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The network

Find a unit.

No unit near you? Start one in your district.

No unit matches that. Try a state, or clear the search.

Each group is doing different things.

People for Animals, on setting up a unit

Start one

Start the next one.

The aim is an animal welfare centre in every district in India. There are about 800, and the number moves as states draw new ones and merge others. A unit begins with six board members, a bank account and one campaign, and the first priority is always the animal in front of you rather than the poster about it.

Online

Apply here

The same form, one step at a time. It reaches the head office as soon as you send it, with a number to follow it by.

Apply online

On paper

Download the form

Fill it in, sign it, and email it with the attachments to gandhim@exmpls.sansad.in.

Download the form (PDF)

The path

  1. Become a PFA member, as a Life Member or a Working Member.
  2. Make the board: a minimum of six members who will run the unit, one of them the member in charge. Their forms and fees go to the head office with names, ages, addresses, phone numbers and professions.
  3. Send the completed application form to the head office with a covering letter saying you wish to make a PFA unit.
  4. On board approval from Smt. Maneka Gandhi, the unit is authorised to open a bank account and print letterheads, and keeps further membership money in its own PFA account.
  5. Name the bank and the two board members who will jointly operate the account. Some banks ask for the PFA trust deed; it is sent when needed.
  6. Every month, send the new members list, so the head office can issue their ID cards, and a report of the month's work. Once the unit's work is established, it can apply for independent registration. The unit that does the most in a year is named the best PFA unit in the country, with a cash prize.

The first month

  • Call a meeting of members and everyone in the area interested in animal welfare, and choose a core team.
  • Pick one major campaign; whatever it is, the immediate rescue of animals comes first.
  • Bring a vet into the group, for treatment, first aid camps, and teaching others.
  • Find the place where rescued animals will be housed, fed, vaccinated and adopted out. Look for land that can be donated or allotted for a shelter, and have it registered in PFA's name.
  • Put a copy of the animal laws in every member's pocket, with their ID card, before they walk into a police station.
Get involvedAsk us how

Apply online

A new PFA unit.

The paper form, a screen at a time. Keep your seven board members' details at hand.

Prefer paper? Download the form

The applicant

Add your name, as the applicant.
Add your address.
Add your city.
Add your district.
Enter a 10-digit Indian mobile number.
Check this number.
Add a valid email, so the head office can reply.

The proposed board

Seven members, one of them an advocate. An address proof is needed for each.

Board member 1 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Board member 2 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Board member 3 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Board member 4 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Board member 5 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Board member 6 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Board member 7 of 7

Add their name.
Add their address.
Add a phone number they answer.
Check this email address.
Their age in years, 18 or over.
Add their profession.

Your work so far

You must qualify under A or B.

Photocopies of the cases and photographs of the rescues go with the application; you can attach photographs at the end.

A) Case 1 of 5

Add the case number.
Add the date, not later than today.
Add the police station.

A) Case 2 of 5

Add the case number.
Add the date, not later than today.
Add the police station.

A) Case 3 of 5

Add the case number.
Add the date, not later than today.
Add the police station.

A) Case 4 of 5

Add the case number.
Add the date, not later than today.
Add the police station.

A) Case 5 of 5

Add the case number.
Add the date, not later than today.
Add the police station.

B) Rescue 1 of 5

Which animal?
Add the date, not later than today.
Say what was wrong.
Say what you did.

B) Rescue 2 of 5 (if you have more)

Which animal?
Add the date, not later than today.
Say what was wrong.
Say what you did.

Leave this one blank and continue if that is all your rescue work.

B) Rescue 3 of 5 (if you have more)

Which animal?
Add the date, not later than today.
Say what was wrong.
Say what you did.

Leave this one blank and continue if that is all your rescue work.

B) Rescue 4 of 5 (if you have more)

Which animal?
Add the date, not later than today.
Say what was wrong.
Say what you did.

Leave this one blank and continue if that is all your rescue work.

B) Rescue 5 of 5 (if you have more)

Which animal?
Add the date, not later than today.
Say what was wrong.
Say what you did.

Leave this one blank and continue if that is all your rescue work.

The undertaking

The blanks in it, as the paper form has them.

Dr. / Mr. / Ms.
Choose son, daughter or wife, and add their name.
Say what you presently work as.
Say where the unit would be.
Add the district of the unit.

Read and sign

  1. I shall be the member in-charge for the Unit and agree to undertake the responsibility of making and sending the Quarterly progress report in the prescribed format as required by the Head Office.
  2. I shall make at least 100 members of People for Animals, using the form available on the website. Thereafter I will keep an account of how the membership money is spent for the welfare of animals.
  3. I shall strive to rescue and rehabilitate all kinds of animals that may be in distress.
  4. I shall abide by the directions and guidelines for rescue and rehabilitation of animals set forth by the Head Office of People for Animals, as intimated to me through their website www.peopleforanimalsindia.org or through any other means of communication.
  5. I shall make it convenient for all 7 members of the proposed Board to be available for a training session to be conducted at New Delhi, within 6 months of receiving a provisional approval.
Type your name as your signature.

Date:

Attach and send

Up to six photographs: address proofs, case papers, rescues. Optional.

    More than six, or a PDF? Send them by replying to the confirmation email, with them attached. They reach the head office under your application number.