Adopt a Dog Sri Lanka
Email: adoptadoginsrilanka@gmail.com Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/adoptadoginsrilanka
Tel: 0716912194/0712228357

Founded in 2011, Adopt a Dog, Sri Lanka is a non-profit organisation that helps find good homes for animals and also conducts rescues and feeding and vaccination programmes. They run on donations from fellow animal lovers. If you’re considering rescuing a pup in need, their Facebook page is really the place to go. Post after post introduces little dogs in need of a home but also provides particulars. In many cases, good Samaritans pick up pups and care for them until someone who wants to adopt comes along. Currently, they have over 80 puppies up for adoption – pictures of whom are all collected in a single album.

For Rs. 3, 500 from you, Adopt a Dog can arrange to feed 126 dogs, but anything you can afford will be welcome. In some cases, they go in to help animal lovers who’ve been soldiering on by themselves, such as in the case of team member Nihal de Silva who has been feeding animals in need for over a decade. You’re encouraged to donate food, but if you donate money, you’ll get the bills for what your money bought. (They emphasise financial transparency.) If you’d like to see the good you’ve done, you’ll be welcome to tag along and meet your canine beneficiaries. Another way to contribute is to buy the Adopt a Dog Sri Lanka T-shirt – the 1,200 price tag is in lieu of a donation to their next sterilisation camp – or to pick up a pack of season’s greeting cards. It’s Rs. 500 for a pack of 10, the proceeds of which will go toward the feeding programs.

Ray of Hope
Email: rohsrilanka@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rayofhopesrilanka

The newest organisation in this list, Ray of Hope started work early in 2013. They’re made up of a group of young animal lovers who volunteer their time and effort entirely for free.This organisation’s motto is rescue, vaccinate and rehome. They rehome puppies and kittens, conduct vaccination and sterilisation programmes and prioritise education and awareness programmes where they target young people. (They once even rescued an injured animal and say they want to help any animal in need.) If you’re hoping to welcome a pet home this Christmas or introduce one into a good home, Ray of Hope is happy to help you find a deserving candidate. Follow them on Facebook to see how you can donate to specific animals in need of treatment. They are backed by specialist support from Best Care Animal Hospital and Four Paws Animal Hospital.
Like the others on this list, Ray of Hope also run on donations and they’re currently urgently in need of funds. Their expenses range from vets bills to sterilizations. Donations are easy though – Dialog users can make one through their phones. Directions on how to do so are available on their Facebook page. They also accept donations through direct deposit or via paypal. If you’ve donated, you’ll receive pictures, descriptions, bills, screenshots of bank transactions and updates on the animals, which are uploaded online.

Animal SOS Sri Lanka
Email: info@animalsos-sl.com Website: http://www.animalsos-sl.com
Tel: 041 – 7921113

A UK registered charity founded by Kim Cooling, Animal SOS Sri Lanka have their own animal sanctuary in Ahangama where they take care of sick, disabled or vulnerable stray dogs. Currently, they have close to 600 animals in their charge.(This week alone they took in 38 animals, many in need of urgent care.) Their goal is to provide quality veterinary care to stray animals as well as serve as haven for strays. They also take care of cats at the sanctuary, mainly orphaned kittens rescued from the streets. The felines have a home in their own ‘cattery’, which was built in 2013 thanks to generous donations.

Animal SOS boasts its own on-site veterinary clinic with a resident local vet. Operational every day of the week, it provides care for sick and injured animals in the sanctuary and treats emergency cases only. (The organization does not take in or treat pets.) Sunday is their day for outreach, when they conduct neutering/ rabies vaccination programmes, adoption schemes and animal welfare education. If you’d like to donate to Animal SOS, you can choose to sponsor a dog or make a monthly donation. Animal SOS also has a wish list up on their site which includes everything from flea and tick treatments to dog bowls and surgical blades that they would receive with gratitude. Some generous volunteers choose to stage fundraising events for the organization – running marathons and hosting quiz nights and even climbing mountains – to raise cash.