PHUKET: Soi Dog Foundation together with local administrative organisations is continuing its mobile clinic program on Phuket to reduce the stray dog and cat population.
The schedule for September-December has been set. It will provide free sterilisation and rabies vaccination for dogs and cats in Cherng Talay, Koh Kaew, Kathu, Patong and Kamala. Date and venue as follows:
Cherng Talay
September 8-September 26
Cherng Talay Temple
Koh Kaew
September 29-October 3
Baan Bang Ku Multi-purpose Building (for Moo 1)
October 6-October 10
Baan Bang Ku Multi-purpose Building (for Moo 2)
October 13-October 17
Baan Koh Maprao School
Kathu
October 20-October 31
Ket Ho Temple
November 3-November 14
Kathu Temple
Patong
November 17-December 19
The Wastewater Treatment Plant
Kamala
December 22-December 26
Parking lot near health office (to be confirmed)
You can be part of the solution to reduce the stray dog and cat population in Phuket. In addition to stray animals, Soi Dog Foundation encourages owners to take their dog or cat to the mobile clinic for sterilisation, without any expense.
Voluntary donations of course will be a big help to save other lives. The mobile clinic will provide sterilisation and rabies vaccination weekdays Monday-Friday, from 9am-4pm with no exception for public holidays.
Please do not feed animals after 8pm and give no water after midnight on the day before you bring them for sterilsation. Please bring animals for sterilisation in the morning and plan to get them in the afternoon.
Another way to help is through adoption. Each year in Vietnam, an estimated five million dogs are tortured and slaughtered to provide dog meat to restaurants.
Dog meat is eaten for a number of reasons that span cultural, spiritual, seasonal and medicinal factors, but in reality has only become mass market in the last 40 to 50 years. In certain parts of Vietnam (mainly in the north of the country), dog meat is the meal of choice for family celebrations, get-togethers with friends and parties.
In Vietnamese culture, the dog is traditionally associated with luck, and towards the end of each lunar month consumption of dog meat increases as consumers believe it will bring them good luck for the next month, and keep bad luck away.
With consumption of dog meat in Vietnam at such a high level, demand often outstrips supply. Dog farming in the country exists on a relatively small scale, with most farms being small, unregulated businesses, each providing around 150 dogs a year for the trade.
Family pets are often stolen to meet the demand for dog meat. One dog thief was lynched and killed by an angry mob recently.
However domestic supply does not meet demand, so organised crime gangs have turned to stealing dogs from the streets in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, and illegally transporting them across the borders into Vietnam.
Authorities have in recent years become more successful in intercepting the lorries and trucks trafficking the animals, meaning that there are now over 1500 dogs being kept at a purpose built shelter in Thailand, all who desperately need adopting.
John Dalley, Vice President of the Soi Dog foundation stated that ''There is a real need to find homes for as many of these dogs as possible. The majority are stolen pets and extremely friendly but are struggling to survive in a shelter environment. It is extremely sad to see many of these dogs simply giving up and losing the will to live.
''Before being snatched from the streets they were used to living with families and cannot adapt to shelter life. They need human interaction and stimulating environments in which to live. A shelter environment simply can???t provide that.''
Soi Dog will be holding mobile adoption events in Bangkok for these rescued dogs so you can meet them in person in the near future.
All dogs offered for adoption are vaccinated and sterilised. Any dogs adopted within Thailand are free to good homes with complimentary flights kindly sponsored by Nok Air from Bangkok.
Please contact cristy@soidog.org or on 093 6851332 for all English adoption enquires. For adoption enquiries in Thai please contact dayin@soidog.org or 086 3039806 ( Bangkok ) and tare@soidog-foundation.org or 093 7099622 ( Phuket )
About Soi Dog Foundation
Soi Dog Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2003. Soi Dog is a legally registered charity in Thailand, the United States, Australia, the UK, France and Holland with the aim to help the homeless, neglected and abused dogs and cats of Thailand. Soi Dog sterilises more than 10,000 dogs and cats every year to prevent them from producing unwanted puppies and kittens, provides emergency medical treatment to thousands of animals yearly, and adopts dogs and cats to people around the world. The organisation is also working to eliminate the cruel and illegal dogmeat trade in the region.
