CINDY & DEREK'S STORY... read our volunteer's first hand account of their rescue mission to "Dogs Island" where 100 dogs are stranded on a bridge & adjoining island. Volunteer boats arrive every day to feed & spend time with these dogs. This is a 4 hour journey from Bangkok on the back of a truck. This is heart wrenching work for all the people involved. We so want to rescue these dogs, but life i...s never that simple. Read the story & understand the difficulties we face.
We set of at 8.00am for the pickup point on Rama2. The truck was due to arrive at 9.00am but turned up about 9.30. It was a large open truck with a crane, on the back was a large aluminium flat bottom boat. The boat contained dog crates filled with life jackets. By the time the truck arrived there were about 25 young Thai's waiting to join the rescue effort. Most were students, mainly men with 6 young girls, we all found a spot on the truck, either sitting on the dog crates or round the side of the boat.