Stray Dog Registration in India
A 10-second nose-print scan creates a permanent biometric ID for any stray dog — no microchip, no ear tag, no hardware. Free for shelters, NGOs, and community feeders.
Stray dogs in India have no identity.
India has tens of millions of stray dogs. Municipal corporations run ABC (Animal Birth Control) programmes to sterilise and vaccinate them. Shelters rescue and rehome them. Community feeders care for them daily. And yet — not a single one has a verifiable, permanent ID.
What happens without identity
Dogs get re-operatedDogs already sterilised under the ABC programme are caught again and operated a second time — because there's no way to verify the prior procedure.
Vaccination records are lostPaper registers and ear notches don't follow a dog across municipal boundaries or when it moves territory.
Lost dogs can't be matchedWhen a stray that a community feeder cares for goes missing, there's no record to search against.
Muzzl fixes this with a nose printOne 10-second video. Permanent, searchable, shareable. No hardware at all.
Register any stray in 4 steps.
Open Muzzl on any smartphone
No scanner, no clip-on hardware, no special device. The camera your phone already has is enough.
Record a 10-second nose video
Hold the phone close to the dog's nose and record. Muzzl's ML model extracts the unique ridge pattern.
Add details — name, location, ABC status
Log sterilisation date, vaccination records, feeding zone, shelter intake date — whatever is relevant for this dog.
ID is permanent and searchable
Scan the same dog's nose later to instantly pull up their record — even years later, even if the dog moved territories.
Built for everyone who works with stray dogs.
Community feeders
Log the dogs in your feeding zone. Track which ones are sterilised and vaccinated. Recognised under ABC Rules 2023 — Muzzl gives you the records that come with that responsibility.
Animal shelters & NGOs
Replace paper intake registers. Every dog in your shelter gets a permanent biometric ID from day one. Free plan available.
Municipal ABC teams
Scan dogs at catch-and-release. Record sterilisation and vaccination events against a permanent ID — so the same dog is never operated twice.
Vet clinics
Pull up a stray dog's vaccination history and prior procedures in seconds from a nose-print scan — no owner needed, no paper card.
"India's stray dog problem isn't just a population problem. It's an identity problem. You can't manage what you can't identify."
Every dog Muzzl registers becomes part of a shared, searchable database — built for the people who care for strays, managed by the people who know them best.
Stray dog registration — answered.
Do I need a microchip to register a stray dog?
No. Muzzl uses nose-print biometrics — a completely non-invasive method that works on any dog. No microchip, no ear tag, no hardware of any kind.
Is Muzzl free for NGOs and feeders?
Yes. Muzzl is free for animal shelters, NGOs, and recognised community feeders. Individual pet owners can register dogs on the standard plan.
What happens if the dog moves or is transferred to another shelter?
The nose-print ID stays with the dog regardless of location. Any Muzzl user can scan the same dog's nose later and pull up the full record — wherever they are in India.
Can I register a dog that's already been sterilised under the ABC programme?
Yes — and that's exactly the use case Muzzl is built for. Add the sterilisation date, vaccination records, and the municipal team's name. From that point forward, any re-catch scan will immediately show the dog's ABC history.
What smartphone does Muzzl work on?
Any Android or iOS smartphone with a standard rear camera. No special hardware, no clip-on scanner, no minimum spec requirement beyond a working camera.