By Perley-Ann Friedman | Project Leader and CFO, Lanta Animal Welfare
Lanta Animal Welfare Kitty Kity Progress Report - May 2016
Kitty City Current Activity
Our Kitty City Project has now entered the design phase. This phase involves preparing the proper building documents for the Kitty City facility, including electrical, plumbing, and other trades schematics on the drawings. There are also many Thai government approvals required to ensure the plans meet the many requirements here in Thailand.
We have been fortunate to have sourced a local gentleman who builds large retirement homes on an adjacent island to help with the design phase and possibly with the build phase as well. His knowledge of the Thai approval process and the required building standards makes his contribution to this phase invaluable.
This man has always been a friend to the cats of southern Thailand. A few times a year he arranges for upwards of 20 cats to come to our clinic on Koh Lanta for sterilization. He has even organized a 2 day sterilization clinic on Koh Jum so we could do the procedure on site, providing lodging and food for our traveling vets and helpers.
Some of Lanta Animal Welfare's Current Activities
To give you a better picture of Lanta Animal Welfare, I'm going to tell you about 2 recent activities that we are very excited about.
We Completed over 150 Sterilizations in April 2016
Performing neutering and castrations are the main objectives of LAW and just last month a record of 150 animals were sterilised by the LAW volunteer vets. Steriliations is the only humane method to control unwanted litters of cat and dog populations. Over the years thousands and thousands of cats and dogs have been sterilised thanks to your support and donations.
The work only continues with hundreds of sterilizations being carried out on both stray and pet cat and dogs every month. Sterilizations not only controls populations but also ensures a healthy pet minimizing their risks of roaming, fighting and diseases such as pyometra in dogs and contacting fatal infections such as Feline Leukemia and Aids in cats which almost always results in long suffering and pain eventually death.
We are about to launch the Lanta Animal Welfare eShop
At Lanta Animal Welfare on Koh Lanta we have a small shop selling our merchandise. We have decided to expand our shop to include an on-line eShop so supporters can purchase our merchandize even when they are back home. This will help us with our cash flow during the spring-fall low season. During this season our visitor numbers are greatly reduced from around 100 people a day in the winter high season, down to 10 people each day in low season.
While the tourists may not be traveling to a warm climate in low season, our cats and dogs still need to be sterilized, rescued, cared for and adopted. We will be selling our Eco-Tote Bags, Caps, Drink Coolers and various clothing items in our eShop. We are targetting our lauch around mid-June and working very hard to meet this day Our eShop will be available on both our Facebook page and on our Website. I will be sending out a notice when we lauch so you can go in and browse around.
Our Sincere Gratitude to All Our Kitty City Supporters
I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you for your generosity, helping us with our Kitty City Project fundraising. Please let me know if you have any comments, questions or suggestions.
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