UPDATE ON THE DOGS AT THE NAKHON PHANOM SHELTER WHO WERE RESCUED

UPDATE ON THE DOGS AT THE NAKHON PHANOM SHELTER WHO WERE RESCUED FROM DOG MEAT SMUGGLERS… Soi Dog is collaborating with the Department of Livestock in providing food, medicines and veterinary help for the 1200+ dogs rescued from the dog meat traders. These dogs are currently being held at the Nakhon Phanom shelter in NE Thailand. 12 tons of food has been shipped as well as large quantities of vital medicines, mostly importantly vaccines.

Soi Dog President and veterinarian Dr. Suchon Jittanonta and Soi Dog�s relief coordinator Khun Toom arrived at the shelter earlier this week and met with the head veterinarian there as well as meeting with additional shelter personnel including Dr. Bo and Dr. Lek who worked for SDF last year. It was a condition of the Nakhom Phanom Governor in accepting the dogs that SDF would cover the costs involved for them being there.

It is vitally important to get the dogs vaccinated as quickly as possible as it is likely that some of them will be carrying parvo, distemper and possibly rabies viruses. Many thanks to those of you who have donated towards helping these dogs.

For more information on the recent rescue please see…http://www.soidog.org/en/tos

Volunteers from the Animal Activists Alliance Thailand and the Elephant Nature Park Foundation are assisting local staff to care for the dogs, many of whom had been hidden in the jungle for several days and were very weak as a result.

Meanwhile in Khemmaret the Soi Dog team working there have now sterilized over 500 of the dogs. A major catastrophe has been averted, as nearly all the females were coming into season which could have led to literally thousands of unwanted puppies being born there.

Soi Dog and the Elephant Nature Park Foundation are jointly financing the cost of hiring a lawyer to fight a recent decision to allow convicted traders to claim back the victims of their crimes.

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Established in 2003 in Phuket, Thailand, Soi Dog is Southeast Asia's largest organisation helping stray animals. The Gill Dalley sanctuary in Phuket is home to over 1,600 animals. Soi Dog also has a treatment facility in Bangkok and responds to crisis situations throughout Thailand. The organisation is dedicated to implementing effective, sustainable solutions that reduce the suffering of dogs and cats in Asia, runs entirely on donations and works efficiently so all donations are used to help animals as effectively as possible.

The foundation is a registered not-for-profit organisation in Thailand, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, France and Holland. It has a maximum 4-star rating with Charity Navigator, the largest and most-utilised independent non-profit evaluator in the United States, a platinum seal of transparency from Candid, the world’s largest source of non-profit information, a Top Rated award from Greatnonprofits and the Travelers’ Choice award from Tripadvisor.

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