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Last chance at love: Soi Dog Foundation seeks foster carers for hospice dogs
Last chance at love: Soi Dog Foundation seeks foster carers for hospice dogs
Saturday 14 June 2025 11:00 AM
Animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation is calling on residents of Phuket and Phang Nga to join its newly launched hospice foster programme, an initiative designed to provide love, care and dignity to shelter dogs with chronic or life-limiting conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease and cancer.
Woman charged with animal cruelty after roadside dumping of 42 kittens
Woman charged with animal cruelty after roadside dumping of 42 kittens
Sunday 7 April 2024 11:00 AM
A Thai woman has been charged with animal cruelty and fined B10,000 after abandoning 42 kittens by the side of a road in Mai Khao.
Soi Dog gets a Happy Doggo boost
Soi Dog gets a Happy Doggo boost
Sunday 18 February 2024 11:00 AM
In a unified effort to transform the lives of Thailand’s street dogs, Niall Harbison and his organisation Happy Doggo have joined forces with the renowned Soi Dog Foundation on a large-scale spay/neuter project which will see 2,000 dogs sterilised and vaccinated every single month.
Lotus’s join Soi Dog food donations campaign
Lotus’s join Soi Dog food donations campaign
Saturday 2 December 2023 11:00 AM
Phuket branches of the national shopping store chain Lotus’s along with Pet Us store are supporting Soi Dog Foundation through their ‘Feed us at Lotus’s’ campaign in an effort to help street dogs and cats.
Floating charity for animal welfare
Floating charity for animal welfare
Sunday 12 November 2023 03:00 PM
This Loy Krathong this year will see the annual fundraising event and doggie fashion show hosted by CHOW Pet Foods moved to Blue Tree Phuket, where guests will enjoy an evening meal designed by an executive chef and the stars of the show, the doggies, will enjoy a five-course feast.
UN recognises protection from violence against animals as part of child rights
UN recognises protection from violence against animals as part of child rights
Tuesday 5 September 2023 05:22 PM
The need for children to be protected from exposure to violence against animals has been officially adopted into the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), elevating animal rights into the human rights domain for the very first time. 
Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter
Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter
Saturday 12 August 2023 10:00 AM
Soi Dog Foundation carried out its annual vaccination drive at the Phuket Stray Dog Shelter in Thalang – also known as the government dog pound or GDP – this month.
Wichit Municipality to roll out free rabies vaccinations for pets
Wichit Municipality to roll out free rabies vaccinations for pets
Saturday 1 July 2023 02:00 PM
PHUKET: Wichit Municipality has announced a series of mobile clinics for people to have their pet cats and dogs vaccinated for rabies for free.
Sterilisation alone is not the cure
Sterilisation alone is not the cure
Sunday 11 December 2022 02:00 PM
Cooky Laksana, a veterinarian with the Rescue P.A.W.S. foundation located just south of Hua Hin, sterilises her 30th animal of the day. The same day, a local drops off an abandoned litter of puppies. “It can sometimes feel like an impossible task,” said Rescue P.A.W.S. Operations Manager Jacob Ivor Thomas.
Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter
Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter
Wednesday 31 August 2022 05:20 PM
Soi Dog Foundation recently carried out its annual vaccination drive at the Phuket Stray Dog Shelter in Thalang – also known as the government dog pound.
Soi Dog calls for an end to the Asian dog meat trade
Soi Dog calls for an end to the Asian dog meat trade
Sunday 7 August 2022 11:00 AM
Soi Dog Foundation has relaunched its latest campaign to end the dog and cat meat trade in Asia after the COVID-19 pandemic hampered progress during 2020 and 2021.
Soi Dog Foundation calls for tougher enforcement of dog and cat breeding welfare laws
Soi Dog Foundation calls for tougher enforcement of dog and cat breeding welfare laws
Thursday 19 May 2022 01:22 PM
Almost a year after legislation came into effect regulating dog and cat breeders in Thailand, Soi Dog Foundation has expressed concern about its implementation, stating that concrete legal action has yet to be taken. 
Phuket’s Soi Dog steps in to help provide urgent medical assistance to animals affected by the conflict in Ukraine
Phuket’s Soi Dog steps in to help provide urgent medical assistance to animals affected by the conflict in Ukraine
Saturday 2 April 2022 10:00 AM
PHUKET: World renowned animal rescue NGO Soi Dog Foundation, the leading organisation in Southeast Asia helping dogs and cats, has joined in support of Ukraine’s war-affected dogs and cats by teaming up with Poland’s oldest and largest animal welfare nonprofit, TOZ (Towarzystwo Opieki Nad Zwierzetami, or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), to help provide critical assistance to animals impacted by the Russian invasion of the country.
Soi Dog Foundation celebrates 600,000 sterilisations on World Rabies Day
Soi Dog Foundation celebrates 600,000 sterilisations on World Rabies Day
Tuesday 28 September 2021 11:00 AM
Soi Dog Foundation announced today (Sept 28) that it has surpassed 600,000 dogs and cats neutered and vaccinated since 2003 through its CNVR (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return) programme, which remains the largest of its kind in the world. 
Unleashed: Getting through the ‘teenage years’
Unleashed: Getting through the ‘teenage years’
Sunday 12 September 2021 01:30 PM
Most of us are aware that puppies, whilst seriously cute, can be lots of hard work. I often hear clients exclaiming that they are ‘looking forward to their puppy growing up!’ However, it can often be a case of be careful what you wish for. The next stage in dog development, the adolescent stage can be equally as challenging and if you have adolescent kids, you’ll know this already…
Unleashed: Don’t give the dog a bone
Unleashed: Don’t give the dog a bone
Sunday 8 August 2021 11:00 AM
Giving a dog a bone seems to be the quintessential thing to do. But like most things, it isn’t quite that simple. I get asked a lot whether it’s safe to give dogs bones, and the answer is always the same: Yes, and No! Which, to be fair, isn’t exactly helpful. So let’s dig a little deeper…
Soi Dog Foundation calls for CDC to revise ban on import of dogs into the USA
Soi Dog Foundation calls for CDC to revise ban on import of dogs into the USA
Saturday 19 June 2021 10:00 AM
Soi Dog Foundation (SDF) is asking the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rethink their blanket ban on the importation of rescued pet dogs from over 120 countries worldwide, including Thailand. The ban follows mounting concerns by the CDC about the transmission of rabies from unvaccinated dogs entering the country.
Unleashed: To feed or not to feed...
Unleashed: To feed or not to feed...
Sunday 6 June 2021 11:00 AM
A topic that comes up frequently is when and how often I should feed my dog. Conventional wisdom suggests a standard breakfast and dinner routine unless you have a young puppy, which we’d often spread into three to five smaller meals depending on the size and age of the pup.
Soi Dog warns importance of global animal health overlooked in fight against pandemics
Soi Dog warns importance of global animal health overlooked in fight against pandemics
Sunday 25 April 2021 09:00 AM
To mark World Vet Day yesterday (April 24), Soi Dog Foundation has joined a number of international organisations in signing an open letter calling on governments and international agencies to invest in animal health and welfare in order to prevent another pandemic.
Unleashed: It’s all in the bite…
Unleashed: It’s all in the bite…
Sunday 11 April 2021 11:00 AM
Puppies are proper cute, there’s no denying that. They can be endless fun and you’ll take billions of amazing lovely photos of them when they’re playing, falling over, or mostly when they’re sleeping – which they do, a LOT. But despite the endless amount of cuteness, the additional seemingly endless amount of ‘biting’ can get annoying and leads to one simple question: “How do I get the biting to stop?” Short answer: You don’t.

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