VOSD is the world’s largest ecosystem of no-kill rescue, rehabilitation and lifelong care for dogs, and the services that support it. We call this the VOSD Sanctuary & Hospital. VOSD is located near Bangalore, India, and hundreds of rescued dogs reside here lifelong without ever worrying about food, shelter and care. These dogs have been brought in from 30+ cities in India, via road, train and flight.
VOSD is a registered 12A/80G Trust that started in 2013, that supports dogs across India.
The VOSD Sanctuary & Hospital is not a ‘shelter’. We do not give our dogs for adoption. Dogs at VOSD stay here for life — this is a place where each dog has a name and every dog is at home.
‘Voice of Stray Dogs’ aka VOSD Sanctuary, was founded on the principle that no dog will ever be euthanised because of lack of space, money or resources. Since we started, no dog ever has EVER been. Each dog has the best, most sophisticated and most expensive medical care in India.
So far, VOSD has rescued 8,000+ dogs, given 250,000+ state-of-the-art free treatments, and we continue to provide hundreds of treatments every day.
Each year 200-250 dogs join our VOSD family. These are dogs who have been formerly blinded with acid, run over and paralysed, sexually assaulted, slashed with knives or tied to train tracks to die. Dogs not just from Bangalore but from Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Chennai, Trivandrum, Indore, Coimbatore, Kolkata, Trivandrum, Cochin and many other cities to reside permanently at VOSD.
Dogs who come here are never kept in chains or isolated. They have access to their own hospital, a fleet of ambulances and a 24×7 water and power supply (even though we’re in a remote location). The dogs here also have agility parks and a jet-powered hydrotherapy pool. 600+ trees provide shade here, in what was earlier barren land.
All dogs are free within their 50+ enclosures in a 3.5-acre area. Each enclosure has an enclosed ‘indoor’ as well as an open area, lined with trees. The enclosures have heaters during the winter; and individual water bodies for the dogs to jump into and cool off during the summer.
This is the home of not just India’s most ‘unadoptable’ dogs, but also of ‘Patriot Dogs’ — India’s service dogs who have been retired from the Karnataka Police, Reserve Police, Railway Police, Kerala Police and the Indian Army.
REMOTE VET ASSISTANCE: Dog owners and rescuers can access world-class remote vet assistance through VOSD to take care of the dogs in their care. This service is provided free of cost.
SURRENDER A DOG TO VOSD: Any dog owner or rescuer anywhere can arrange for their dog to be sent to VOSD provided it fulfils certain criteria. Read more about our surrender program.
VOSD NGO GRANTS: VOSD’s partners in different cities are supported financially via VOSD grants that allow them to rescue dogs, many of which find their way to us in Bangalore. Read more about our grants program.
VOSD STRAY DOG FEEDER GRANTS: VOSD also runs programs to support individual rescuers and feeders across India. Read more about our grants program.
FREE, REMOTE LEGAL ASSISTANCE: VOSD remote legal assistance is provided free of charge to any dog owner/rescuer in India.
VOSD has always been innovating to expand our outreach and help as many stray and pet dogs as possible.
From inception through 2015, VOSD was solely privately funded by its founder Rakesh Shukla, with an initial budget of over $2 million / INR 15 crores.
2015 onwards, VOSD started creating a string of product and entertainment brands to support VOSD. These include:
From 2019, VOSD’s footprint and outreach started adding donors across India and the world. Since then, over 20,000 individuals have supported the growing VOSD ecosystem and helped care for our dogs.
We don’t have a helpline number nor do we provide emergency rescue services for dogs. We are only available through our website, app or email. Please send us your questions at info@vosd.in
Founder | The Voice of Stray Dogs (VOSD) | VOSD Vet & Pet Corporation
Rakesh has slept on railway platforms on his way to create a world-leading technology company, TWB — the choice of over 40 Fortune 500 tech customers worldwide including Microsoft, Boeing, Airbus, Intel, and others. At 43, over one year he lost everything. Alone & friendless he spent the next 5 years repaying over INR 20 crores of debt & taxes building back his company and reputation. And creating the world’s largest dog sanctuary & rescue – VOSD.
He has suffered heart disease since 7 years of age, has had 2 heart attacks by the time he was 30, suffers from brain diseases, has broken his back and his kidneys are failing. By the end of these 5 years, he was 88kg in weight and very unfit. Today at 48 yrs he can lift well over 100kg above his head, run a 10-minute mile, and do 2000 push-ups or 250 pull-ups. He has never been to a gym, been on a diet, had a trainer, or taken any supplements. To know more about him visit: www.rakeshshukla.com
Board of Advisors, VOSD
Tarun Hukku has a career spanning 3 decades across services, operations and marketing.
Tarun is also passionate about entrepreneurship and has served as a Governing Council member of TiE Bangalore for several years. He is presently a Director at ATOSCOPE Instruments Pvt. Ltd.
Tarun is a cat aficionado and for many years – has been the resident troubleshooter for VOSD.
Board of Advisors, VOSD
Ashwini Ponnappa an ace badminton player who represents India in the International badminton circuit.
She is the official spokesperson for VOSD.
She won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships. She was ranked No. 10 in the BWF World Rankings.
Board of Advisors, VOSD
Beena is a Marketing and Communications professional with over 23+ years of work experience in the Technology Industry. She comes with a background in Electronic Engineering and MBA in Marketing. She wears multiple hats for VOSD including that of Technology evangelist, Marketing maverick and Digital futurist.
Beena has been passionate about taking care of stray dogs since childhood and advocates for the rights of the stray dogs.
We are always looking for talented individuals who share our love for dogs, to join our team. If this sounds like you, drop us a line with what you can bring to VOSD that sets you apart from anyone else.
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