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Support VOSD & India’s Largest Dog Feeding Program

India’s largest feeding program, which serves 13.5 lac dog meals a year, to ensure that communities' dogs don't sleep hungry.
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Summary

Every year, VOSD serves over 13.5 Lakh meals to neglected, abused, and once-hopeless dogs across India. Now, we are empowering a nationwide network of feeders to ensure compassion never hits a wall. Feed A Dog, Feed Your Soul

Story

VOSD’s founder, a tech entrepreneur, started as a dog feeder in 2010.

VOSD scaled rescue dogs across Bangalore, and then scaled to India’s only nationwide secondary rescue and the home of dogs with no home and no hope, with over 30,000 rescues nationwide and 1,800 dogs in our permanent care. In doing so, we have developed processes and logistics to support community dogs and their support systems. 50% of the dogs at the VOSD Sanctuary & Hospital are from outside Bangalore, and VOSD feeds dogs in Bangalore and Pune as of today through the VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding Program.

VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding Program

Feeding a dog should be an act of kindness, but for many, it has become a struggle against fear and logistics, especially in the backdrop of the recent Supreme Court orders about stray dogs and feeding. These have created confusion, leaving feeders vulnerable to illegal demands from local authorities. Compassionate citizens are often harassed or bullied by RWAs and neighbours for their commitment to strays. Finding hygienic, consistent, and affordable food sources is a daily hurdle for independent rescuers.

VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding Program is highly organised.

Legally-Supported. Hyper-Transparent.

VOSD turns your individual compassion into a movement. VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding Program addresses the core challenges of harassment, food credibility, and lack of funds by providing a systematic “Shield and Sustenance” model.

Verified Credibility: Every meal is prepared hygienically and sourced from verified vendors. We remove the worry about food quality so you can focus on the care.

Legal Advocacy: VOSD is the only litigant in the Supreme Court from outside New Delhi fighting for the right to protect dogs and the community’s right to their welfare, including feeding and “sterilise-vaccinate-release” mandate. VOSD was allowed to be impleaded in the case because of our unique experience data and analysis, including: ABC Analysis (Animal Birth Control programme realities and failures), Urban food waste patterns and their relationship to dog population stability, Shelter mortality and welfare data across India, and many other data sets

VOSD during Covid Lockdown

VOSD has supported dogs throughout India during the Covid national lockdown. VOSD was supporting the daily feeding of 10,000 dogs across 20 locations throughout India through cash grants to feeders! You can read more here.

How does the VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding Program work?

The VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding rests on a few fundamentals:

How VOSD chooses the dogs & feeders: VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding is built on ground-level verification to ensure every rupee donated reaches a dog in need. First, VOSD chooses VOSD Ambassadors, who are trusted on-the-ground individuals with a long history of working with dogs and an ecosystem they know well. They, in turn, identify genuine rescuers and feeders in their communities based on a VOSD checklist that includes the number of dogs, the location’s safety, and the feeder’s credibility, etc. VOSD then signs up the feeders.

How VOSD actually feeds the dogs: Once verified, VOSD sponsors the feeder’s feeding program. This includes providing funds and access to a reliable supply chain for hygienic food. The food manufacturers and suppliers are all paid directly by VOSD. VOSD Ambassadors keep a weekly record of the amount of food paid for by VOSD, the actual food delivered to the feeders, and the actual number of dogs fed (photographic evidence has to be maintained of the dogs).

Who supports VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding: Other than thousands of individual supporters, VOSD is supported by Adobe, Salesforce, Narayan Murthy Foundation, Infosys Foundation and many other organisations. As a matter of policy and the VOSD charter, VOSD does not accept financial or in-kind donations from any Central or State Funded animal welfare agencies.

VOSD StreetCare™ Feeding: part of a virtuous cycle

Feeding is just the beginning. When you support VOSD, you are supporting a cycle that cares for a dog at every stage of its life, and this is expanding.

Stage 1: Survival: The Feeding Program provides the baseline of health.
Stage 2: Health: Access to the VOSD Advance PetCare Facility for medical emergencies and specialised care
Stage 3: Sustainability: Admittance to VOSD Sanctuary & Hospital for rescue, rehabilitation & lifelong care.

Is VOSD the right charity for dogs? What makes us different?

VOSD is in the world’s largest ecosystem of no-kill rescue, rehabilitation, and lifelong care for dogs, and the services that support it. We bring 300-400 dogs a year – that are certain to die without VOSD’s intervention – by road, train & air from over 40 Indian cities.

If you are equally passionate about the welfare of strays and abandoned pet dogs, do your bit to help safeguard your companions by supporting our charity for dogs in India through donations or by volunteering. When you donate to a dog’s welfare at VOSD, you can be assured that the highest standards of hygiene, safety, and welfare are adhered to as we scale up our operations.

100%

Of your donation goes directly towards dogs' needs. Zero overhead costs or admin fees on donations.

