What is Stray Buddy?
Stray Buddy is a community support platform focused on street dog care, coexistence, and conflict prevention.
We support caregivers, residents, RWAs, NGOs, and local stakeholders with tools, resources, awareness, and guidance to strengthen community dog management at the local level.
Why Community-Led Care Matters
Safer communities
Practical solutions that improve safety and coexistence for people and community animals.
Hyperlocal Solutions
Area-based action built around the people, dogs and the needs of each community.
Supportive Processes
A clear framework, practical tools and support to help communities take coordinated action.
How Stray Buddy Works
Stray Buddy Facilitates
- Tools & knowledge
- Guidance & training
- Connections & resources
- Conflict resolution
Caregivers Lead
- Hands-on dog care
- Local coordination
- Sterilisation & vaccination
- Treatment & recovery
Community Leaders Support
- Animal welfare committee
- Record keeping
- Government relations
- Awareness & mediation
Our Community-Led Approach to Coexistence
Caregivers are at the heart of community dog care
Caregivers play a vital role in supporting community dogs through daily observation, feeding, trust-building, and local coordination.
Explore guides, awareness materials, conflict-resolution resources, and practical tools for community dog care and coexistence.
Know Your Community Dogs
Explore mapped dog profiles, learn about community dogs in different areas, and understand how local care systems are built around them.
Take Action For Your Community
Are you a caregiver, resident, RWA, NGO, or government stakeholder looking to collaborate, resolve conflict, access resources, or strengthen community dog management in your area? Reach out to get started.
Latest Blog Posts
A bleak ending for habitual biters?
An exclusive interview with Ms. Geeta Seshamani, vice-president of Friendicoes Seca Simba, one of the most anxious dogs in our colony, had lost faith in people due to negative experiences. She was pushed over the edge of her nerves and had started to show problematic...
How Stray Buddy’s five steps merged in one instance
“May I be allowed to bring to the kind notice of the RWA Executive Committee, that the black dog who sleeps at that gate of the park which is used for going to the RWA office, has got a big cut below his right eye. He is in pain, and is shivering. The Dog Committee...
A commendable job!
Testimonial of a caretaker of a colony in South Delhi “Our dog management committee, I think, is doing a commendable job, because in the last 3-4 years, we have been able to control the dog population through a program of sterilising the dogs, vaccinating them, and...