About
A rescue group built around one stubborn belief.
That a street animal's suffering is not inevitable, and that most of it can be undone with a vet, a vehicle, and someone who refuses to look away.
- Based in
- Ajmer district, Rajasthan
- We help
- Street dogs, cats and other animals in distress
- Funded by
- Individual donors and monthly supporters
How it started
Paws of Hope began with a notebook. A few of us kept writing down the animals we saw on the Nasirabad road that nobody was going to help: a dog with a broken leg who was still trying to beg at the dhaba, a litter of kittens behind a temple wall, a calf with a rope cutting into its neck. The list got long enough to be embarrassing. So we started working through it.
The early cases taught us what matters. An animal needs transport within hours, not days. It needs a veterinarian, not just sympathy. And it needs somewhere calm to recover, because a dog on antibiotics who is back on the street the same evening will not get better. Those three needs, rescue, healing and a safe place, became the shape of everything we do.
Who runs it
A small team of coordinators, drivers, foster families and partner vets, backed by volunteers who feed, transport and follow up. Paws of Hope operates as an initiative of a registered Indian charitable organisation, whose name, registered address and phone number are given in the footer of every page. That organisation receives all donations, keeps the accounts, and issues tax-exemption receipts.
Principles
Four rules we hold ourselves to.
Medicine before miracles
Every animal we take on gets a proper veterinary assessment and a treatment plan. Good intentions are not a substitute for a vet.
Rehome, don't warehouse
Shelters fill up. We aim for the shortest safe path from recovery to a home or a healthy return to the street.
Prevent the next emergency
Sterilisation and vaccination drives are less dramatic than rescues, and they are the reason there will be fewer rescues next year.
Say what we did with the money
Donors are partners. We share what their gifts paid for, plainly and without spin.