Muzzl gives animal shelters and rescue NGOs in India a permanent, biometric dog database — searchable from any smartphone, shared across the network, no hardware required.
Muzzl is a nose-print identity platform that lets shelters register any dog — stray or owned — with a 10-second smartphone scan. The resulting biometric ID is permanent, searchable by any Muzzl partner, and works offline with no scanner, chip reader, or internet connection required.
India has roughly 35 million stray dogs. Most animal shelters in the country run intake on paper registers, WhatsApp photos, or spreadsheets that don't talk to each other. When a dog arrives at your shelter for the second time, you have no way to know it was already treated — unless someone recognises it by face. Muzzl replaces that guesswork with a biometric record that can't be lost, faded, or torn.
"A dog that enters your shelter for the second time shouldn't need to prove it was already sterilised. Its nose print should do that in seconds."
A dog sterilised by your shelter gets picked up across town three months later. The new shelter can't verify its status. It gets treated again — wasting a surgical slot and putting the dog through unnecessary stress.
Paper records stay at the shelter that created them. When a dog moves between shelters, fosters, or vets, its vaccination history doesn't follow. Decisions get made on guesswork.
A pet owner comes to claim a dog your shelter took in. Without a verifiable identity record, you're relying on photos and descriptions. A biometric record is proof neither side can dispute.
Municipal ABC teams and shelters often work the same area independently. Without a shared database, there's no way to know which dogs in a neighbourhood are already registered and which aren't.
When a dog arrives, open the Muzzl app and record a 10-second video of its nose. Works on any Android 8.0+ or iOS 14+ phone — the same device your team already carries.
If the dog is already in the Muzzl network — registered by a feeder, vet, or another shelter — its full profile appears instantly: name, sterilisation status, vaccinations, registration history. If it's new, a permanent ID is created.
Log the intake date, treatment given, vaccination administered, and any notes. All data attaches to the dog's permanent profile — not just your shelter's local copy.
The app works fully offline — essential for shelters in areas with poor connectivity. Everything syncs to the shared database the next time a connection is available.
A feeder, vet clinic, or another shelter can scan the same dog's nose and instantly see everything you recorded. One biometric, one record, accessible to the whole network.
Full functionality with no internet. Scans, creates profiles, stores records locally, and syncs automatically when connectivity returns.
No RFID scanner, no chip reader, no additional equipment. Just the Android or iOS phone your team already uses.
Records created by feeders, vets, or other shelters are visible to your team on the next scan. One dog, one record, everywhere.
A nose print doesn't fall off like an ear tag, fade like a tattoo, or require a scanner like a microchip. It's the dog's identity for life.
Every sterilised and vaccinated dog your shelter registers is visible to ABC field teams — no more re-catching dogs that are already treated. See how the ABC programme works.
Data stored and shared in compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Used only for dog identity verification.
| Method | Searchable? | Shared across shelters? | Works offline? | Permanent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper intake register | No | No | Yes | No — floods, fires, pages lost |
| WhatsApp photos | No | Unreliable | Yes | No — groups get deleted |
| Spreadsheet (local) | Within shelter only | No | Yes | Depends on backup |
| Microchip (RFID) | Yes, if scanned | Yes, in theory | Needs scanner hardware | Yes |
| Muzzl nose-print ID | Yes — any smartphone | Yes — shared network | Yes — syncs on reconnect | Yes — permanent biometric |
More questions? Read how nose-print identification works, or understand the ABC programme gap Muzzl is built to close.
We're onboarding shelters and NGOs in Pune for early access. Free to join. No hardware required.