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Heart-Wrenching Appeal: Help Stray Insight Foundation Save Lives
Stray Insight Foundation in Arrah, Bihar is desperately reaching out for help. This month, our animal shelter is facing a critical shortage of funds, and we are struggling to cover even basic expenses. Due to lack of support, we have been forced to halt new rescues – a heartbreaking situation where we must turn away injured and sick strays because we simply don’t have the resources to care for them. Yet, despite these challenges, our small team continues to fight for the voiceless. We feed over 100 street dogs one meal a day and care for 50+ rescued dogs in our shelters, providing on-spot treatments to those in need. But without immediate support, even these efforts cannot continue much longer. We urgently need to raise ₹75,000 this month to keep our shelter running and our animals safe.
Our Mission and Ongoing Efforts
Stray Insight Foundation is a non-profit committed to rescuing and caring for homeless animals. We only started recently, with the goal of giving street animals a better life. In a short time, we have made a meaningful impact in our community:
- Daily Feeding: Every day, we provide a nutritious meal to over 100 stray dogs on the streets of Arrah. For many of these dogs, it’s the only meal they can count on.
- Shelter & Care: Our shelter facilities are home to more than 50 rescued dogs. These include puppies, injured dogs, and abuse survivors who have nowhere else to go. We ensure they have food, safety, and medical care.
- Medical Treatment: We respond to calls for help and offer on-the-spot treatment for stray animals in distress – from tending to wounds and infections to providing life-saving vaccinations. Each rescue we undertake is an innocent life saved from pain.
Our work is driven by compassion and the belief that every animal deserves a chance. We operate with a small team of volunteers and one or two staff, stretching every rupee to maximize the number of animals we can help. “Saving one street dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever,” is a saying we hold close to our hearts – and we witness it in action with each animal we rescue and rehabilitate.
Heartbreaking Challenges We Face
While our mission is noble, the reality on the ground is harsh. Lack of funds and support is our biggest hurdle. We receive no government assistance and rely entirely on donations to cover food, medicines, vaccinations, shelter maintenance, and staff salaries. Lately, donations have slowed to a trickle, and our expenses have far exceeded the funds available. As a result:
- No New Admissions: We have had to stop admitting new cases to our shelter. Imagine having to look into the eyes of a suffering stray and say we have no room or resources to help – this is the situation we are in now. It is devastating for our team.
- Overstretched Caregivers: Due to lack of funds, we don’t have enough staff. The few caregivers and volunteers we have are overworked, trying to feed and medicate so many animals with very little support. Essential roles like veterinarians or full-time feeders are unfilled because we cannot afford them.
- Rising Costs: The cost of pet food, vaccines, and treatments has been climbing. Every month we struggle to pay for sacks of rice and dog food, de-worming medicine, rabies vaccines, and other supplies. We have even used our personal savings at times to make sure the animals don’t suffer – but this is not sustainable.
Our situation is not unique. Across India, animal rescue organizations often face the same painful reality – a major lack of funds that limits how many animals they can save. With millions of strays on our streets, even the largest NGOs can’t rescue them all. Many shelters have to make the heartbreaking choice to support only the most critical cases. Typically, shelters end up spending ₹50,000 to ₹1,00,000 every month to care for 400–500 animals. We are caring for around 150 dogs (including those on the streets we feed), and our costs – roughly ₹75,000 a month – reflect the bare minimum needed to give these animals food, shelter and medical care. Without sufficient funding, innocent lives are at risk.
The truth is, India has a staggering stray animal population. There are an estimated 6.2 crore (62 million) street dogs in India, the largest such population in the world. Every one of those animals is vulnerable to hunger, disease, abuse, or accidents. In our town of Arrah, you can see these strays on every street corner – mothers with puppies living under broken-down vehicles, injured dogs limping in search of food, old dogs shivering in the cold. They have nobody but compassionate people like you and us to look after them. When we are forced to cut back our services, those animals simply have no one else.
A Recent Rescue: From Despair to Hope
An injured stray puppy in rural India, suffering from infection and neglect, much like the dogs Stray Insight Foundation rescues.
Not long ago, we encountered a heart-wrenching case that shows both the cruelty strays endure and the impact that timely help can have. In a local neighborhood, a young stray dog was brutally beaten by some people and left unable to walk. He was in excruciating pain, dragging himself along the ground. Even in this miserable state, residents in the locality shooed him away and would not allow him to rest on their porches or near their gates, fearing he might die there and cause them inconvenience. This poor soul had nowhere to go and was likely to perish alone on the roadside.
When a volunteer alerted us, our team rushed to rescue this dog. We carefully lifted his limp, injured body and brought him to our shelter. He was terrified, dehydrated, and in agony from his injuries. Our vet diagnosed him with a fractured hind leg and multiple bruises – evidence of the severe beating he had suffered. We immediately started treatment: pain relief, antibiotics to prevent infection, fluids, and nourishing food. For days, he was too weak to stand. We gave him a comfortable bed, and one of our staff sat with him hours on end, gently reassuring him that he was safe now.
Slowly, this brave dog began to heal. After a week, he managed to lift himself and wag his tail at the sight of his caregiver. His eyes, once dull with pain, started to shine with hope. Now, a few weeks later, he is recovering well – he can even take a few steps on his own. The cruelty of his past is fading, replaced by the kindness of those who donated for his medicines and the love of our team. We shudder to think what would have happened if we hadn’t reached him in time.
