Sterilising Phuket's dogs and cats,

Treating those who are otherwise left suffering, Feeding those that otherwise go hungry.

 

17,931 dogs and cats sterilised since October 2003 (to end March 2008)

 

It is estimated that Soi Dog look after over 1000 dogs in temples, the SDF centre and around the streets of Phuket. We desperately need sponsors to help us continue to help us help the strays of Phuket!

 

 
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Sterilisation

Please note prices have had to be increased due to the strengthening of the Thai Baht. However, we have arranged our prices to allow supporters to choose from a range of prices which will hopefully suit everyone. Existing subscribers will not be affected until renewing and please remember that general donations of any amount are very welcome.

 

Each dog sterilisation costs 20 Euros.

If you wish to make a donation to sterilise one or more dog with a single payment please click the 'sterilise a dog' button:

Sterilise one or more dogs with a single payment. Click on a button below.

 

You can help us more by sterilising a dog every month for a year

If you wish to pay 20 Euros each month for a year to sterilise a different dog each month please click the 'sterilise a dog' button:

 
Thanks to the following supporters who are sterilising a dog every month!

Erin Michaels

Meira Valtonen

Ayal Michaels

Cheryl Pashlin

Rita Small

 

 Help us reduce the suffering on Phuket by sterilising a dog or a cat.

Our monthly sterilisation bill is about 150,000 Thai Baht. We are currently able to sterilise about 200 animals per month. Please help us to continue our vital work and reduce suffering.

One pair of dogs will produce 16 puppies in one year, and if these also have offspring, the number rises to more than 500 puppies over three years.

 The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) estimates that a pair of breeding cats and their offspring can exponentially produce over 400,000 cats in 7 years.

Many people think pets can regain their so-called "natural" instincts and hunt to survive if they are abandoned or lost. The truth is - they can't. Their lives are a grim struggle to survive in back alleys or in rural areas on whatever scraps of food they can beg or steal. Unless they are cared for by a feeder, most die young from disease, starvation, neglect, and accidents - or die violently at the hand of cruel humans by poison or other horrific forms abuse.

No matter how many dogs and cats are killed, the fertile remainder can always breed rapidly up to the carrying capacity of the habitat, somewhere between becoming a public nuisance and suffering actual starvation.

 

Sterilise one or more cats with a single payment.

 

Each cat sterilisation costs 10 Euros

 

If you wish to make a donation to sterilise one or more cat with a single payment please click the 'sterilise a cat' button:


 

 Sterilise a cat every month for a year

 

If you wish to pay 10 Euros each month for a year to sterilise a different cat each month please click the 'sterilise a cat' button:

 

 

Thanks to the following supporters who are sterilising a cat every month!

Esther Geisser
 

The U.S. amply demonstrated that fallacy during the 20th century, catching and killing more dogs and cats in shelters than the probable sum of all the dogs and cats who were eaten in the whole of Asia. Only in the past 12 years has U.S. shelter killing fallen below that appalling volume. Poor areas, rural areas, and developing nations, cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the rich.

Putting sterilization, vaccination, and public education first is the least costly way to get started in reducing the over-population of unwanted dogs and cats. Providing low-cost or free sterilization and vaccination requires paying veterinarians and, in the event volunteer vets are available, buying medical supplies and equipment. Additionally, stray dog catching often requires blow-darting, for which syringes and drugs are expensive. This necessitates fundraising.

Soi Dog Foundation’s approach to sterilization is three-fold -- through our Catch & Carry program, by conducting field clinics (The Atigaro Project) and through working with local vets.