Every animal, a digital identity.

Kyshik recognises individual dogs from their photos, so vaccination teams know which dogs they have already met. The model suggests. A person decides.

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Based in Seattle, Washington, USA

New scan · FaceQuality OK
Example dog photo with the detected face framed

Possible matches

  • Simba KY-0042Closest
  • Rex KY-0063
  • Bella KY-0017
Is this Simba?Waiting for the volunteer
Fig. 01 — Example scan. Kyshik suggests possible matches; a person decides.

[ 01 ] How it works

Every dog deserves an identity.

Kyshik turns ordinary photographs into a reliable digital identification system. No microchips, collars or special equipment required.

  1. 01 / Take a photo

    Photograph the dog

    A field worker photographs the dog with an ordinary smartphone.

  2. 02 / Find a match

    Kyshik suggests who it is

    The AI compares the photo with dogs already in the campaign and suggests possible matches.

  3. 03 / Confirm and record

    A person decides

    A person confirms the identity, and the visit is saved to the dog’s history.

Fig. 02 — Simplified app screens with example dogs.

AI suggests.
People confirm.
Animals come first.

Animal-centric in every choice. Every decision, in the field and in the software, starts from what is right for the animal. A dog’s record is never erased. The result: less duplicate work, better vaccination tracking, and a clearer picture of every dog reached.

[ 02 ] The digital passport

One dog. One lifelong record.

Every dog gets a unique digital passport that brings together its vaccination history, previous encounters and identification records. Whether a dog is seen tomorrow or months later, field teams can recognize it, see what has already been done, and make better-informed decisions.

Kyshik · Digital passportKY-0042
Face photo of Simba, an example dog

Simba

MaleAdultSterilized
Rabies vaccination · 4 Nov 2026Next vaccination due Nov 2027
Last identified24 Nov 2026
Encounters3
Identity verified by a field worker
Fig. 03 — Example digital passport for a fictional dog.

[ 03 ] Science & measurement

Better data. More effective campaigns.

Rabies prevention is a measurable science. But how do we know which dogs have been reached, which remain unvaccinated, and where efforts should be focused?

Kyshik helps answer these questions through individual identification and traceable vaccination records.

What we help organizations measure

Unique dogs reached

Distinguish individual animals from repeated encounters, reducing duplicate counts.

Vaccination progress

Track documented vaccination status and identify dogs requiring attention.

Geographic insights

Understand where teams have worked, compare results across areas, and identify gaps in campaign activity.

From field observations to scientific evidence

Combined with properly designed population surveys, reliable individual identification can support more accurate vaccination coverage estimates and evidence-based campaign planning.

Because effective disease prevention starts with knowing what has actually been achieved.

[ 04 ] Field notes

Notes on humane field work.

Principles and future plans. They do not claim every idea is already built.

All notes →

[ 05 ] Story

From a protest in Seattle to technology for animal welfare.

How a local response to a national crisis became an international effort to make every animal visible, identifiable and accounted for.

  1. 2022–2026The challenge

    About $30 million spent. The doubts remained.

    Kazakhstan invested about $30 million in its Capture–Sterilize–Vaccinate–Return program. Despite the money, authorities questioned whether it was working, and began to consider euthanasia instead.

  2. Apr 2026A turning point

    A law to euthanize stray dogs moves forward.

    Kazakhstan’s parliament advanced legislation allowing stray dogs to be euthanized after a holding period. The proposal sparked widespread public concern.

  3. 4 May 2026Taking action
    Kyshik team members in front of Seattle’s Space Needle, holding a Kazakhstan flag and a banner reading “Stop shelter killing”
    Fig. 04 — Seattle Center, 4 May 2026.

    Thousands of miles away, we took to the streets of Seattle.

    Our team organized a demonstration in Seattle, Washington, opposing the legislation. It went viral on social media and was covered by Kazakhstani news outlets.

    But raising awareness wasn’t enough. We wanted to contribute a practical solution.

    Screenshot of Instagram comments on our protest post, including “Thank you guys for being with us, even thousands of miles away”
    Fig. 05 — The post went viral on Instagram. Comments translated from Russian.
  4. May–Jul 2026A new reality

    The law takes effect.

    Despite public opposition, the law was signed on 19 May and took effect on 20 July. Soon, reports of stray dogs disappearing from the streets raised new questions about transparency and accountability in how animal populations are managed.

  5. Jun–Sep 2026Research and development

    From research to a working system.

    We immersed ourselves in scientific literature, international rabies-prevention strategies and vaccination programs, and consulted researchers, veterinary professionals and international experts about the field’s hardest problems.

    Combining their insight with our engineering, we built Kyshik: a system that identifies individual dogs from photographs and keeps reliable, traceable records for vaccination and population management.

  6. Oct 2026 – nowExpanding globally
    Now

    Taking Kyshik to the world.

    With our core technology developed, we are engaging international animal-health organizations and preparing field pilots to validate Kyshik in real-world conditions.

    Our ambition: animal identification that anyone can access, vaccination campaigns that work better, and population management that is transparent and evidence-driven.

What began as a local response to a national crisis has become an international technology initiative. We are still at the beginning of this journey, but our vision reaches far beyond where it started.

This is the story of Kyshik.
And we’re only getting started.

[ 06 ] Crew

The people behind Kyshik.

Building tools for humane animal records, from Seattle, Washington. Күшік means “puppy” in Kazakh.

Kyshik founders planning the pilot
Fig. 06 — Planning the pilot.

[ 07 ] Field beta

Help test Kyshik in the field.

We need people to test photo quality, saved scans and offline use in their area. You never need to approach or handle an animal.

Create an account in the field app, then submit your organization and campaign details. Pilot access is enabled after review.

No sample records are added to your workspace.

Create an account

Coordinators can also open the dashboard. Use the same account in both apps.

Contact

Pilots, partnerships, volunteering, data.

Running a vaccination or sterilisation campaign? We’d like to hear what your teams need.

Email the team ↗

abylay@kyshik.com · niyaz@kyshik.com · sabina.kossubayeva@kyshik.com

Based in
Seattle, Washington, USA
Languages
English · Русский