Save Cookie & 100 Other Dogs from Being Homeless in 90 Days

Community Streeties India (CSI) an initiative of Sharanaksh, has been a safe and loving home to 100+ rescued dogs since 2018. It is now faced with few major issues:

A debilitating infrastructure. Some of the challenges include:

1. severe shortage of water supply;
2. water clogging
3. high frequency of power cuts;
4. lack of entry road access for our ambulance due to local ownership disputes and slushy mud roads making it difficult during rains.

A notice from the landlord to move out in 60 days - 30 April 2023 which has now been extended till 30 August 2023 on request.

These issues have prevented us from a smooth running of the shelter. It has become an unsafe place for both the dogs and staff to live in. Without support from regular volunteers and visibility the future looks very uncertain. We have received a project final cost estimated at 83 Lakhs and we have been able to raise 40 Lakhs from couple of individual funders. We are reaching out for support to cover the balance amount of 43 Lakhs.

We are building a new shelter at a better location (60 Dasarahalli Village, Kasaba Hobli, Devanahalli Taluk, Bangalore Rural District) with the goal of eventually becoming a self-sustaining Non-profit Organisation and scaling our impact by helping more dogs. It will have the following features:

1. Bigger & Cheaper Land - 1.15 acres of land available at a lower rent than our current space. It is approx 3 times larger than our current location and 50% cheaper.
2. Safe Shelter - No local disputes, utility constraints and a mindfully-designed space for our team and volunteers to work efficiently.
3. In-house Medical Facility - An intermediate set of infrastructure and staff for providing many of the common treatments in-house. 

Several other features including but not limited to ensuring an Accessible Location, setting up for an Animal Birth Control program for sterilization of dogs in and surrounding villages

However, that's all it is for now - a Plan. The only missing piece to save them from homelessness and make this plan a reality are - the Funds.

All this will help us to

1. Increase our capacity to prevent our existing rescued dogs from going homeless.
2. More than double our capacity to rescue and treat dogs in need.
3. Increase adoption rates through interactive spaces and services for potential pet parents.
4. Setup revenue generating activities to reduce reliance on inconsistent donations.
5. Build a bigger team with more volunteers.

Conducting regular ARV vaccination drives in and around villages: “Over 90% of India’s reported human rabies cases are from rural areas, where people often do not have rapid access to vaccines or may rest on traditional and faith healers that are completely vain against this deadly virus.” Working on a project to make IG vaccinations for humans

Reduction in Human-Animal Conflicts with regular awareness programs and sterilization's: Almost every stray dog in both urban and rural Bengaluru are homeless facing daily adversities such as harsh weather, lack of food/water, no safe space to sleep, and are at least once a day inflicted with violent human behaviour. As they say, “Dogs don’t bite, ill-treatment does”

We have rescued over 1000 dogs from these circumstances and currently have 100+ living safely with us at the shelter with no other place to go. They are not capable of surviving on their own, like - 

1. Benji - paralyzed waist-down;
2. Hazel - Head Injury & Meningitis; 
3. Ammu - Blind, and so many others. 

The shelter is their only safe space.