Soi Dog Foundation

  • Thailand NewsDoggone floods: Soi Dog races to feed Chiang Rai’s stranded paws

    Doggone floods: Soi Dog races to feed Chiang Rai’s stranded paws

    In a race against time, the Soi Dog Foundation dispatched a dedicated team to Chiang Rai to evaluate and address the urgent food needs of pets devastated by recent floods. Partnering with local officials, they aim to provide vital assistance to animals caught in the crisis, including the astonishing figure of 7,650 dogs and cats. Soi Dog’s staff, in collaboration with…

  • Thailand NewsSoi Dog Foundation launches sterilisations to curb stray population

    Soi Dog Foundation launches sterilisations to curb stray population

    The Soi Dog Foundation has introduced a free sterilisation service to tackle the increasing dog population and provide essential care for neglected strays in Nong Prue municipality. This initiative aims to reduce the number of stray dogs and ensure that pets receive proper medical attention. At the Nong Prue Municipality Health Park Dome, a skilled team of veterinarians offers sterilisation…

  • Thailand NewsPaws unite: Happy Doggo & Soi Dog tackle Asia’s strays

    Paws unite: Happy Doggo & Soi Dog tackle Asia’s strays

    Happy Doggo and Soi Dog Foundation have joined forces to tackle Asia’s stray animal crisis head-on with a colossal campaign. Aimed at putting an end to the suffering of homeless animals across the continent, this ambitious initiative promises to revolutionize the fight against the stray population. Animals 24-7, jaded by seeing grandiose claims in appeals and media releases a zillion…

  • Thailand NewsStray puppy becomes millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by Soi Dog Foundation

    Stray puppy becomes millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by Soi Dog Foundation

    A one-eyed stray puppy in Thailand has become the millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by the animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation. Aptly named ‘Million’, the homeless puppy was taken in by one of the foundation’s mobile sterilisation teams after she was found on the streets of Nakhon Si Thammarat, and soon after became the millionth animal to…

  • Phuket NewsMan bites dog: Dog-eating Thai man gets three months

    Man bites dog: Dog-eating Thai man gets three months

    A dog-eating Thai man has been sent to prison for three months for killing, cooking and eating his pet dogs, according to the Soi Dog Foundation. The charity said on Facebook yesterday that concern was raised by Soi Dog mobile clinic staff who encountered a puppy in the Chalerm Prakiat district of Nakhon Si Thammarat with a deep laceration to…

  • World NewsSoi Dog Foundation steps up fight against rabies and dog meat trade in Vietnam

    Soi Dog Foundation steps up fight against rabies and dog meat trade in Vietnam

    Today, September 28, is World Rabies Day. Thailand‘s Soi Dog Foundation would like to announce its new initiatives to help rid Hanoi in Vietnam of dog-mediated rabies by 2030. Soi Dog has partnered with the Department of Animal Health (DAH) in Hanoi and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) to help eradicate rabies from the Vietnamese capital. The goal…

  • Phuket NewsSoi Dog Foundation vaccinates over 700 stray dogs in Phuket, Thailand

    Soi Dog Foundation vaccinates over 700 stray dogs in Phuket, Thailand

    Soi Dog Foundation, a non-profit organisation, recently carried out its annual vaccination campaign at the Phuket Stray Dog Shelter in Thalang district, also known as the “government dog compound.” A team of Soi Dog veterinarians, community outreach staff, rescue officers, and a representative from the Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Livestock Development came together to vaccinate 735 resident…

  • Thailand NewsSoi Dog Foundation pledges to neuter 1 million animals in 2 years

    Soi Dog Foundation pledges to neuter 1 million animals in 2 years

    Now in 16 provinces, the Soi Dog Foundation has set a goal to vaccinate and neuter one million stray dogs and cats across Thailand within the next two years. The foundation has been working since 2003 to combat the problem of overpopulation of stray dogs all over the country. They launched a program that year called Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return…

  • Pattaya NewsOne Chon Buri municipality is neutering animals to have fewer strays

    One Chon Buri municipality is neutering animals to have fewer strays

    Officials in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung municipality are having animals spayed in order to lower the number of strays in the area. Yesterday, vetrinarians from the municipality’s livestock development department spayed animals at a temple. The Bang Lamung district chief said the goal of the campaign is to stop both stray animals, and pets, from reproducing. The chief added that…

