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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