A few years ago, we started this initiative with a lot of enthusiasm and a simple aim: to contribute to raising awareness about the lives of stray dogs in India and to help dogs on the streets through our street ambulance. We were always a very small team – essentially three people – and over time, without enough funding, volunteers or staff, it became impossible to continue the work at the level we had hoped. Another terrible wave of dog poisonings in Tiruvannamalai also mad

Success Story! We managed to get stray mum Blacky – ca. 10 years old – finally spayed. After countless pregnancies and puppies, multiple attempts to catch and spay free-spirited Blacky, we succeeded last weekend. Mina, our founder, started to communicate with her (telepathically and verbally) 3 days before the surgery. The morning of the intervention, Blacky was very cooperative and calm. She and (her last) daughter Riya as well as husband Senior are all well. This stray fami

Spaying and neutering is a key to reduce the stray dog population in India. It reduces the number of unwanted pets that end up in animal...

Meet straydog Chalaang from Tiruvannamalai! His name means 'leap', or 'bounce'. What an amazing transformation he went through within...

"Getting in touch with animals heart-to-heart and mind-to-mind is a path to wholeness. It nurtures deep places in the soul that we long to feel. It's time for us to recover this vast reservoir of healing power, wisdom, and joy. The animals are waiting, curious and hopeful, for us to awaken, listen, and learn." – Penelope Smith, Animal Communication Specialist & Consultant Dogs are also amazing comforters, heart-openers and healers. Science has found out that the presence and

Meet stray dog 'Sumo' from Tiruvannamalai. He has been biting himself and pulling his hair out along the spine for a long time. Nobody...

"I think sometimes we need to take a step back and just remember we have no greater right to be here than any other animal." – David...

Choose a quiet, protected spot to feed the dog/s. Choose the same place and time every day. Don't throw food at them, but place it on the...

Traer Scott is an award-winning photographer and author of 12 books. She became well-know for her photos and books on street dogs....

New Delhi, India: The Prevention-of-Cruelty-to-Animal-Act-1960 got the long-due overhaul. In the past, criminals who killed innocent...

Dog shelter construction in progress (in Tiruvannamalai) Required material we organised and bought: bricks, cement, m-sand, metal sheets,...

There are good reasons for the tradition of having a shepherd accompanying flocks of goats or chicken. Letting them roam unattended near...

Jackie the dog, who was eventually buried alongside the deer and the crow, was brought to the ashram when he was very young. He never...

While sleeping and "practicing yoga":

https://www.iitk.ac.in/animalwelfare/data/Animal-Protection-Law-Summary-by-AWBI.pdf

Tara (4 yrs) and her daughters Ganeeka (2 yrs) and Luna (2 yrs) are looking for a safe home! These gorgeous 3 dog girls who survived poisoning a month ago have just been victim of a 2nd poisoning attempt. They are absolutely beautiful, innocent beings, healthy and spayed. And we urgently need to relocate them to a safe place. They are currently in Tiruvannamalai (South India) and need a forever home. A nature environment with basic shelter from rain/sun, food and kindness fr

Dog poisoning despite official animal rights & protection laws Every animal has a right to live and be protected. And the Indian Penal...

Here is a thought-provoking article on India's stray dogs and "misguided compassion" which can lead to major human-dog conflicts....

This puppy was found on a road between Rishikesh and Dehradun, in India’s Northern state Uttarakhand. Unfortunately – typical for stray dogs – he inherited all sorts of parasites in his mother’s womb. He was full of worms and had a bloated belly. He was malnutritioned, had wounds and patchy, dull fur. He was cute but also naughty. Nobody wanted to adopt him. But look at this handsome boy now! He was adopted eventually, medically taken care of and showered with lots of love. T

Tara from Tiruvannamalai has a painful ear infection. 4 years of homeless living on the road shows: a lot of dust and dirt needed to be...