  • Pattaya NewsTiny kitten rescued from gutter in Chon Buri

    Tiny kitten rescued from gutter in Chon Buri

    On Friday, firefighters in Sri Racha district of Chon Buri province rescued a 3 month old kitten from a roadside gutter it had fallen into. A woman told The Pattaya News that she heard the cat crying from somewhere and discovered that the kitten was stuck in a gutter, so she called 199 for help. The firefighters said the gutter…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket Soi Dog volunteer to brave Himalayas to raise money for foundation

    Phuket Soi Dog volunteer to brave Himalayas to raise money for foundation

    A volunteer from Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket plans to brave a trek through the rugged Himalayan mountains to raise money for the foundation. The volunteer, 51 year old Yanisa, wants to reach the summit of the 6,419-metre Mount Chulu West with her husband in 21 days. Yanisa and her husband, 65 year old Rohun, will start from Kathmandu in…

  • World NewsPhuket’s Soi Dog Foundation to give US0,000 to Ukrainian pets

    Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation to give US$250,000 to Ukrainian pets

    Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation plans to give a grant of US$250,ooo to a clinic in Poland for Ukrainian pets whose owners fled Russia’s invasion. The money will also help a Polish animal society give immediate care to pets in desperate need right now. An estimated 40,000 dogs and cats have come with their owners to Poland since the invasion began…

  • Thailand NewsSoi Dog Foundation rescues neglected and dying dogs from illegal Surat Thani shelter

    Soi Dog Foundation rescues neglected and dying dogs from illegal Surat Thani shelter

    The following is a press release from the Soi Dog Foundation. An illegal shelter in Surat Thani has been successfully shut down and 17 street dogs were rescued by Soi Dog Foundation after reports were received of dire conditions and severe neglect. The shelter was reportedly constructed by a local landowner to contain the dogs who had been living on…

  • Thailand NewsSoi Dog Foundation warns of dangers of sheltering amid distemper outbreak on Koh Kood

    Soi Dog Foundation warns of dangers of sheltering amid distemper outbreak on Koh Kood

    The following is a press release from the Soi Dog Foundation. Soi Dog Foundation is warning against the unmanaged sheltering of stray dogs following an outbreak of canine distemper virus at a government-run facility on the island of Koh Kood in Trat province. Transmitted through direct contact and airborne exposure – namely sneezing, coughing and sharing food and water bowls…

  • Thailand NewsSoi Dog Foundation sends over 100 tonnes of dog and cat food for flood relief

    Soi Dog Foundation sends over 100 tonnes of dog and cat food for flood relief

    The following is a press release from the Soi Dog Foundation. Soi Dog Foundation’s ongoing relief effort for dogs and cats affected by the recent flooding in Central Thailand has seen the amount of food delivered to desperate dogs and cats exceed a whopping 100 tonnes. Following the initial distribution in late September of 64 tonnes of food to flood-affected…

  • Bangkok NewsSoi Dog Foundation provides food relief for animals in flood-hit central Thailand

    Soi Dog Foundation provides food relief for animals in flood-hit central Thailand

    Thailand’s Soi Dog Foundation has this week provided over 40 tons of dog and cat food for 3,000+ animals affected by severe flooding in the central Thai provinces of Ayutthaya and Sing Buri. The food was distributed to stray and domestic animals in five districts… Bang Ban, Sena, Bang Pahan and Tha Ruea in Ayutthaya, and in Buri in Sing…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket’s Soi Dog Foundation opens Humane Education Centre at Mai Khao shelter

    Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation opens Humane Education Centre at Mai Khao shelter

    The Soi Dog Foundation has officially opened its Humane Education Centre, the first of its kind in Thailand dedicated to the welfare of stray animals. The centre, located at the Soi Dog shelter in northern Phuket, forms part of the foundation’s Humane Education program. Rolled out in 2017, the program sees a team visit Thai schools to teach the next…

  • Thai LifeSoi Dog Foundation co-founder John Dalley honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

    Soi Dog Foundation co-founder John Dalley honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

    Thailand’s Soi Dog Foundation co-founder John Dalley has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List and been awarded an MBE, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for his animal welfare efforts in south east Asia. John Dalley, from Leeds, UK, was named alongside celebrities, volunteers, medical staff and key workers in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. When asked…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket church group come to the rescue of suffering soi dog

