Vaccinate and Sterilise Stray Dogs in Thailand

Dear Supporter,

The GVI Thailand Elephant project is situated in Huay Pakoot, Chiang Mai; a small Karen hill tribe village in which many stray and pet dogs reside in. Due to the lack of adequate care, the GVI Charitable Trust set up the dog project in 2012 to assist in managing the dog population.

In June 2012, we had a vet team from Santisook Dog and Cat Rescue came to Huay Pakoot and carried out vaccinations and sterilizations on approximately 60 village dogsthanks to your donations; the sterilizations were successful. However, villagers continued to introduce new puppies to the village which defeated the purpose, due to a multitude of cultural reasons. As such, we decided to focus on the quality of life of the animals in the village. 

Early in 2013 many puppies in the village passed away from catching canine distemper but to our knowledge it did not affect any adult dogs. In August 2013 with continued funding GVI allowed for the village dogs to be vaccinated against distemper, Hepatitis type 2, Para influenza, Parvo virus and worms. 41 dogs were vaccinated by a staff vet nurse on project.  

GVI continues to keep a basic dog first aid kit on project in case of treatment for mange, fleas and minor accidents as well as deworming tablets. GVI Charitable Trust donations have been vital to enable village dogs a more pleasant and healthy life and the remaining funds will continue to deworm and deflea the GVI base dogs as well provide basic health care for all village dogs. 

Thank you for supporting this project over the previous years. We have raised enough funds now to ensure we can keep our dogs healthy and clean over the coming years. As GVI continues to build relationships in the village also, we will aim to continue teaching animal welfare. 

All the best,

From everyone at the GVI Charitable Trust.

Links:

• http://www.gvi.org