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
Strays always end up with someone who needs them
This is the story of Suhani and Dodo “I was new to this neighborhood and often saw a lot of street dogs roaming in the colony but I never got a chance to befriend them. It was until I met Dodo, she is a beautiful little girl. I was returning from the market when I saw...
How a habitual biter became the sweetheart of a little girl
India’s street dogs are inherently not aggressive and will only bite if provoked. Indeed, many are fearful of humans and sadly, the dogs’ fears are well founded. One of the shopkeepers in our colony aggressively targeted a young black and brown dog, who is called...
Delhi High Court orders Animal Welfare Committees in communities
On June 24, 2021, the Delhi High Court not only stated that it is the moral responsibility of each and every citizen to protect stray animals and that stray dogs have the right to food and citizens the right to feed them, the court has also directed the Animal Welfare...