A Plea from Gill to all visitors to Thailand 

When visiting countries abroad please try to follow these guidelines when it comes to animals.

You are staying in a hotel, guest house villa etc & there are dogs around, you feel sorry for them & allow them in your room, feed & cuddle them. You also let them sleep on the floor or on the furniture & bed.

Once you go home & the next guests arrive, they do not like animals, but the dogs don’t understand this & keep scratching on the door & try to get in the room. The new guests complain to the manager saying they don’t want these animals around their room & expect the manager to stop it happening.

So one of the following happens to kill the dog:

1. Club the dog to death
2. Poison the dog
3. Attack the dog with a machete

Also the dog whilst in your room being fed & taken care of, is away from his/her territory & new dogs can move in. So when the dog tries to go back it’s forced out by the newcomers, thus having no food or place to sleep!

I know you all mean well but in reality this is very dangerous and cruel as the dog thinks it now has a new owner and a new life.

If you want to feed the dogs then please do so well away from your accommodation’s grounds

Also please do NOT have your picture taken with any exotic animals, these are drugged & should be in the jungle & not on the streets or in shows.