Tending to the dogs at immigration

"Lucy" and her pal are two of the luckier stray animals in the Krabi region. Due to simple luck she and her male counterpart friend happened to set up shop living in the various rain covered areas of the parking lot at Krabi Immigration and they are looked after and fed by the police officers and staff that work there. We recently went by to pick up Lucy for sterilization and vaccination as well as give some Bravecto to her unnamed male friend who also lives on the property.

Although our charity is staffed primarily by Thai people, there are a few of us that are not citizens of this country and just like anyone else that has to apply for and renew visas it is never a bad idea to cozy up to the officials as much as possible. Some might say that this is something that the people at immigration are financially capable of taking care of on their own but we do this for them gladly because at the moment they are tolerating the presence of two dogs on their rather massive and very pleasant environment for dogs but if the population were to expand - which it tends to, rapidly - this attitude of letting the dogs stick around could quickly change.

Lucy is one of the lucky street dogs in Krabi City; She has a name, is liked by the workers, and gets food every day that the immigration office is open - which is most days.

This also gives us a fantastic opportunity to politely educate the staff members at the office who are very influential in the community and could possibly be instrumental in spreading the word about how important it is that these animals are get spayed or neutered. It's a win / win and we would do it anyway even if it wasn't at the immigration office.

Lucy is extremely well tempered and clearly has gotten accustomed to interaction with humans as she didn't even resist being put in the kennel in the slightest. She will receive a full vaccination and be sterilized and given time for recovery before we bring her back.

These community outreach programs are very important as the education of the importance of looking after what has over the past 100 years become a very big problem in Thailand can only be accomplished on a grand scale by changing the perception that the population as a whole has towards stray animals.

If you know of a dog or cat in need of sterilization in the Krabi area, please send us an email [email protected] and we'll do our utmost to help. As always, if you would like to help us out either by donating or just in spirit, please visit our website here

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If you would like to see how you can help out, or simply spread the word, please visit our website at

http://krabianimalwelfare.org

_{Krabi Animal Welfare is a charity run entirely by volunteers and are a registered non-profit organization in Thailand and the U.K.. We aim to relieve the pain and suffering of dogs and cats within Krabi Province.}

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http://krabianimalwelfare.org

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