Adopt a Dog or Cat in India

The trust runs a hospital and rehabilitation centre on its Ambawadi campus, according to its own site, treating stray and unowned animals and keeping a dedicated adoption centre.

https://www.jivdayatrust.org/

Their site describes emergency rescue response, foster care and free adoption placements, plus a sterilisation and vaccination programme and daily feeding for street animals.

https://ashaandpets.org/

Their site describes work against animal cruelty across Ahmedabad district, offering shelter, veterinary appointment support and an adoption listing on its own pages.

https://www.spcaahmedabad.org/

Their site says the foundation has worked across Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar since 2016 and has rescued and treated over 24,000 animals, running a 24 hour rescue helpline, in house veterinary care, sterilisation and anti rabies drives, weekly feeding and an adoption programme. The organisation states that many chronically ill and paralysed dogs stay on as long term residents. Part of the page template still carries unedited placeholder contact details, so use the Indian phone number and email printed alongside them.

https://maaanimalfoundation.com

The trust states it is a non profit that helps stray animals and birds during injury and sickness, and that it gives free treatment. Their site says the trust has worked with animals and birds for over 10 years, and lists an address at Paldi in Ahmedabad along with a helpline number. Adoption is not described, so ask.

https://www.animalcares.org

Their site says the trust provides completely free rescue, treatment and hospital care for sick and injured animals and birds across Ahmedabad, and that it runs a fully equipped veterinary hospital at Valad along with three ambulances that travel to the animal. The organisation states it has carried out over 16,000 on site treatments and over 13,000 hospital treatments. It also runs emergency camps for birds cut by manja during Makar Sankranti.

https://www.bezubancharitabletrust.com

Their site says Abhaydaan was established in 2020 as a registered charitable trust providing a permanent home for old, disabled and abandoned animals, and that it currently houses cows, dogs, cats, fish, tortoises and guinea pigs. The office is at Bodakdev in Ahmedabad and the shelter is at Leo Farm, Pipan, on the Sanand Bawla highway. This is a lifetime care sanctuary, so ask before assuming animals are rehomed.

https://abhaay.org

CUPA's site describes over three decades of rescue and relief for sick, injured and abused animals in Bengaluru, run across separate units including a Trauma and Rescue Centre, a Second Chance Adoption Centre and a geriatric centre for more than 60 blind and handicapped senior dogs who live there permanently. The adoption centre page reports 4,861 adoptions and asks you to email a day before you visit.

https://cupabangalore.org/

Their site says the association began in 1888 as the Bangalore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was registered as a charitable society in 1916, and took its present name in 2001. It lists an animal shelter, ambulatory services and a pet adoption page, and states that street dogs and cats brought to the shelter are neutered. The office is on Kasturba Road, opposite the Queens statue.

https://karunaanimalwelfare.org/

CARE's site says it has been rescuing, healing and rehoming street animals since 2013, from a site at Kogilu Village near Mitteganahalli Cross in Bangalore North. It lists veterinary care, rescue, treatment and rehabilitation, adoptions and release, and a rabies helpline. Visiting hours given on the site are 11am to 4pm.

https://www.charlies-care.com/about-us

Based in JP Nagar 8th Phase. Their site says Sarvoham has worked since 2017 to rescue, treat, rehabilitate and rehome dogs from Bengaluru's streets, reports helping more than 3,500 animals, and describes feeding over 200 shelter animals on site. It carries an adopt a pet section. Sterilisation is not described on the site, so ask.

https://sarvoham.org/

Their site describes rescuing, rehabilitating and treating injured and sick homeless animals across the Chandigarh tricity, and lists dogs, kittens and birds looking for homes under an adopt rather than shop campaign.

https://mowgliaid.org/

Based at Dhakoran Khurd in SAS Nagar, within the Chandigarh tricity. Their site describes street dog rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming, and mentions spaying and neutering among its programmes. It also offers paid boarding and grooming, so be clear which service you are calling about.

https://whooftown.com/

The Chandigarh Administration's animal husbandry site describes this as a government run animal shelter and infirmary in Sector 38 with two resident vets, treating and sheltering sick and injured stray animals and lifting small animals in an emergency. Adoption is not mentioned on that page, so ring the directorate to ask.

