PAWS (Plant and Animals Welfare Society) was founded in 2001 by Nilesh Bhanage and his college friends. PAWS was officially registered in 2001 and got a lease of life when Ahmednagar SPCA donated its ambulance to PAWS in the first year of its official operations.
PAWS has a network of 300 registered members connected via a Google group, and of these about a hundred dedicated volunteers who take turns to contribute their skills, be it rescuing all kinds of birds and animals, providing first aid, designing brochures and other awareness literature, and hosting fundraisers and awareness events.
PAWS now also has an official rescue center located at Murbad.
