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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