 The society was formally registered in 1964 under the "Societies Registration Act" The nine signatories to the Articles & Memorandu of Association were Captain V. Sundaram, Usha Sundaram, S. Chinny Krishna, Suresh Sundaram, S. Vijayalakshmi, D. Daivasigamony, Kamakshi Krishnamoorthi, Sundari Nataraj and T. V. Chandrasekhar.It is now one of the country's largest animal welfare organisations.It runs several animal welfare programs including animal rights awareness.