Six steps, one broken cycle
Most animal welfare work in Bangalore treats dogs who are already on the street. This is the one intervention that stops a new litter from ending up there in the first place.
Spot a pregnant community dog
Someone in the neighbourhood — a feeder, a resident, a security guard, anyone who already keeps half an eye on the local dogs — notices a visibly pregnant community dog and tells us before she gives birth.
Safe pickup, no street birth
We bring her into a dedicated space so the birth doesn't happen exposed, unattended, or at risk from traffic, heat, or other animals.
Birth and 6–8 weeks of nursing
The litter is born and raised in a clean, disease-free environment. Puppies nurse from their mother for the full 6–8 weeks they need before weaning.
Mother is sterilized after weaning
Only once the litter is weaned is the mother neutered. Sterilizing before birth would mean terminating an existing pregnancy — we wait, deliberately, so that never happens.
Mother returns to her home territory
No relocation. She goes back to the exact spot she came from — sterilized, so she won't have another litter, and no longer competing with a growing pack for food and space.
Puppies go to adoptive homes
Raised off the street from birth, they're healthier, better socialized, and easier to place than street-born litters. They never spend a single day as strays.
How this differs from a typical sterilization drive
A typical ABC drive
Catches dogs — pregnant or not — and sterilizes them immediately, which for a dog already carrying a litter usually means the pregnancy ends there. The dog is released the same day or soon after.
Our approach
Catches a dog specifically because she's pregnant, lets her carry to term and wean her litter in a safe space, then sterilizes her — turning one pregnancy into zero future ones, and a litter of strays into a litter of adopted pets.