LATEST BANGKOK FLOOD RESCUE!.PHOTOS PART 2...Yesterday Soi Dog accompanied Khun Bee & her rescuers to Chaeng Wattana & Don Meuang areas where we'd received information that dogs were trapped in flood waters unable to get food. Our mission was to find these dogs,rescue them & take them back to our new transit centre in Sukhumvit, ready for transportation to rescue shelter in Cha Am. This trip was also used to deliver dog food to people in the flooded areas who are feeding dogs. Our boat was loaded up with donated food from the Nestle company & distibuted to dogs & people who feed them.
We found several dogs in deserted houses & garages who were perched on floating cars. These dogs were terrified & our rescuers struggled to catch them with their nets & bare hands. We also found puppies stranded on a floating rubbish tip who were delighted to see us & promptly jumped in our boat where they enjoyed some food & affection. Their mother was in deep water nearby & although terrified, we managed to rescue her too.
On our last boat ride through the night, we spotted a big black dog gasping & almost ready to drown as he swam for his life through 2 metres of water, searching desperately for dry land. We heard him struggling & our rescuers managed to save him just in time.
All dogs were loaded into big crates & back to central Bangkok. All fell asleep on the bumpy ride home, totally exhausted. Most had been swimming for hours or perched on floating cars not having eaten for several days.
It was nightfall before our boat returned with a total of 15 dogs. All were settled in for the night & picked up this afternoon for transportation to the rescue shelter. John Dalley accompanied this trip & helped with the rescue effort. He did receive a nasty dog bite in an attempt to save a very frightened dog, but we think he'll live!