https://chdanimalhusbandry.gov.in/Welfare.aspx

Their site says the project runs ambulances for emergency rescue across the Tricity, provides medical and post operative care, keeps a permanent shelter for animals that cannot return to the street, and conducts sterilisation and vaccination drives. The organisation states that over 25 animals have found homes of their own so far. An emergency number is published on every page, so call rather than visiting.

https://thebhauproject.com

The page states Furever Friends rescues street animals and abandoned pets across Chandigarh and the Tricity, covering treatment, rehabilitation, adoption and sterilisations, and that it is volunteer run with 80G tax exemption. It was posting within a day of our check. Facebook is the official presence, so message the page or ring the number listed there.

https://www.facebook.com/ifureverfriends/

Their site says RAFAT is an 80G certified foundation running Feed the Strays, medical aid, sterilisation, vaccination, and adoption and fostering programmes, and that its work currently covers all of Zirakpur in the Chandigarh Tricity. The organisation states its contact line is open every working day from 9am to 7pm. The site is served over plain HTTP, so use the phone number or email rather than the web form.

http://rafatngo.in

Working from Eldams Road in Alwarpet since 1964. Their site reports 336,663 rescues and 108,068 adoptions since 1959, and describes shelters at Guindy in Chennai and at Todukkadu and Kunnam near the city housing over 500 residents, alongside a hospital that admits 30 to 40 animals a day.

https://bluecrossofindia.org/

Run by the Theosophical Society at Besant Gardens in Adyar. Their site says BMAD has been caring for animals since 1968, keeps more than 150 animals in permanent care and treats over 2,000 outpatients a month, with an in patient unit for homeless dogs and cats needing long term monitoring plus surgical, large animal and wildlife units.

https://www.ts-bmad.org/

Based at Kil Ayanambakkam with a second address in Kodambakkam. Their site says the trust grew out of the rescue of an abused Labrador in 2017, reports more than 1,585 rehoming cases, and states that adopters get food, supplies, vaccination, sterilisation and veterinary care free for the first year.

https://www.sanstrust.org/

Their site says MARS started in March 2019 and runs Daaman, a shelter at Krishnan Karanai village near Tiruporur for diseased, paralysed and older dogs, with around 140 dogs in care. It also lists street dog sterilisation and vaccination drives and support for corporation pounds. The shelter sits well outside the city, so factor in the drive, and adoption is not described on the site, so ask.

https://madrasanimalrescuesociety.org/

Covering Chennai and Chengalpattu. Their site describes Nalam, a shelter housing over 400 animals, a feeding programme, treatment for sick and injured street animals, and a high volume sterilisation facility. It states plainly that it does not take emergency rescue calls, so ring one of the rescue groups for an emergency. Adoption is not described on the site, so ask.

https://paws.org.in/

Set up in April 2006 as a trust for Coimbatore's street animals, with a registered office at Uppilipalayam. Their site describes an ABC and Rescue Centre at Seeranaickenpalayam and a separate 1.5 acre sanctuary at Vazhukkupparai for permanent residents, reports over 3,000 adoptions since 2006, and says it finds homes for more than 300 pets a year.

https://hasindia.org/about.html

Their site describes a registered charitable trust in Coimbatore that rescues injured street dogs, rehabilitates them and releases them back into their own communities, and says it also trains street dogs as service animals for differently abled people. Adoption and sterilisation are not described on the site, so ask.

https://pawsomepeople.org/

Described on its own site as Delhi's largest all animal shelter, housing over 3,000 animals at a time with a 24 hour hospital and an animal birth control programme run through its operation theatre.

https://www.sanjaygandhianimalcarecentre.org/

Friendicoes describes running shelters, mobile clinics and a rehoming programme across Delhi NCR, with a Defence Colony facility in Delhi and a second site in Gurugram.

https://friendicoes.org/

Their site says they care for 256 resident animals plus more than 200 street animals daily, running rescue, medical treatment, spay and neuter work and adoption from Kapashera.

