An initiative of research and advocacy devoted to India's free-living dogs — animals who belong to no one, coexist with everyone, and offer what laboratory studies cannot: dogs living on their own terms.
Lives of Streeties conducts original ethological research on free-living dogs while building public sensitivity to what these dogs bring to our lives. This perspective runs through every BHARCS course, and is the reason our curriculum reads unlike any other in canine education.
A practice-informed, living framework for reducing conflict between humans and free-living dogs through behavioural and environmental regulation — six underlying principles and nine core interventions spanning food, sleep, space, triggers, human behaviour, environment and health. It evolves through field practice, is formally versioned, and carries an annexure on what is and is not "aggression."
In the light of the Supreme Court order of November 2025, a literature review co-authored with leading scientists and welfare experts sets out why removing free-living dogs is scientifically, legally and ethically unsound — and why the indigenous ABC-ARV programme should be strengthened, not disrupted. The primary documents are free to download and reuse.
Years of close observation, written up as field stories and arguments. The complete archive lives in the Library.
The distinction that reframes the whole conversation.
Read →Feeders and caregivers as frontline rabies control.
Read →How free-living dogs mediate human–wildlife conflict.
Read →Beyond the quick fix.
Read →A street dog's journey, in three chapters.
Read →The free-living dogs of the BHARCS field site.
Read →Friendship and preference among the Farmies.
Read →On animal minds and temperament.
Read →A live, critical seminar on canine ethology, policy and human–animal relationships — for professionals ready to examine their own assumptions. Not a course; a shift in how you see.
If you can't be a caregiver yourself, real people and organisations are doing this work every day — feeding, sheltering and providing medical care for free-living dogs. Consider supporting them directly.
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