A Dog Meat Trade Survivors Long Journey Home. Hell..

A dog meat trade survivor’s long journey home. 🏠

Hello there! My name’s Jess, but I was previously known as Jet. I was only a puppy when some cruel person snatched me off the streets. I remember travelling in a truck loaded with other dogs. We were crammed in together so tightly that my bones felt like they were breaking, and I got bitten by the other dogs if I moved a muscle. I remember being so scared and confused, wondering where they were taking us all.

Suddenly, there was a halt, and I heard people yelling. I saw a kind face appearing and knew that these people were here to save us. I was taken to a temporary shelter close to my home in Buriram province in northeastern Thailand. There were thousands of dogs there. Some were old, some were young and some even looked as though they had an owner. We were given medical treatment, food and water. I was there for what felt like an eternity. Although I enjoyed the canine company, I longed to be cuddled and petted by a human. We also didn’t get to go out on walks very much.

One day, I was taken out and put inside a comfy carrier that had a soft blanket. It had a different feel than when I was forcefully crammed inside a cage. I knew wherever I was going, I was going to be safe. The travel was very long, but when I arrived at the Soi Dog shelter in Phuket, it was like a breath of fresh air. My run wasn’t crowded, and I got to be with humans again. They took me out for walks and let me run free in a large area for a few hours every day.

Despite this, I felt incomplete. I still felt like this was temporary. I wanted my own person, one that would call me theirs and give me a home I could call my own. Finally, after a few months at the shelter, I found her: my person and my forever family.

“Adopting Jess was one of the most amazing and rewarding things I have done. She absolutely adores us and we are so grateful for Soi Dog for allowing her to come and live with us. Her fate as a meat dog is just too horrid to think about and I give her extra hugs to make up for it.

She isn’t without her quirks and seems to know exactly which people I don’t like as she barks extra loud at them. She tolerates the cats and loves her dog pal Wellington. She loves her walks and even now dips her paws in the stream. She comes on holidays with us and loves the beaches. I love her so very much.” – Jess’s adopter.

Please don’t let homeless dogs and cats wait any longer for their #furrytailending to begin…

Adopt a dog: https://links.soidog.org/give-a-shelterdog-a-home

Adopt a cat: https://links.soidog.org/give-a-sheltercat-a-home

Source: https://www.facebook.com/SoiDogPageInEnglish/photos/a.137025..

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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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