PAWS activist get threatening calls

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 . ADC City . Page 6

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Rescuing birds from a home has proved to be an unrewarding experience for a member of PAWS-Mumbai, as the owner of the confiscated birds is now threatening to take revenage from him.

It may be recalled that the Mumbai’s based PAWS, an NGO, had recently initied a special drive against people who keep many birds at their homes. Two week ago, memebers of the NGO got information that Kandivli based Pankaj Pawar had kept many birds illegally in his house. PAWS-Mumbai then lodged a complaint with Vigilance officers of the Forest Department who raided and rescued 25 muniyas and five parrots from residence.