The schedule for September-December has been set. It will provide free sterilisation and rabies vaccination for dogs and cats in Cherng Talay, Koh Kaew, Kathu, Patong and Kamala. Date and venue as follows:
Cherng Talay
September 8-September 26
Cherng Talay Temple
Koh Kaew
September 29-October 3
Baan Bang Ku Multi-purpose Building (for Moo 1)
October 6-October 10
Baan Bang Ku Multi-purpose Building (for Moo 2)
October 13-October 17
Baan Koh Maprao School
Kathu
October 20-October 31
Ket Ho Temple
November 3-November 14
Kathu Temple
Patong
November 17-December 19
The Wastewater Treatment Plant
Kamala
December 22-December 26
Parking lot near health office (to be confirmed)
You can be part of the solution to reduce the stray dog and cat population in Phuket. In addition to stray animals, Soi Dog Foundation encourages owners to take their dog or cat to the mobile clinic for sterilisation, without any expense.
Voluntary donations of course will be a big help to save other lives. The mobile clinic will provide sterilisation and rabies vaccination weekdays Monday-Friday, from 9am-4pm with no exception for public holidays.
Please do not feed animals after 8pm and give no water after midnight on the day before you bring them for sterilsation. Please bring animals for sterilisation in the morning and plan to get them in the afternoon.
Another way to help is through adoption. Each year in Vietnam, an estimated five million dogs are tortured and slaughtered to provide dog meat to restaurants.
Dog meat is eaten for a number of reasons that span cultural, spiritual, seasonal and medicinal factors, but in reality has only become mass market in the last 40 to 50 years. In certain parts of Vietnam (mainly in the north of the country), dog meat is the meal of choice for family celebrations, get-togethers with friends and parties.
In Vietnamese culture, the dog is traditionally associated with luck, and towards the end of each lunar month consumption of dog meat increases as consumers believe it will bring them good luck for the next month, and keep bad luck away.
With consumption of dog meat in Vietnam at such a high level, demand often outstrips supply. Dog farming in the country exists on a relatively small scale, with most farms being small, unregulated businesses, each providing around 150 dogs a year for the trade.
Family pets are often stolen to meet the demand for dog meat. One dog thief was lynched and killed by an angry mob recently.
However domestic supply does not meet demand, so organised crime gangs have turned to stealing dogs from the streets in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, and illegally transporting them across the borders into Vietnam.
Authorities have in recent years become more successful in intercepting the lorries and trucks trafficking the animals, meaning that there are now over 1500 dogs being kept at a purpose built shelter in Thailand, all who desperately need adopting.
John Dalley, Vice President of the Soi Dog foundation stated that ''There is a real need to find homes for as many of these dogs as possible. The majority are stolen pets and extremely friendly but are struggling to survive in a shelter environment. It is extremely sad to see many of these dogs simply giving up and losing the will to live.
''Before being snatched from the streets they were used to living with families and cannot adapt to shelter life. They need human interaction and stimulating environments in which to live. A shelter environment simply can???t provide that.''
Soi Dog will be holding mobile adoption events in Bangkok for these rescued dogs so you can meet them in person in the near future.
All dogs offered for adoption are vaccinated and sterilised. Any dogs adopted within Thailand are free to good homes with complimentary flights kindly sponsored by Nok Air from Bangkok.
Please contact cristy@soidog.org or on 093 6851332 for all English adoption enquires. For adoption enquiries in Thai please contact dayin@soidog.org or 086 3039806 ( Bangkok ) and tare@soidog-foundation.org or 093 7099622 ( Phuket )
About Soi Dog Foundation
Soi Dog Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2003. Soi Dog is a legally registered charity in Thailand, the United States, Australia, the UK, France and Holland with the aim to help the homeless, neglected and abused dogs and cats of Thailand. Soi Dog sterilises more than 10,000 dogs and cats every year to prevent them from producing unwanted puppies and kittens, provides emergency medical treatment to thousands of animals yearly, and adopts dogs and cats to people around the world. The organisation is also working to eliminate the cruel and illegal dogmeat trade in the region.
There sure are a lot of three-legged soi dogs hopping about roundabouts, and other soi dog haunts.
Posted by farang #888 on September 2, 2014 06:45