1. WVS HICKS ITC

Location: Assagao, Goa

• WVS Hicks ITC, an animal hospital and rescue center, trains international and domestic vets in best recommended practices for animal birth control surgeries.
• Organization is responsible for a range of animal welfare projects including the mass vaccination of all dogs against rabies, conducting spay-neuter clinics for free-roaming dogs and cats, and rescue and treatment for injured, old and juvenile dogs and cats.
• The project is aimed at providing optimum animal welfare, humanely controlling the stray dog and cat population, and actively encouraging community care of the healthy free roaming animals.

Volunteering At WVS Hicks ITC

• Visitors to Goa — with or without a veterinary background — can volunteer with WVS Hicks ITC.
• Tourists are able to walk the many dogs who are brought to the hospital to have their wounds and medical conditions treated.
• You could also devote yourself entirely to entertaining the numerous puppies and kittens housed at the hospital awaiting sterilization and vaccination, and who are just waiting for cuddles and pats!

2. HELP IN SUFFERING

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan

• In the tranquil Maharani Farm area of south Jaipur, is an animal hospital that cares for street dogs and cats as well as horses and camels who suffer from overwork on the streets of the city.
• With a dedicated team of vets, technicians and nursing staff, along with volunteers, Help in Suffering operates anti-rabies, animal birth control (spay/neuter), rescue and re-homing program.
• Today, Help in Suffering spay/neuters and vaccinates 70 dogs a week. Help in Suffering also operates a highly successful Camel Project, founded in 2001, which provides veterinary services for camels and their owners, who are generally very poor people who struggle to care for their animals.
• This is an incredibly important project and makes an enormous difference to camels who struggle to pull heavy loads through the insane traffic and heat of the city.

Volunteering At Help in suffering

• Visitors and volunteers are welcome at Help in Suffering and can assist staff with a number of different tasks.
• Preference is given to volunteers with veterinary experience, but anyone who has experience caring for animals can be helpful.
• Work undertaken by volunteers involves caring for street dogs and helping with other tasks such as feeding animals.

3. ANIMAL AID UNLIMITED

Location: Udaipur, Rajasthan

• An animal hospital which encourages tourists to come volunteer with stray dogs and cats, holy cows and numerous donkeys.
• Their rescue team saves animals from a variety of predicaments, encourages community care for animals, and is especially focused on rescuing and healing animals that have been injured while living on the streets.

Volunteering At Animal Aid

• You may spend your day giving love to the rehabilitating dogs, bottle-feeding orphaned cows or brushing and caring for donkeys and other animals.
• For those who truly want to get their hands dirty, volunteers can also help staff groom and wash dogs that may be suffering from mange or infested with ticks and fleas.
• Volunteers are welcome at Animal Aid every day between 9am and 5pm.
• The best time to arrive is between 9am and 12pm. After a tour of the site you can jump right in and start helping the animals.,

4. ANIMALS MATTER TO ME

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

• An animal hospital and sanctuary in the middle of India`s biggest city. Here, volunteers will mainly work with stray dogs and cats.

5. WELFARE OF STRAY DOGS

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

• A rescue organization specifically focused on managing Mumbai`s stray dog population humanely through medical treatment, rabies vaccinations, and spay and neuter programs.

6. PAWS THRISSUR

Location: Kerela

• An organization in a coastal town primarily involved in the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of stray dogs.