    Phuket church group come to the rescue of suffering soi dog

    Members of the Zion of God Church in Phuket came to the rescue of a suffering street dog last Saturday after finding the poor pooch outside the church in Talad Nuea with maggot-infest head wounds. The group contacted Soi Dog Foundation for help who confirmed they would dispatch their animal rescue officers to collect the dog the following day. Fearing…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket beach to ban pet dogs, but strays are okay

    Phuket beach to ban pet dogs, but strays are okay

    Don’t bring your dog to Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach. Stray dogs are fine to keep roaming, but if a new ban is passed, dog owners will face an up to 2,000 baht fine if they bring their pet woofer. The new rules comes after a visitor at the beach was attacked by 2 dogs an owner allowed to run around…

  • Covid-19 NewsPhuket’s Soi Dog Foundation: State of Emergency affecting homeless dogs and cats

    Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation: State of Emergency affecting homeless dogs and cats

    During these troubled times, Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket has changed a few policies. Community Relations Manager Sakdapol Thongjan issued a special notice saying… in light of the escalation in Covid-19 cases worldwide, and to support the community efforts to stem the spread within Thailand, with immediate effect Soi Dog Foundation has decided to close the sanctuary to visitors and volunteers…

  • Bangkok NewsSoi Dog reaches new milestone – neutering 100,000 animals in one year

    Soi Dog reaches new milestone – neutering 100,000 animals in one year

    “The day we see no suffering of stray animals on the streets and the eradication of rabies in Thailand.” That’s the long-term goals of the Soi Dog Foundation. The non-profit organisation has made great strides towards these so far in 2019 by surpassing 100,000 stray dog and cat sterilisations in a calendar year for the first time in its history,…

  • Phuket NewsToto, the sea-going stray, is now at Soi Dog and ready for adoption

    Toto, the sea-going stray, is now at Soi Dog and ready for adoption

    After many a long walk on Phuket’s tough roads, through the heat and rain, Toto, the dog who never gave up looking for his owner, eventually found in himself in Rawai, a long way from where his journey began. Saranyoo Hassanai, who works at Chalong Bay, spoke to Newshawk Phuket about the stray dog that had been hanging around Ao Chalong Pier…

  • Phuket NewsSoi Dog’s mobile clinic continues in Phuket, starting in Rawai

    Soi Dog’s mobile clinic continues in Phuket, starting in Rawai

    The mobile clinic of Soi Dog Foundation, which provides sterilisation and vaccination free of charge, has begun in the Rawai area. The mobile clinic forms part of the CNVR program – Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release – which is the core mission of Soi Dog Foundation and the most effective and humane way to control the street dog and cat population…

  • Phuket NewsUPDATE: Leopard Cat recovering after car accident with Soi Dog Foundation vets

    UPDATE: Leopard Cat recovering after car accident with Soi Dog Foundation vets

    PHOTO: ‘Happy Tiger’ – Recovering at Soi Dog Foundation, Mai Khao The condition of the Leopard Cat remains much the same – there has been no real improvement. The leopard cat is still under the care of Soi Dog Foundation vets. The vets have reported that his left eye doesn’t respond to light or anything and is probably blind. The…

  • Phuket NewsA ‘pawsome’ Sunday with Surf for Soi Dog at SurfHouse Kata Beach

    A ‘pawsome’ Sunday with Surf for Soi Dog at SurfHouse Kata Beach

    Soi Dog Foundation, teaming up with Surf House Phuket, had a ‘pawsome’ day of surfing yesterday. The proceeds from the surfing tickets were donated to contribute to the work of Soi Dog on helping to relieve the suffering of dogs and cats across Thailand and Asia. The charity surfing session took place from midday until 6pm and was attended by…

  • Phuket NewsSurf for Soi Dog at SurfHouse Phuket

    Surf for Soi Dog at SurfHouse Phuket

    Surf House Phuket Kata Beach is teaming up with Phuket charity Soi Dog Foundation for a pawsome day of surfing, with proceeds from their surfing sales being donated to help the suffering dogs and cats of the island and wider Thailand. Founded in 2003, Soi Dog Foundation cares for the stray dog and cats of Phuket and beyond, through its programs…