World · Sri Lanka Bureau
Animal SOS Sri Lanka launches 24-hour feeding drive for street animals
The animal welfare organisation will prepare two tonnes of food and feed approximately 5,000 street dogs and cats during a cookathon on 1 November. The initiative aims to raise £30,000 to fund a month of feeding operations across the island.
LSN Sri Lanka ·
Animal SOS Sri Lanka is preparing to undertake an ambitious 24-hour cookathon and feeding challenge on 1 November, targeting the preparation of two tonnes of nutritious food to feed around 5,000 street animals in a single day.
The initiative is designed to highlight the ongoing challenges faced by stray dogs and cats across Sri Lanka while generating funds to sustain the organisation's feeding programmes. Officials aim to raise £30,000 through the campaign, sufficient to cover one month of feeding costs for the animals in their care.
The cookathon represents a coordinated effort by the animal welfare group to demonstrate the scale of need within Sri Lanka's street animal population. Through the 24-hour challenge, organisers hope to mobilise community support and draw attention to the nutritional requirements of vulnerable animals across urban and rural areas.
The event underscores the financial and logistical demands of providing regular care and nutrition to the island's substantial population of unowned dogs and cats. Animal SOS Sri Lanka continues to operate rescue and feeding programmes dependent on community contributions and fundraising initiatives.