There are so many others like him out there – injured, abused, and helpless. We want to save them all. But the harsh reality is that without funds, we are paralyzed. Our rescue with this dog had a happy ending, but each rescue operation incurs costs (transport, vet bills, medicines, foster care). Right now, we cannot afford to answer the next distress call. It breaks our hearts because every day we get calls about dogs hit by vehicles or puppies thrown away like trash. We are having to say “no” for the first time since we started.
Urgent Need: Help Us Raise ₹75,000
This is an urgent appeal to all our supporters and animal lovers in the community and beyond: We need to raise ₹75,000 in the coming weeks to keep our shelter operational and continue our lifesaving work. Here is what this amount will cover for the month:
- Food and Nutrition: Purchasing enough dog food, rice, milk and supplements to feed our 50+ shelter dogs and the 100 street dogs we feed daily. No animal can heal or stay healthy on an empty stomach.
- Medical Care: Stocking up on essential medicines, vaccines, bandages, and paying for veterinary examinations/surgeries. Many of our rescues are sick or injured and require ongoing treatment (for example, vaccines to prevent rabies and distemper, antibiotics for wound infections, IV fluids for dehydrated animals, etc.).
- Shelter Maintenance: Keeping the shelter facilities clean, safe, and warm. This includes bedding (straw, blankets), disinfectants, repairs to kennels or gates, and electricity/water bills for the shelter. With monsoons around the corner (and harsh winters later in the year), we must ensure our animals have a dry, warm place to live.
- Staff and Rescue Operations: Basic salaries/stipends for our minimal staff who work day and night for the animals. Also fuel for our rescue vehicle and phone/internet bills so we can respond quickly to rescue calls.
Raising ₹75,000 will pull us out of this crisis mode. It will allow us to resume admissions of new rescues so that no stray in dire need is turned away. It will ensure that the 100+ dogs depending on us for food do not go hungry next week. And it will let us give proper care to the 50+ dogs who have already been rescued — they’ve suffered enough in their past and deserve all the comfort we can give.
To put this in perspective, even a small donation can make a big difference. For example, ₹500 can feed 10 hungry dogs for a day, ₹1,000 can buy a month’s supply of antiseptic and bandages for our clinic, and ₹2,500 can sponsor the complete treatment (vaccinations, meds, food) of an injured dog like the one in the story above. No amount is too small – every rupee truly counts.
Time is of the essence. Our funds are nearly depleted. If we cannot meet our ₹75,000 goal, we will have to make very painful decisions like scaling down feeding programs or, worse, considering shutting down one of our shelter locations. We cannot let it come to that. These animals have no one else. For many of them, our shelter is the difference between life and death.
How You Can Support Us
We humbly request you to please contribute and help us continue this mission of mercy. Here are ways you can donate:
- Via UPI: You can donate directly using UPI (Unified Payments Interface). Our UPI ID is [will be provided]. Just open your payment app, choose UPI transfer, and enter our ID to send any amount you wish. Even ₹100 or ₹200 will help fill a hungry belly or buy much-needed medicine.
- Online Donation: For online payments (debit/credit card, net banking, wallets), please visit our official donation link on our website or the fundraising platform. [For example, you can donate through our site’s “Donate Now” page or a trusted platform we’ve partnered with.] All online donations are secure and will directly support Stray Insight Foundation’s work.
- Spread the Word: Even if you cannot contribute financially, you can still help us by sharing this appeal with friends, family, and on social media. The more people hear about our cause, the greater the chances we reach our goal. You might connect us with someone who has the capacity to make a big difference.
If you have any questions about donating or want to visit our shelter to see our work, please feel free to contact us. We are more than happy to show you how your support will be used – transparency and accountability to our donors is important to us, as we know you are entrusting us with your hard-earned money for the sake of the animals.
Together, Let’s Give Them a Second Chance
In a world where these innocent animals suffer endlessly on the streets, your kindness is a beacon of hope. We know there are countless causes out there in need of support, but we earnestly believe that helping a helpless animal in pain is one of the purest acts of compassion. When you donate to Stray Insight Foundation, you are literally saving lives – turning despair into hope for creatures who cannot speak but feel pain and love just like us.
Despite all the challenges, we remain determined. We started this foundation to change the fate of strays in our area, and we have seen amazing transformations – terrified dogs learning to trust again, injured dogs running and playing after recovery, once-abandoned puppies finding loving forever homes. This is only possible because of supporters like you who open your hearts to them.
Please, help us continue this vital work. Your donation will ensure that we can keep our promise to the animals that have already been rescued and reach out to those who are still out there waiting for a miracle. We have faith that our community will not let these animals down.
On behalf of Stray Insight Foundation, our dedicated team, and all the precious dogs (and other animals) whose lives you will touch – thank you for caring. Thank you for reading this appeal and for any support you can provide. Together, we can make sure that no stray in Arrah has to suffer alone or go hungry. Together, we can be the reason an abused dog learns to wag his tail again.
Every donation is a lifeline. We and our furry friends are counting on you. Please donate and share today – let’s reach ₹75,000 and save these lives.
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With gratitude,
The Stray Insight Foundation Team