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Above: Our Nomination in April 2008 as
International Shelter of the Week.
Please take a moment as we
celebrate PAWS' nomination as Shelter of the Week from the SPCA International. The PAWS
Team assisted SPCA director Terri Crisp, with logistical support during her recent visits
to Kuwait. As Terri kindly wrote in a copy of her most recent book, 'Emergency Animal
Rescue', “To the PAWS volunteers; thank you for all your hard work to help animals in
a part of the world where the need is so great. There is no group more dedicated to rise
to the occasion! Continued success…"
Terri was particularly impressed
that everything we have achieved has been built from scratch through constant
fund-raising, membership subscriptions, generous donations from groups such as The British
Ladies Society of Kuwait, WSPA, The World Society for the Protection of Animals, gifted
equipment and all without funding from private or municipality sources!
Thank you to everyone who is part
of or helps our volunteer team in our efforts to keep the shelter a true refuge for
Kuwait's waifs and strays~ and for allowing us to extend our support to animals and people
who help animals internationally! The work continues......!
Above: Volunteers with some of PAWS dogs. PAWS is made up of a hard-working group of part-time volunteers and we
depend on 'the kindness of strangers' to help animals in need. As a non profit, volunteer led charity, we depend on caring people to give up even an hour or two per month to spend time walking dogs, or playing with the kittens. This is fun for the animals and for the people involved. Dogs like these above are given an opportunity to learn to trust people and have fun through volunteer one-on-one time! Not a dog person? Come spend time with our cats and kittens! Please consider the donation of your time to help out at the shelter. For those volunteers who go the extra mile and help out on rescue missions, "THANK YOU". You help us to make a difference,
when there simply is no one to come help instantly! Your continued support is
greatly appreciated and makes all the difference.
من نحن؟
نحن فريق
نشيط من
المتطوعين
المحليين
والعالميين
ملتزمين
بالحفاظ
على
الحيوان
والرفق به
في الكويت.
وقد تشكلت
جمعية PAWS في
أوائل عام 2003، ومنذ ذلك
الوقت،
قمنا
بإنقاذ
وتوفير
مأوى لأكثر
من 700 حيوان
أليف في
الكويت
وبقية
أنحاء
العالم.
وهدفنا في
تشكيل
الجمعية هو
إفتتاح أول
مركز أيواء
رسمي مصرح
به في
الكويت
للحيوانات
المصابة
والضالة
والمفقودة.
وقد أفتتحت
أول مرحلة
من هذا
المشروع
المهم في
يوليو 2005.
ومقر
الإيواء
التابع
لجماعة PAWS
يقع في
عيادة
بيطرية
كاملة
التجهيزات.
وهدفنا هو
محاولة
توفير
المساعدة
للحيوانات
الضالة
والمهملة
من خلال
توفير
العناية
البيطرية
والإنقاذ
والتبني
للكلاب
والقطط في
الكويت
بالشراكة
مع الأفراد
الراغبين
في توفير
المأوى لهم.
ونحن
دائماً
نرحب
بالأعضاء
الجدد!
وجمعية
الرفق
بالحيوان
بالكويت
عضوة
بالجمعية
الكويتية
لحماية
البيئة،
والجمعية
العالمية
للرفق
بالحيوان
وجمعية
الرفق
بالحيوان "آر
إس بي سي إيه"
العالمية.
إشترك معنا
وإلتحق
بفريق
المتطوعين
لدينا
وشارك في
العناية
بالحيوانات
الضعيفة
والضالة
بالكويت.
Help PAWS
be a voice for those who don't have one!
WHO ARE WE? We are an active group of local and
international volunteers committed to protecting animal welfare in Kuwait. PAWS aim in
forming, in late 2003, was to open Kuwait's first officially licensed shelter for
injured, lost or abandoned animals. Until PAWS formed, nothing was being done to address
the issue of stray, abandoned and injured animals in our country, (in any organised way).
The first phase of our shelter project opened in July 2005. Below a view of the shelter. Although a building was donated, every development to turn this shell into a shelter has been carried out painstakingly through donation and fundraising. We are unfunded by any private or municipality source and every brick, fence and can of paint has been gifted or purchased through donations.
Visit the Available Pets or Picasaweb Galleries to view more images of the shelter in action. (Top Left Menu Bar). We welcome new members!
Would you like to help? Consider donating time, services or other means of support. Invite our educational outreach
team to give a presentation to your students or interest
group. We welcome visitors to our shelter by appointment. Call or
email for more information. Take an active part in our community
venture, The PAWS Shelter Project!
PAWS cannot do it all. There is no municipality shelter in Kuwait. You can help. Subscribe as a member. Your membership subscription allows us to continue our work. The support of our members is greatly appreciated and makes all the difference.
(Our online membership form is on the top left menu bar on this page). There are other ways you can participate. Perhaps you are able to donate a couple of hours per week, (or per month)? Can you write, drive, talk on the
phone, or take a good photo? It’s easy to help homeless pets. Better still;
arrange an appointment to get up close and personal with our friendly cats, kittens, dogs and pups.
A bracing dog-walk or visiting some adorable cats are rewarding ways to spend an hour. You too can make a
real difference in the life of a homeless animal?
PAWS Cause For
Concern
There are many areas
which need our attention. This is just one of our immediate causes for concern at this time...
Halting the
authorisation of using shooting or poisoning as a means of controlling the feral/stray dog
& cat population in Kuwait. Why?
It's cruel
It doesn't work
There is an effective programme on
offer from WSPA through its Humane Stray Animal Control Program
The WSPA HSACP has been implemented
successfully in other GCC countries. Photo: PAWS volunteer Linette with a desert puppy.
Below: Senior High School Students at the shelter with PAWS' Little White Dogs. We have larger sizes too! 
Can't committ to adopting a pet? Click to discover more on pet fostering and how you can help on a short term basis.
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