Phuket’s well-known doggie charity the Soi Dog Foundation (SDF) has expanded into Bangkok by teaming with Bangkok’s Soi Cats and Dogs (SCAD) organization.
SCAD will be integrated into SDF with general manager Phimpakarn Petpichetchien leading the new organization.
“Bangkok has a massive problem but is blessed with a large number of Thai people and groups who are working extremely hard to both find a solution to the problem and provide care for the many injured and sick animals in the city. SCAD is a tremendous organization which has achieved a great deal, but it is felt that by integrating with SDF far more can be done than working separately,” SDF founder John Dalley said in a statement, according to the Phuket Gazette. “SDF-SCAD Bangkok will be very much a Thai-run operation with SDF providing the necessary facilities and finance to support them.”
Annelize Booysen, president of the SCAD advisory committee, said that the partnership will help the organization better make a difference in the lives of street animals in Bangkok. “SDF has always been a partner to us – albeit at a distance – and we are very proud to be joining them now in the fight for improved animal welfare in Thailand,” she said.
One issue that Dalley pointed out was the sale of non-vaccinated and unsterilized puppies in Phuket, which are sourced mainly from puppy farms in Bangkok.