https://kannananimalwelfare.org/

Their site describes rescuing street puppies and injured animals by ambulance, running a rehoming programme, and working area by area on spay, neuter and vaccination in Delhi.

https://www.redpawsrescue.com/our-work

SHFA's own site describes a shelter with around 115 resident animals in Gurgaon, a free OPD for injured animals, an adoption programme, and sterilisation carried out under India's animal birth control policy.

https://www.safehouseforanimals.org/

The foundation's site says it houses about 100 rescued dogs across sheds and container homes on farmland in Gurgaon, with sterilisation and vaccination alongside adoption.

https://www.karmaanimalfoundation.org/

Alongside its Delhi base, Friendicoes lists a facility in Sector 99, Gurugram, as part of the same rescue, rehoming and spay and neuter operation.

https://friendicoes.org/

Based in Gurgaon and covering the wider NCR. Their site describes rescuing injured and abandoned animals, rehabilitating them, and running adoption events.

https://umeedforanimals.org/

Their Gurugram page describes a volunteer and feeder network running a community kitchen for strays, handling rescue cases, and supporting vaccination and sterilisation. No physical shelter is described, so treat it as a network to call rather than a place to visit.

https://www.jeevaashraya.com/gurugram/

Their site describes monthly adoption events for puppies and kittens and a Sunday community clinic, alongside animal birth control and vaccination work with GHMC in Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills and the West Zone.

https://bluecrossofhyd.org

Their site describes an Emergency Rescue Home and says the trust's veterinarian has performed over 10,000 surgeries as part of its rescue and animal birth control work.

https://pfahyd.org/about-us/

Their site describes a shelter in Bowrampet giving long term care to terminally ill, paralysed and elderly rescued animals, alongside an adoption programme.

https://weaasra.org/all-services/animal-shelter

The trust's site describes rescue, rehabilitation and veterinary care for sick and abused animals, plus adoption and foster placement across Hyderabad.

https://www.rarcharitabletrust.org/animal-welfare/

Registered at South Tukoganj, Indore. Their site describes street rescues and first aid, vaccination and deworming drives, sterilisation programmes, and adoption and foster placement for dogs and cats.

https://www.samta-jivdaya.org/

Their site says AWARE has worked with street animals in Indore since 2012, running anti rabies vaccination camps and starting a stray dog sterilisation programme that Indore Municipal Corporation later took up at scale. The organisation states it also got the use of catching tongs stopped in favour of nets, and that it counsels residents in areas where there is conflict over street dogs. Adoption is not described on the site, so ask.

http://www.awareindore.org

Their homepage says the foundation was founded in Indore in 2022 by Tejaswini Gulati and Devansh Hablani, that it feeds and cares for more than 30 community dogs daily, runs medical rescues and rehomes abandoned dogs, and that it has rescued about 70 dogs and sheltered around 50. The about page on the same site still carries unedited template text from the theme, so treat the homepage as the part the founders stand behind. Ring the numbers in the footer to confirm anything before you travel.

https://valeofdogs.com

The organisation describes itself as an animal care and education centre in Indore working on care, behaviour and rescue for street animals. Its page carries adoption appeals, including a standing one for older dogs, alongside vaccination and treatment updates. Instagram is the only official presence we could find, so message the page.

https://www.instagram.com/thecaninehelp/

Their page says the NGO was registered in 2019, that it rescues and treats injured animals, takes in abandoned dogs and helps with adoption, and that donations are tax exempt. The listed location is near the Rau bypass in Indore. The website printed on the page did not resolve when we checked, so Facebook is the working contact route.

https://www.facebook.com/jasrajanimalsheltertaws/

Working from Durgapura since 1979. Their site says they treat over 7,500 injured, sick and abandoned animals a year through their hospital, alongside an adoption programme and long running animal birth control work.

https://helpinsuffering.org/

Their site says the team reaches injured or stranded animals anywhere in Jaipur, usually within 45 minutes, and runs a free veterinary clinic plus kennels. It describes placing animals only with verified families and staying in touch afterwards.

https://www.dakashanimalwelfarefoundation.com/

Their site says JAWA houses old, abandoned and disabled animals and encourages the adoption of street dogs and Indies. It states plainly that public rescue and treatment services are not part of what they offer, so call one of the rescue groups for an emergency.

