Help dogs rescued from the barbaric dog meat trade

With your help, Soi Dog Foundation has been fighting the dog meat trade in Thailand for many years. With an animal cruelty law being introduced and enforced in Thailand, and a significant drop in the number of dogs being smuggled into the dog meat trade in Vietnam, it is now time to fight this cruel practice where it is most prevalent - Vietnam. 

Recently, Soi Dog Foundation was invited to a meeting of the People's Committee of District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, and asked if we would work with them to provide permanent and sustainable solutions for District 12 to become the first district of Vietnam to be dog meat trade-free.

We expect this development to create a snowball effect throughout other districts in Vietnam. The People’s Committee asked us to provide direction, practical help, and insight in the following areas:

1. Research into the scale, volume, and location of local slaughterhouses, holding areas, markets, dog and cat meat restaurants and dog thieving activity
2. Develop a proposal for a total ban on dog meat and present it to the board of the People's Committee of District 12
3. Launch an action plan to eliminate all aspects of the dog meat trade across District 12
4. Review and improve the status of dog and cat animal welfare within District 12

The Chairman of the People's Committee is committed to achieving these goals, and Soi Dog Foundation will commit all resources necessary to make this happen

It is only because of your generous support that such a huge difference is being made in the lives of dogs and cats in Asia. These dogs and cats have no one else to turn to but you and other compassionate individuals.

Links:

• http://www.soidog.org

Soi Dog Foundation has recently been making great strides in finding loving homes for the dogs rescued from the dog meat trade. Thanks to partnerships with rescue organisations in the US and Canada, 600 dogs have found their forever homes.

The dogs that have been rehomed from the dog meat trade were initially housed at a government run shelter in Buriram, Thailand, before heading the the Soi Dog shelter in Phuket for assessment and rehabilitation where required. While the Buriram shelter is government run, Soi Dog supporters fund the feeding, veterinary care and shelter improvements for these dogs.

The ultimate aim is to empty the Buriram shelter, and find homes for each and every dog. While this is a challenge in itself, wonderful progress has been made with only a few hundred dogs remaining from an initial total of over 1000. However, due to the closure of another government run shelter, located in Thon Pha Phum, approximately 500 new dogs have arrived at the Buriram shelter, once again increasing the number of dogs Soi Dog need to find homes for.

Soi Dog will never turn their back on these dogs, but help is needed from supporters like you. Not only will supporters continue to fund the feeding, medical care and sheltering of the dogs rescued from the dog meat trade, but will do all they can to rehabilitate these dogs and find them homes.

To do this, several new enclosures have been built to house the dogs prior to adoption at the Phuket shelter. They also have their own dedicated vet to ensure their health and a team of behaviourists on hand to help those who have been traumatised from their previous experiences. These dogs will have the very best chance to have the future they deserve. There are also future plans to build more runs, and a dedicated behaviour and enhancement area.

Their future depends on you. Please help these dogs today. 

Links:

• http://www.soidog.org