Most of the 1,500 rescued dogs need urgent home: foundation

Soi Dog says its joint efforts with the ACPA and the Thai, Laotian and Vietnamese authorities had saved a lot of canine lives. Now more than 1,500 rescued dogs are living a specially-built shelter in Buri Ram.

John Dalley, Vice President of the Soi Dog foundation, said it was sad that many of the rescued canines appeared to be stolen pets who are not doing well in their new lives.

“There is a real need to find homes for as many of these dogs as possible. The majority are stolen pets and extremely friendly but are struggling to survive in a shelter environment,” he said.

“It is extremely sad to see many of these dogs simply giving up and losing the will to live. Before being snatched from the streets they were used to living with families and cannot adapt to shelter life.”

Soi Dog has thus launched a programme to let people adopt the rescued dogs.

The foundation announced that last week that three lucky dogs from the Buri Ram shelter had been flown to Phuket after being adopted by friendly families in Ireland, England and the USA. Naomi, Licorice and Jack were all victims of this barbaric trade and thanks to three Soi Dog supporters they have a second chance at a happy life.

All adoption costs such as the flights and travel crates are covered by the adopters.

For those interested in adopting in Thailand there are no adoption costs and all dogs are sterilised and vaccinated, the foundation said.

Nok Air provides free air transport to domestic destinations, with the travel crate is the only cost to be covered by the adopter. To adopt a dog rescued from the illegal Dog Meat Trade, email [email protected] or call (093) 685 1332.