See How VOSD Supports India's Dogs

We help rehabilitate strays who are incapable of fending for themselves due to abuse or their health conditions and play an integral part in a stray dog’s life.

VOSD is located near Bangalore, India, and hundreds of rescued dogs reside here lifelong without ever worrying about food, shelter, and care. Our entire workforce is passionate about helping these dogs live a life of dignity, and your donations for dogs help us continue on our mission.

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Charity for Dogs in India: How VOSD uses your online donations

  • VOSD is the world’s largest ecosystem of no-kill rescue, rehabilitation, and lifelong care for dogs, and the services that support it.
  • VOSD is a home for life for dogs who have no hope of surviving on the streets, and we have the infrastructure to take care of ~1400 dogs, all of which receive the best nutritional care, veterinary services, and lots of love and cuddles for the rest of their natural life.
  • VOSD Sanctuary was founded on the principle that no dog will ever be euthanized because of a lack of space, money, or resources.
  • VOSD is home to not just India’s most ‘unadoptable’ dogs, but also of ‘Patriot Dogs’, India’s service dogs who have been retired from the Karnataka Police, Reserve Police, Railway Police, Kerala Police, and the Indian Army.
  • We provide the world’s first remote medical assistance service for dogs, wherein our vets read diagnostic reports remotely and recommend treatments for injured/ ill dogs.
  • VOSD has created a series of firsts, including the world’s first mobile app for dog rescue and a custom CRM to boost rescue and treatment operations. We have also created India’s first blood bank for stray and pet dogs.
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They Can't Wait. Will You Help?

Every moment counts for a dog waiting on the streets. Your donation reaches the ones who need it the most. Together, we’re transforming lives with second chances and unconditional love.

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Real Stories, Real Hope

Every rescued dog is a story of transformation. See how your donations change lives.

Bob

Bob's Transformation in 3 Months
Before
After

Bob’s journey shows how quickly a life can change when given care, patience, and love. Today, he radiates joy and is thriving far beyond what anyone imagined.

Max

Max's Transformation in 4 Months
Before
After

Max’s recovery is a powerful reminder of resilience. With the right support, he regained not just his health but also the trust and happiness he once lost.

264 dogs waiting for help

Please donate for at least 1

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Your Questions Answered

How is VOSD different from other animal shelters in the country?

First and foremost, VOSD isn’t an animal shelter, but a sanctuary with the capacity to take care of ~1400 rescued dogs that can live at our premises for life. We cater to the most difficult cases of rehabilitation such as dogs that have been blinded with acid, sexually assaulted, run over & paralyzed. We give these dogs a second chance at life and a safe home.

All dogs at VOSD Sanctuary are free to roam within their 50+ enclosures spread across the 3.5-acre area as they are never chained or left in isolation. The dogs also have access to a veterinary hospital, 24*7 water & power supply, agility parks & a jet-powered hydrotherapy pool.

In the early days of inception, founder Rakesh Shukla privately funded the organization. Later, VOSD started creating a series of product and entertainment brands/properties to help support operations, funded and patronized by dog lovers worldwide:

  • Art for Dogs (a dog inspired art exhibition)
  • Barking Mad (a stand-up comedy special)
  • Howling Mad (a music festival)
  • Stars for Dogs (invites celebrities)
  • Monster Bake (a dog food baking festival)

Since 2019, VOSD has started accepting donations online across India and the world, and since then over 20,000 donors/supporters have been sending in donations to help grow the VOSD ecosystem and care for the VOSD dogs.

VOSD and its entire workforce believe in the ideology of serving our dogs with the same level of care and shelter as is given to a pet dog. It has never let go of any dog on account of a lack of resources, space, or finances.

As an organization, VOSD has a strong No-Kill policy. Only if a dog is in unbearable pain and has no chances of recovery is euthanizing considered an option. However, to prevent abuse of the dogs at any level, the process requires three signatures in total (two from professional vets and the third being of the VOSD founder).

According to Indian bylaws, all online donations/direct bank transfers for nonprofit organizations that you do in INR get an 80G tax exemption.

Each month, VOSD requires a minimum amount of INR 17.5 lakhs to manage and run the VOSD sanctuary as is. Your funding is used to support one of these operational costs:

  • Food & nutrition
  • Operations & maintenance
  • Medical aid & treatments for our dogs
  • Speciality support from veterinary hospitals in Bangalore city

You can get a breakup of our monthly expense and figure out your donation for dogs in India by checking information given here.

VOSD takes donations online through credit card /debit card / UPI in INR. You can also support the campaigns running live on the dog donation website, and cover monthly expenses of hundreds of resident dogs at the VOSD Sanctuary and Hospital by directly paying via IMPS / RTGS / NEFT modes. So donate to charity online today and make a difference in the life of the dogs at VOSD.

Bank details are mentioned below. For any donation related queries please write to us at info@vosd.in.

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