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๐Ÿพ Rescue ยท Rehabilitate ยท Rehome โ€” since 2020

Speechless
doesn't mean unheard.

Every day a puppy is born on a pavement with no mother, no shelter and no chance. We're the ones who go and get them โ€” treat them, raise them, and stay until they have a family of their own.

Two rescued street puppies looking up at the camera
250+ lives rescued so far
250+ Rescues
70+ Adoptions
150+ Fosters
What we do

Three simple promises, kept every single day

Food, clean water and a family. Everything we do comes back to these three things โ€” because for a street animal, they are the difference between surviving and living.

Volunteer feeding stray dogs on the street

Feeding the strays

Our streets are filled with strays that don't get enough food and die of starvation every single day. We aim to feed and save as many of these innocent lives as possible โ€” with meals that are actually nutritious enough to keep them healthy on the street.

Clean water bowl installed for street animals

Installing water bowls

Unclean water is one of the biggest threats to the health of stray animals in our country. Through cooperation and community empowerment, we place and maintain clean water points for strays across towns and cities.

Rescued puppy in a foster home

Rescue & adoption

We rescue motherless, sick or injured puppies. We treat them, make them healthy, and then put them up for adoption โ€” and we make sure every puppy goes into the right hands and stays happy and healthy there.

A Speechless volunteer feeding a stray dog
Mission & vision

A world where no animal is left behind

At Speechless, our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome sick and motherless puppies, providing them with the love, care and support they need to thrive.

Our vision is a world where every animal โ€” regardless of health or circumstance โ€” is valued, cherished and given the opportunity for a happy, fulfilling life. We envision a community where animal welfare is a priority, where compassion and empathy guide our actions, and where every animal finds a loving forever home.

  • Every rescue is vetted, dewormed and vaccinated before adoption
  • Adopters are screened โ€” we never hand a puppy to a breeder or reseller
  • Foster families bridge the gap between the street and a forever home
Our story
Adopt, don't shop

Someone here is waiting for you

Why buy a foreign-breed dog when you can give an amazing Indian breed dog a home for free? Every puppy below is dewormed, vaccinated and ready to be loved.

Momo, a young Indie puppy

Momo

1.5 months

Indie ยท Female ยท Pune

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Butter, a young Indie puppy

Butter

6 months

Indie ยท Female ยท Pune

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Bageera, a rescued Labrador

Bageera

3 years

Labrador ยท Male ยท Pune

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In the spotlight

Our work has travelled further than our streets

From a shelter in Pune to a newspaper page and a cinema screen โ€” and a few very welcome visitors along the way.

On the big screen

Featured in [Film title]

Speechless and the puppies of our Pune shelter were featured in [Film title] ([Year]). Seeing our rescues on screen put street-dog adoption in front of an audience we could never have reached from the pavement โ€” and the enquiries that followed found several of our dogs a home.

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In the press

Covered by Pune Mirror

Our work was featured in Pune Mirror โ€” the shelter, the rescues coming out of it, and the volunteers who make it possible. Local press reaches exactly the people we need most: fosters and adopters who live close enough to say yes.

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A special visit

[Celebrity name] came to meet our rescues

[Celebrity name] visited the Speechless puppy shelter, spent the afternoon with the dogs and helped us tell their story to a much wider audience. Visits like this change how people see an Indie puppy โ€” and that changes how quickly they find a family.

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Adoption diaries

Rescue is our favourite breed

Indian-breed dogs are the hardest to place. Here's proof that it works.

Veera, rescued from a drainage pipe

Veera

Stuck in a drainage pipe for almost 5โ€“6 hours before our volunteers reached her, and later diagnosed with tick fever. She recovered into a fun-loving puppy โ€” and found the most loving family.

Mickey, treated for a severe skin infection

Mickey

Rescued from the streets with a major skin infection. Two volunteers fostered and treated her for three months. Just when we'd lost hope of an adoption, a family came forward to take her home.

Cookie, the shelter's lucky charm

Cookie

Abandoned near our shelter at two months old and quickly became part of the family. Cookie is our lucky charm โ€” the moment she was adopted, good leads started coming in for the other pups too.

Our volunteers

150+ people who show up

Speechless volunteers with rescued dogs Volunteers caring for shelter puppies A volunteer feeding a stray dog Volunteers at a Speechless feeding drive Volunteers with puppies at the shelter

When you help someone, you help everyone

Adopt, foster, volunteer or give โ€” there is a way in for everyone, and every one of them saves a life.