Every rescued animal deserves safety, care, and a chance at a better life. But helping does not always mean bringing an animal home.
Adoption, fostering, and sponsorship are three ways to support rescued animals. The right option depends on your lifestyle, available time, living arrangements, and budget.
Help in Suffering (HIS), Jaipur, has worked for decades to rescue, treat, rehabilitate, and rehome animals. Here is how you can support this work in a way that suits you.
Adoption means welcoming an animal into your family permanently. It involves providing food, shelter, veterinary care, companionship, and lifelong attention.
Adoption may suit you if you have a pet-friendly home, can manage the costs of care, and have time for daily responsibilities.
Before adopting, ask about the animal's health, temperament, medical history, and specific needs.
HIS helps prospective adopters find suitable companions through its Adoption Programme. Contact the team to learn about available animals and the adoption process.
Fostering means looking after an animal temporarily while longer-term arrangements are made. A safe home can provide individual attention, socialisation, or a suitable environment for recovery.
Fostering may suit people who cannot make a lifelong commitment but can offer temporary care. Before agreeing, clarify the duration, veterinary support, food, medication, and emergency arrangements with the organisation.
Contact HIS through its Foster and Adopt page to enquire about current opportunities and requirements.
Sponsorship allows you to contribute towards an animal's care without adopting or fostering it.
HIS's Sponsor a Rescue programme supports the food, medical care, and wellbeing of rescued dogs living at its shelter. The official programme lists sponsorship from ₹3,500 per month; check the HIS Adoption Programme for current terms.
Sponsorship may suit people who cannot keep pets at home but want to contribute financially to animal welfare.
| Option | Commitment | How you help |
|---|---|---|
| Adoption | Lifelong | Provide a permanent home |
| Fostering | Temporary | Care for an animal at home |
| Sponsorship | Financial | Help fund an animal's care at the shelter |
Each option can make a difference. Choose the one you can sustain responsibly.
Before adopting, remember to:
Patience and preparation help create a more comfortable transition for everyone.
If adoption, fostering, or sponsorship is not possible, you can still support animal welfare by donating within your means, volunteering, sharing verified adoption profiles, or promoting responsible animal care.
Explore Support HIS to discover other ways to contribute to its rescue and rehabilitation work.
Visit the HIS Adoption Programme to explore adoption and sponsorship, or visit Get Involved to enquire about fostering and volunteering.
Contact HIS directly to confirm current availability, eligibility, and programme details.
Adoption offers a permanent home, fostering provides temporary care, and sponsorship helps meet ongoing expenses.
Through its animal rescue, veterinary care, rehabilitation, and rehoming work in Jaipur, Help in Suffering gives vulnerable animals a chance at a better life.
You do not have to bring an animal home to help change its life. Choose a way to contribute that works for you and keeps the animal's welfare at the centre.