Emergency Vet Teams Arrive At Nakhon Phanom�

Emergency Vet Teams Arrive At Nakhon Phanom�

Late last week Soi Dog was granted permission to bring in emergency vet teams from overseas to help rescued dogs at Nakhon Phanom shelter. World Vets, Worldwide Veterinary Services and the Humane Society International have all agreed to send emergency veterinarian teams.

The situation is still grim and your help is needed now so that as many dogs as possible can be saved.

The first emergency relief team accompanied by Soi Dog�s emergency relief coordinator Khun Toom arrived in Bangkok a few days ago then flew immediately to Nakhon Phanom where they have begun treating dogs.

A second team of 3 veterinarians arrived today as well. Additional quarantine cages are scheduled to arrive today and several hundred distemper/parvo test kits were taken with the first relief team. A third team of veterinarians will arrive on Saturday. Many other vets and nurses are on standby around the world to lend further assistance as required.

The cost of funding relief efforts as well as caring for the thousands of other dogs rescued from the dog meat trade and held at other shelters in the North East is enormous. Please help by becoming one of the Magic 1000 today at:

http://www.soidog.org/en/donate-today/24-05-2013-appeal/

The cost of providing food and medicine for the dogs at Nakhon Phanom continues to rise and your support is urgently needed! The amount already spent for just the dogs at Nakhon Phanom is already in excess of $45,000.

In Bangkok Soi Dog staff are waiting on standby to purchase all drugs and medications as requested by the veterinarian teams and to arrange overnight transport to the shelter. Supplies of interferon which attacks the distemper virus have been sourced and will be flown up as the vets require. At nearly $100 per dog interferon is extremely expensive but very effective. Another expensive drug which boosts the immune system enabling the dogs to better resist infection has also been sourced.

The limited treatment to date appears to have been based on wide use of antibiotics which may have helped some dogs symptoms but is ineffective in stopping epidemic transmission of distemper and parvo virus. We will do whatever we can to save as many dogs as possible

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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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