Updates On 9th Aug 2017

We were recently approached by a Thai company called Cheil, who wanted to help us try and change perceptions of, and attitudes towards, street dogs in Thailand. The overwhelming majority of media coverage of street dogs here is negative, focusing mainly on disease and aggressive behaviour.

*Warning: Video contains footage of violence towards animals*

Their idea was to demonstrate the value of street dogs in protecting people and property in the areas they live. Many good-natured Thai citizens feed the street dogs in their area, and in return for this the dogs protect them and their homes.

Cheil came up with the simple idea of fitting video cameras to street dogs, with footage streamed directly to a small team of their employees. Any sign of criminal activity or danger in the neighbourhood would be reported directly to the police. The programme will be piloted in the Dusit district of Bangkok, and if successful will be rolled out to other districts there. We hope this initiative, entirely funded by Cheil, will go a small way to showing street dogs in a better light and slowly help to change negative attitudes towards them. Please take a quick look at the video, and let us know what you think!

Source: https://www.facebook.com/SoiDogPageInEnglish/videos/16487920..

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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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