A ginger streak flies past your eyes stopping only to take a quick nip at your toes. Fast as lightening she disappears under the bed, only to emerge on the other side and pounce on a sleeping dog. Then once again she is gone, hiding from imaginary enemies and stalking non-existent prey..
It was a blistering June day when a kind stranger brought in a litter of 5 kittens to the Friendicoes city shelter. The babies were barely two week old, their eyes were glued shut and secreting a nasty yellow substance, their stomachs were bloated and their legs spindly. He had found them in a gutter near his house when their incessant mewling had attracted him. On the front ... Read more
A life saved is a battle won!
One small white bundle with two brown ears was picked up by the Friendicoes night ambulance, one late night from near the Gurgaon highway. She was another victim of hit and run, and the last of her litter to come under a car. Her brothers and sisters were all long Read more
Everyone has a guardian angel!
Two sisters - two lost souls, uprooted from their home and family found their way to Friendicoes. At 10 years of age there was not much hope for them but to live out their last days at a shelter, bewildered and confused as to why had life dealt them such a cruel blow. But then their guardian angel came... Read more
Our very own "saint" Valentine
A pet in the middle of a busy road is a scary sight.but a blind pet in the middle of a busy road is even scarier. But that's what Friendicoes came across recently when a blind St. Bernard was reported wandering on a busy road in the city. When the Friendicoes
With Indians’ well known superstitions regarding cats Friendicoes has a hard time getting kittens adopted from the shelter. Nevertheless our efforts continue and we occasionally... Read more
Special feature
"ANIMAL MAGNETISM" : Ever since she can recall, Delhi-based home furnishings designer Sunita Chatterjee has been rescuing injured or abandoned animals off the road, trees and drains. Once... Read more
Cars, Cultures and Compassion
In January this year, Geeta (vice president of Friendicoes) received a strange phone call. A young Indian couple from the UK was looking to drive from London to Delhi and wanted to do it in aid of Friendicoes. The Friendicoes team was a little skeptical though. Read more
Monsoon Greetings!
For the past few years Friendicoes has been making a dedicated effort to help animals outside of our home range of the NCR. A few years a go we started an animal feeding program in the Andaman Read more
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