Today Is World Animal Day October 4, An Annual Glo..

Today is World Animal Day (October 4), an annual global event uniting the animal protection movement. 👏

Not only on this important day but on every day of the year, animal lovers from across the globe have the opportunity to celebrate and empower much-needed change for the animals who walk alongside us.

Since our founding in 2003, Soi Dog Foundation has worked to raise the status of street animals in Asia. We want to create a world where they are no longer deemed as ‘dirty animals’ or ‘lower beings’ who face exploitation, abuse, cruelty and neglect. Soi Dog was the driving force behind the promulgation of Thailand’s first Animal Welfare Act in December 2014, making acts of animal cruelty a criminal offence punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment and/or a 40,000 THB (1,260 USD) fine. Previously, the maximum penalty was a mere 500 THB (less than 16 USD) fine under Criminal Law.

Despite this achievement, sentencing was overly lenient and acts of horrific animal cruelty continued to be perpetrated in the years that followed. For example, in 2016, a chicken stall owner attacked Kao, a dog that was chained up, repeatedly hitting him with a metal bar. He then covered Kao’s head with a sack and stabbed him in the neck and chest. Being chained up, he could not escape, and he died in a pool of blood. The accused was sentenced to just two months’ in a detention centre. In 2017, a German man, in a completely unprovoked attack, picked up a much-loved resident dog called Dum in a bar and slammed his body to the ground, breaking his legs and causing such severe internal bleeding that he died. The offender was fined 5,000 THB (158 USD) and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment suspended for one year (no custodial sentence).

In response, Soi Dog put pressure on the government by gathering 1.5 million signatures on a petition calling for heavier penalties against animal cruelty. Thailand still has a long way to go in enforcing these laws and fine-tuning the legislation, but we continue to fight for the authorities to uphold animal welfare to its highest standards. Find out how we take action against animal cruelty through our Community Outreach programme here: https://links.soidog.org/soidog-actions-against-cruelty

Together with you, our amazing supporters, animal activists and animal-aid organisation representatives, we CAN create a major change for the betterment of animals in Thailand and beyond. By raising public awareness about animal issues, we CAN elevate the status of animals and their wellbeing to unprecedented levels! Please continue to help our cause: https://links.soidog.org/take-action-against-animal-cruelty

#AnimalWelfareWeek #EndAnimalCruelty #EndDogCatMeattrade

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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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