https://www.jaipuranimalwelfareassociation.org/

The organisation's site describes rescue, rehabilitation and more than 7,000 adoptions since the early 2000s. It is based at Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district, so factor in the drive from the city.

https://dayaawo.org/about-us/

Their site describes emergency rescue for injured, sick and abandoned animals around Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, plus their own clinic and animal birth control work.

https://animalrescuekochi.org/what-we-do/

Their site describes a shelter and rehabilitation facility in Thakurpukur, with organised animal birth control programmes and vaccination drives alongside rescue and adoption.

https://www.arckolkata.org/

The trust describes an animal hospital and shelter on the outskirts of Kolkata, with two dog ambulances covering the city daily. Their site says most treated animals go back to their own territory, with permanent care kept for those who could not survive on the street.

https://prca-chhaya.in/

Their site describes a shelter with kennels and an operation theatre in South 24 Parganas, plus mobile clinics and rehousing of ownerless animals across the wider Kolkata district.

https://www.lovencareforanimals.co.in/

Their site describes a shelter and hospital in Mukundapur run as the Kolkata wing of People for Animals, with a stated no euthanasia policy.

https://peopleforanimalsko.wixsite.com/website

Their site describes 24x7 rescue in Lucknow for stray, injured and abandoned animals, shelters and adoption programmes, plus spaying, neutering and emergency medical treatment.

https://itlcfoundation.org/animal-welfare

Their site describes regular rescue programmes in Lucknow and shelter homes that double as adoption centres, alongside an animal birth control drive for strays.

https://igssngo.com/animal_welfare

Based in Jankipuram Extension. Their site describes rescuing dogs who need immediate medical attention, treating them, and giving them a safe place until they recover. Adoption is not described on the site, so ask.

https://pyaarepanje.org/

Their site says Jeev Aashraya is a non profit working in Lucknow for un owned animals, founded in 2011, covering rescue, aid for injured and infected animals, rehabilitation and awareness. The site runs a public report a case form and a live case counter, which was updating on the day we checked. Adoption is not described, so ask what happens after a rescue.

https://www.jeevaashraya.com

The page states it is a Lucknow animal rescue run by Charu Khare covering rescue, feeding, adoption, sterilisation and fostering, and that it is home to more than 200 animals. It is run by one person with volunteer support rather than by a large staffed shelter. Instagram is the official presence, so message the page before travelling.

https://www.instagram.com/aasrathehelpinghands/

Their site says WSD has worked with Mumbai's street dogs since 1985, running an OPD clinic and kennels for animals that need hospitalising. It lists rescued and abandoned pets for adoption alongside a sterilisation programme run with the city's civic body.

https://www.wsdindia.org

The trust's site describes a hospital in Parel with wards for dogs, cats, horses, cattle and birds, treating thousands of animals a year. It also runs an adoption programme and an animal birth control service.

https://bombayspca.org

Their site says World For All rehomes rescued animals through a network of vetted foster homes rather than one central shelter, with home visits before and after adoption. Worth knowing if you want to meet a dog in a home setting.

https://www.worldforall.co

Their site describes rescue and medical care for street animals in Kandivali, Borivali and Dahisar, with vaccination and sterilisation drives. It says animals go into foster care or adoptive homes where possible.

https://maa-india.org

The hospital's own site describes a facility of roughly 10,000 square feet with capacity for more than 400 kennels, a 24x7 OPD and rescue response across Mumbai.

https://www.utkarshglobalfoundation.org/animalwelfare/hospital/utkarsh-animal-hospital-mumbai

Their site says HWCT runs a rescue team and rehabilitation facility from Malad West, and extended its mass sterilisation and vaccination work into Mumbai Suburban in 2016.

https://human-welfare.org/animal-welfare/

Their site lists a Deonar centre in Mumbai alongside centres at Turbhe and Panvel, and describes sterilisation, clinical surgery, rescue and adoption across those locations.

https://www.idaindia.org

Their site describes rescuing strays around Vikhroli West and Kurla, and finding shelter or adoptive homes for blind, paralysed and elderly dogs. A good one to ask about a dog other places have passed over.

