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5 min of pure challenge and success!!!

PAWS 08/01/21: The day shall be marked in the history of PAWS as another bright example of PAWS exceeding the expectations of clients.

It is also once again proved that spending Rs. 2.41 Lacs of money provided by Smt. Maneka Gandhi in building a multipurpose and custom engineered body over a simple Bolero pickup truck that also she had paid for has been effective investment. It's also proved to be a long haul vehicle that ran on this day for 18 hrs and 375 km.

Bholenath is a Jersey Bull of more than 500 kg and 3 years of age. He was ill and getting insufficient medical treatment at a village farther away from Palashi in Murshidabad District located 140 km away from Barasat where PAWS is based.

XXX is a big hearted lady who paid all costs to have him shifted through 166 km to her house at Kolkata to have him treated back to health at his birthplace where his cow mother was still living.

Thus came the earnest request and challenge that PAWS took up with meticulous planning, because failing to plan is like planning to fail.

With near to zero experience of handling cattle or transporting them, all the knowledge picked up from Dr. Shreeparna Ghosal through last 4 years came in very handy. Plus she was also available on phone when the activity ran into trouble in an unforeseen manner. Credits are always more when emergency situations are faced with cool heads rather than completing without hassles.

Bholenath was originally ill and loaded on ambulance with a bloated belly full of gas. Little did we know that such a huge animal could fall flat with motion sickness and send us into a tizzy about how to bring him home safely and unload a bull who had suddenly lost the capacity to stand.

With PAWS Movement Control Room run by Prasenjit Dutta and his son Shuvodeep Dutta on the ambulance being an equal novice about cattle, the movement completed successfully at midnight after having started at 7 am from Barasat. The rest of the story, the complete story is told in the movie.

Special thanks to:
First and foremost, our Lord Pashupatinath for his Divine Blessings that caused success in a mission of cattle transport that had been a dream for PAWS but never attempted before.
1) Prof. Dr. Shreeparna Ghosal, member of Dhyan Foundation at Kolkata for her learned guidance on cattle handling and caution points.
2) Mr. Sudarshan Kaushik of Dhyan Foundation at Delhi for his final advice on the supposed condition of the bull.
3) Sh. Rajesh Yadav of Surabhisadan Gosala (Rajasthan Gosala) of Barasat for his prompt action of providing cow paravets at 30 min notice at one phone call from PAWS Control Room.
4) PAWS Volunteer Shuvodeep Dutta, S/O. Prasenjit Dutta of PAWS who sacrificed one salary earning day to act as the Movement Supervisor and for keeping his head firmly on his shoulders during crisis.
5) M/s. General Coach Works of Dover Terrace, Ballygunje, for their innovative construction of the ambulance body that was the brainchild of PAWS.
6) Last but not least, Shabir Ali, PAWS driver who has been a solid support to Shuvodeep and drove 375 km in 18 hrs and has shown that an ambulance can literally fly!

To keep PAWS equipped, ready and capable for urgent needs of animals, donations to PAWS may be paid through account details information at https://pawsrescue.in/donate/