Shelter for abandoned Dogs and Cats in Sri Lanka
Contact 077 742 6229

Relief of suffering endured by abandoned cats and dogs, population-control through surgical birth-control, raising awareness of responsible pet-ownership, sensitizing the public for the needs of animals

A trust has been set up, called Tikiri-Trust named after one of our dogs, to own the property, where we have been living on rent earlier. In 2004 this was just a private residence of Padma, who is now our chair-person and managing trustee, and she had only three dogs and one kitten, and never wanted more than that because she wanted to have time to work on the streets, catching the strays to get them sterilized and to treat them when they are sick, she still does that even now after the home-front has grown, but has less time available for this now because it is difficult for her to ignore the plight of the little pups being thrown onto the road and so we keep taking them in, hoping to re-home them, but some just don’t get adopted and then they grow up here and become permanent residents. Also some old and handicapped dogs have been finding a haven here to live out their lives.

Besides the 150 plus dogs living inside the premises, 10 more are outside the gate arriving in time for breakfast and dinner. Three weekends a month, when the vet comes, 15 dogs or more from various places are here to be sterilized and spend a few days for aftercare. Among the 50 cats in residence at the moment, 32 are oldies, they have been here for a long time, are used to the dogs and we have no plans to re-home them because adult cats do not adjust easily to a new environment, but we have kittens of various sizes, which we want to give for adoption soon before they get too big. From the adult cats, which are here some of them have certain handicaps, who have to live in enclosed areas and who could be given for adoption under certain circumstances… please consider to adopt one of them or help them by donating for a larger cat-garden, so that at least they can have more space outside the house since it is not possible to let them out into the garden.

In spite of many sterilization-campaigns being carried out , dogs are still being abandoned, therefore we need places, where such dogs can find refuge and it’s a great blessing that this property has been donated to the Tikiri Trust. However the property has to be maintained and the inmates need to be fed and cared for, for which the Trust needs regular income.

As right now the day-to-day upkeep of the shelter has to be secured first, it may be too early to talk about future-plans. However it would be very useful to purchase another piece of land adjoining this property for a quarantine-facility and to space out the animals, as with 200 animals on 90 perch some are living under stress, which we would like to relief as soon as possible.

For more information feel free to contact us by phone or e-mail or come for a visit anytime.