Friday, December 19, 2008

Note from us...

A great passion for animals balanced with a practical approach to human-animal conflict existing in the city of Pune lead to the formation of RESQ CHARITABLE TRUST and THE PAWS PACK in January 2007.

In January 2007, we got together by fate and decided that we had to do something on a large scale to make a difference to animals in need. The idea was to set up a 24 hour emergency helpline for animals. It was an idea that had been tried before but not followed through. It was an idea that required a lot of hard work from us, plenty of sleepless nights, but we had made up our minds, and cynics were not going to persuade us differently. With the help of all whom we know, we started off rescuing and re-homing as many stray dogs and cats as could, whether the call came to us at 2am in the morning or 3pm in the afternoon, we were there.

The next problem was of creating a sustainable model. Beyond a point the operation is unaffordable and so we had to find ways of being independent and not becoming another static statistic.

From there arose the idea of THE PAWS PACK, the pet management company. We set up a company to help facilitate pet ownership. With busy lifestyles, many people do not have the time they would like with their pets. We decided to provide owners with different services that would help them from bringing a pet home all the way to coping with the grief of losing a pet. We wanted to provide a spectrum of services to help owners and their pets have a relationship they will always cherish.

WAG-O-LOGY, SCHOOL OF TRAINING AND BEHAVIOUR offers pre-pet counselling, training, and behaviour modification,

DOGGY DINERS, provides natural gourmet meals delivered fresh at your door step.We also have a range of biscuits and treats for your pet!

Also, we have now set up a state-of-the-art dog hostel. We noticed the lack of good boarding facilities in our city. Our desire to set up a home away from home for pets, which is synonymous with luxury and comfort led to the idea of THE PAWSH.

Together, through THE PAWS PACK and RESQ we want to make a difference, not just with the homeless animals, but also to see happier pets and pet owners. It breaks our heart to see dogs that have been abandoned, only because the owners were not guided properly or because they were fed up of not being able to go on a vacation. THE PAWS PACK and RESQ propagate responsible pet ownership and compassion to animals.

As Robert Frost quotes, “miles to go before I sleep”, this is something we believe in…a belief strong enough to sideline any thing else that we were doing before January 2007.

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