Courtesy: PAWS (Nilhesh Bhanage)
Welcome to PAWS! Here is how we work.
Every PAWS Volunteer is, expected to, be effective at the local level and to act as their own organizer getting in touch with other members to carry out programs as needed. PAWS expects your contribution in terms of what you de for animal yourself. Your membership fee / donation only help to spread the message to motivate more people.
Here are some suggestions about the many ways you can help animals:
A) Actual help - Rescuing animals that need help in the city and taking them to a vet. Start a campaign called Adopt an Indian Dog. Set an example by taking a dog from the street into your own home. If one in 50 people adopted an Indian dog, there would be no street dogs left to suffer so miserably.
B) Demand copies of the animal laws pamphlet from PAWS office & translate it in to the local language and then give it to the police and to as many people as you know so that people can start taking action against cruelty.
C) If there are any schools with mini zoos in them these have to be closed down as it is illegal to keep animals in schools. If there is any zoo being run check the state of the animals and then contact the director and adopt the zoo, make better enclosures, see that the animals are fed and kept properly and that there is a doctor.
D) Give grain and water to the birds daily. Put out cooked rice, bajra or chana in your lawn/balcony or rooftop along with a bowl of clean water. Stop eating meat as each meat-eater is responsible for the murder of 300 animals a year in the most cruel fashion. Don't patronize circuses, zoos or other forms of "entertainment” that, exploit animals for profit.
E) Teach people simple first aid. Hold classes with a vet and show children what to do when they come across an animal in trouble. You can get books First Aid For Animals (Rs 60) and Natural Health For Your Dog (Rs 75) from Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, Sterling House, L-10 Green Park Extension, New Delhi-110016.
F) Plant large numbers of bird-friendly fruit and shade trees so that birds have something to eat and nest in.
G) You can stop people from throwing their food leftovers in plastic bags as many animals, including cows, eat the plastic and die.
H) If you have not made a group, give donations to animal welfare groups that are working with animals.
I) Catch & Report people who sell wild animals or birds to the police and see that the animal/bird is released back into the wild. Under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 the offender has to be jailed for not less than 5 years and fined. Make small groups that regularly go to markets and see if wild animals or their parts are being sold.
If you see birds or small animals such as mongoose/snake/lizard sold, confiscate these immediately and have the seller arrested. Birds are often smuggled through the trains. Inform the stationmaster that if you catch any consignment of birds you will put a case on him. Put a poster in the railway station 3aying that any information regarding any bird loading on the trains will be monetarily rewarded. Make friends with the loaders. Also keep an eye on the bus-stops.
J) There are many horses/camels and donkeys that need medical help. PAWS can organize weekly / twice weekly camps at a fixed place so that owners can bring their animals for treatment or you can take a vet, medicine and food to tanga stands / stables area-wise every week
K) Since Dissection has been banned for each school as per the order issued by the CBSE, it is important one group visits schools informing the principal and the students. Failure to do so can lead to contempt of court. Enclosed is the order & list of the alternatives. Some states have not banned dissection in their schools. However under the court orders, these dissections have to be made optional.
L) Milkmen give their cattle oxytocin injections. These are extremely painful for animals and the milk is very harmful for humans. It is illegal under the Food and Drug Adulteration Prevention Act to give these injections. Find out from the milkmen and then inform the po1ice and the people buying the milk and have the dairy closed down.
M) Make sure that no cattle are loaded onto trucks. Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act & Rules No trucks can carry any animal unless they have a permit from the Animal Welfare Board in Chennai or its representation. Any truck without this permission can be confiscated. Even with permission the truck cannot carry more than 4 cows and 2 calves. It must have a first-aid kit, enough food and water for the journey and a medical certificate for the animals. No cattle can be taken across state lines for the purpose of slaughter.
N) Animals such as cattle and horses are kept very badly in the villages. You can hold village camps for giving medicine and educating the villagers on how to load the animal and how to keep it well. Dogs in villages often have mange or fleas. These can also be easily treated. Tie up with the local animal husbandry department and have one camp a month.
O) Madaris / kalandars with monkeys, bears, snakes, and mongooses are breaking the Wildlife Protection Act and the Beggary Act. Have them arrested under both Acts and take the animals away. Monkeys and bears will have to go to a shelter / zoo, and snakes and mongooses can be released at once in a wooded area after proper treatment.
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Nilesh Bhanage
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