shopkeepers are forced to give free bags to their customers. But now since it has become compulsory to charge the customers for the bags provided, I charge them for these flex bags and donate the amount to PAWS-Mumbai or directly handover these flex bags to the NGO for sale so that they too are able to generate funds for their noble work.

  

Secretary and Founder member of PAWS-Mumbai welcomed this initiative of Mr Kirti D Shah and feels that it is a step in the right direction.  It serves to generate funds, provide bags to the customers, curbs wastage of costly flex material and also saves our mother Earth from pollution. He further added for flex-vinyl banners scrap we will approach to Ad Agency & Political Leader’s too.

PAWS-Mumbai has requested citizens to support such environment-friendly initiatives in whichever way possible by using disposal bags like cloth and also flex bags which is recycled. To order recycle flex bag citizen can call PAWS-Mumbai on 25968314 or 9833480388.

For more information & detail please call

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542

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Save Environment Avoid Using Plastic Bags  

3-4 Day

Sunday, January 15, 2012 : 2nd Day Camp Report : Makar Sankranti

Sunday, January 15, 2012
PRESS Release by
Nisha Kunju (Administrator & PRO : PAWS-Mumbai)

2nd Day Camp Report : Sunday, January 15, 2012, Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) team received 7 calls of rescue from the area between Thane to Powai and success in saving the life of Seven bird (Pigeon).  Birds Injured due to Manja call attended by PAWS-Mumbai team in 2012 Makar Sankranti till date is 2 Kite, 1 Sparrow, 1 Owl & 12 Pigeons.

For more information & detail please call

Sunish Subramanian Kunju (Secretary : PAWS-Mumbai) on

PAWS-Mumbai helpline +91 9833480388 or Personal Cell +91 9892179542

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Live rescue operation by student volunteers of PAWS-Mumbai, a call received of bird pigeon was entangled on glass coated thread on a wire in front of Noble Angle English School at Bhandup.  

The wing of the bird pigeon was totally cut due to glass coated thread was rescued from Krishnakamal Co. Society, Mithgar Road, Mulund East. 

The leg of the bird pigeon was totally cut due to glass coated thread was rescued from Vakratunda Placa, Tank Road, Bhandup West. PAWS-Mumbai volunteers giving treatment to bird. 

 Both the bird Pigeon become life time handicap.

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