Animal welfare NGO · SalemActive since 2021On call · 24/7

Street dogs, looked after
properly.

We're RAIN. We sterilize, vaccinate and patch up the street dogs and cats of Salem. 23,175 surgeries in, ear-tips on dogs in every ward we've worked, and a register that gets longer every week.

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In partnership with
Salem Municipal Corporation·Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board·ABC Rules, 2023
A calm street dog warming itself in the sun
A puppy looking up to the camera
Sterilize·Vaccinate·Rescue·Rehabilitate·Rehome·Repeat·Sterilize·Vaccinate·Rescue·Rehabilitate·Rehome·Repeat·
What drives us

We work by a few rules. The dogs taught them to us.

A world where street dogs are part of the neighbourhood, not a problem to be solved. Sterilized, vaccinated, unbothered, known by name.That's the only metric that matters to us.

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L. Vidhya Lakshmi
Project Lead · RAIN, Salem
01

Sterilize what we catch.

Every dog. No partial jobs. Population control only works if you finish what you started.

02

Vaccinate every street.

Ward by ward, Wednesday by Wednesday. We keep a list, so no street gets skipped.

03

Treat on the spot.

Mange, wounds, fractures. What can be handled on the street stays on the street. The rest goes to a vet.

04

Rehome who can't go back.

Too small, too hurt, too trusting. We find them families. No fee, just a home visit.

05

Keep a register.

Every surgery. Every camp. Every dog. Reconciled with the municipal corporation, quarterly.

06

Show up tomorrow too.

The work doesn't end. New litters every season. New wards every year. The dogs need someone reliable.

What we do

Four things.
Done over and over.

There's no clever trick to fixing street dog populations. You sterilize them. You vaccinate them. You pick them up when they're hurt. You find homes for the ones who can't go back. You do it every week.

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ABC · Animal Birth Control

Catch. Sterilize. Release.

Catch a dog, sterilize them, look after them while they heal, put them back where they came from. It's the only thing that actually works for population control. India's ABC Rules say so too.
  • Humane catch & sterilize
  • Post-operative care in our kennel
  • Ear-tipping and release
10,141
Surgeries in 2024
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ARV · Anti-Rabies Vaccination

Every Wednesday, a different ward.

A team, a folding table, a cooler full of vaccines, and as many dogs as we can reach. Run in partnership with the local municipal corporation. We keep a list, so no street gets skipped.
  • Wednesday camps in every ward
  • Ward-by-ward records
  • Street dogs and pets, both
85+
Camps run in 2024
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Rescue · Welfare

Someone calls. We go.

Hit by a bus. Skin half-eaten by mange. A puppy in a storm drain. We treat what we can on the street, the rest we drive to a vet ourselves. Twenty-four seven.
  • Pick-up after road accidents
  • On-the-spot first aid
  • Hospital transfers and recovery
75
Workers trained
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Adopt · Rehome

Some can't go back.

Too small, too hurt, too trusting. We patch them up and find them families. No fee, just a visit and a promise. We stay in touch for the first month while everyone settles in.
  • Sterilized & vaccinated already
  • Quick, friendly home visit
  • One month of post-adoption support
180+
Animals rehomed
Behind the work

The people
who show up.

A project lead in Salem. Veterinarians who scrub in six days a week. Catchers, drivers, and fosters who answer the phone when it rings.

Drop in the RAIN team group photo
The RAIN field team · Salem, 2025 
01 / Leadership

The person the work runs through.

02 / Core team

Two more who keep the lights on.

03 / The doctors

Veterinarians, on the table six days a week.

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04 / The field

Catchers, drivers, fosters, photographers.

The reason we can pick up the phone at 11pm. The reason the kennel is clean. The reason the camp in Hasthampatti happens on time. Want to join them?

05 / Engineering

The one looking after the tech.

Shankar's photo
Where we work

One city, properly.
Then the next one.

We're live in Salem today. The plan is to do this in more cities, but only when we've found the right local partner. We'd rather do one city well than five badly.

Live
Salem
Tamil Nadu · India

Active since 2021. 23,175 surgeries. Every Wednesday, a new ward: Ammapet, Hasthampatti, Suramangalam, and counting.

Coming · 2026
Next city
Tamil Nadu · TBD

We're looking for the right partner: a CSR sponsor, a local vet, a corporation willing to work with us.

Coming · after that
A third
TBD

The model travels. Once we have two cities running well, we can support more.

Want us in your city? CSR partners, local vets, municipalities, write to us. We'll tell you what it takes.

Get in touch
Adopt, don't shop

Some friends are
still waiting.

Each one is already sterilized, vaccinated, and given a clean bill of health by a vet. We don't charge a fee. We just want to visit your home, meet your people, and know they're going somewhere good.

No animals waiting for a home right now.

New rescues come in almost every week. Check back soon, or follow us on Instagram for updates.

A new rescue comes up almost every week.
Browse everyone currently with us: dogs, cats, the lot.
See all our animals
Stand with us

The dogs don't care
where the money came from.

They just care that someone showed up. Pick a way to show up. Doesn't matter which one.

Volunteer

Come on a rescue.

Foster a recovering puppy. Build us a spreadsheet. Take photos at a camp. There's something for everyone.

Partner · CSR

Sponsor a ward.

Take on a ward for the year. Bring your team to a kennel day. We'll send you a one-pager and the numbers, plain.

Amplify

Follow. Share. Tell one friend.

That's how the next rescue call finds us in time. Most of our work comes in over DMs from people who knew someone.

Get in touch

Write to us. We read every message.

Rescue calls, adoption questions, CSR partnerships, press requests, volunteering. All of it lands in the same inbox. We reply in a couple of days.

Send us a message.

We'll get back within 48 hours. For emergencies, please call directly.