https://animalrescueandcare.com

Their Navi Mumbai page describes two centres, one at Turbhe run under contract with NMMC since 2006 with room for around 150 dogs, and one at Panvel supported by CIDCO housing roughly 110 to 120. The adoption page lists vaccinated and dewormed dogs and cats from these centres.

https://www.idaindia.org/navi-mumbai-centre

Based in Kharghar. Their site describes round the clock emergency rescue, a recovery shelter with medical support, and a screened adoption process for rescued animals.

https://jeevrakshaksocialfoundation.org

Their site says the foundation was founded in 2016 by Anamika Chowdhury and runs a shelter on the outskirts of Panvel near the Karnala Bird Sanctuary, where she now cares for more than 800 animals. The organisation states that it rescues animals from difficult situations, provides medical care and rehabilitation, and looks for carefully screened, well matched homes. Sterilisation is not described on the site, so ask.

https://www.handsthatheal.in

Nishabd describes itself on its own site as a non profit, no kill dog rescue shelter in Sector 115, Noida, with paravet support around the clock, an ABC sterilisation unit and a virtual adoption programme.

https://nishabd.org/

Their site says they feed over 4,000 street animals daily in Noida and shelter 50 or more stray dogs at a time with medical treatment, and cites more than 80 pets adopted.

https://saveastray.in/

Based in Greater Noida West. Their site describes rescuing more than 4,200 animals and performing over 1,800 surgeries, with emergency response and long term rehabilitation for dogs, cats and other species.

https://vaikuntha.co.in/

Their site describes a shelter home in Noida caring for more than 100 animals, with a stated focus on paralysed and disabled dogs looked after around the clock. Adoption is not described on the site, so ask.

https://hope4speechlesssouls.org.in/

Their site says ART runs a 24x7 animal centre on the Manjri to Theur road and has facilitated over 350 adoptions. It also describes Aashiyana, a retirement home for special needs dogs who may never be adopted.

https://animalrescuetrust.org/about

Their site describes two shelters, one on Shankar Shet Road and one in Jadhavwadi, Saswad, and reports rehoming more than 6,000 pets since the trust started in 2006.

https://missionpossiblepune.org

The society's site describes a free OPD hospital for strays and Indie pet dogs and cats, with limited kennel space for in patient cases and periodic adoption opportunities.

https://bcspune.org

The trust describes itself as a volunteer led group of more than 125 members across Pune and PCMC, rescuing injured strays and running rehoming and lost and found efforts since 2015.

https://sawct.org

Their site describes treating stray animals on the street where they are, across Thane, plus rescue and rehabilitation for special needs animals and care for older strays. Adoption is not described on the site, so ask.

https://www.mypalclub.org

The organisation states it is a non profit providing veterinary care through a hospital and mobile clinics across Thane district, and that it has been doing so for more than 20 years. Its work page says over 1,50,000 animals have been treated, that its facilities hold about a hundred animals across separate wards with an operation theatre, digital X ray and an ICU, and that homes have been found for hundreds of them. Three ambulances cover the district, so ring the helpline rather than travelling in.

https://www.thanecpca.org

Their site describes a rescue centre at Murbad on the border of the Thane, Raigad and Pune districts, running since 2009 across 1.25 acres with 14 dog wards. The organisation states it prioritises animals that are injured, blind, disabled or unable to survive on their own, and that healthy community animals usually do better where they already live. The centre is about 45 km from Dombivli, so confirm before travelling.

https://pawsasia.org

Home for Paws is the foundation's Thane shelter project, and their page says the premises hold about 40 abandoned and ill dogs who are treated and then put up for adoption. The organisation states the project runs every day. Khushiyaan runs many other social projects, so say you are calling about Home for Paws.

https://khushiyaanfoundation.org/homeforpaws.php

The association's own page states it is a registered NGO established in 2014 by Nikkita Ghag, working for stray animals and wildlife, and that it promotes adoption and neutering of stray animals. This is a small volunteer run page rather than a walk in shelter, and Facebook is the only official presence we could find. Message the page rather than expecting an address.

https://www.facebook.com/dombivlianimalwelfareassociation/