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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
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
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
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.
Vietnam practitioners denounce use of dog and cat meat in traditional medicine
Vietnam practitioners denounce use of dog and cat meat in traditional medicine
Leaders of the traditional medicine community in Vietnam have denounced the use of dog and cat meat for medicinal purposes, marking a turning point for animal welfare in the country.
Stray puppy becomes millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by Soi Dog Foundation
Stray puppy becomes millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by Soi Dog Foundation
A one-eyed stray puppy in Thailand has become the millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation.
UN recognises protection from violence against animals as part of child rights
UN recognises protection from violence against animals as part of child rights
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
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.
Vietnamese National Assembly members to tackle dog and cat meat trade
Vietnamese National Assembly members to tackle dog and cat meat trade
A roundtable discussion aimed at combatting the consumption and trade of dog and cat meat was convened by Soi Dog Foundation International and social and behaviour change science agency ‘Intelligentmedia’ with the National Assembly of Viet Nam last week. The event brought together nearly 50 parliamentarians, government officials and specialists from across Vietnamese society to tackle the serious and urgent issue.
Dept of Disease Control chief visits Soi Dog Foundation to collaborate on rabies prevention
Dept of Disease Control chief visits Soi Dog Foundation to collaborate on rabies prevention
Soi Dog Foundation was proud to welcome the Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, along with representatives from other key agencies to the Soi Dog Foundation shelter in Mai Khao last week.
Soi Dog supports Phuket’s target of becoming the first rabies-free province in Thailand
Soi Dog supports Phuket’s target of becoming the first rabies-free province in Thailand
Phuket-based Soi Dog Foundation, whose stray animal CNVR programme (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return) is the largest of its kind in the world, has endorsed the recent announcement by Department of Disease Control Director General Dr Tares Kassanairawiwong of the intention to work together with the Department of Livestock Development and the Department of Local Administration towards making Phuket the first rabies-free province in Thailand.
Cat slaughterhouse shut down, 197 cats rescued in ‘milestone moment’ for animal welfare in Vietnam
Cat slaughterhouse shut down, 197 cats rescued in ‘milestone moment’ for animal welfare in Vietnam
An industrial-scale cat slaughterhouse in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Thap, capable of slaughtering up to 500 innocent cats a day, has ceased all operations following landmark intervention from the authorities.
Soi Dog probe sees man jailed for slaughter, consumption of puppies
Soi Dog probe sees man jailed for slaughter, consumption of puppies
PHUKET: A Nakhon Sri Thammarat man has been prosecuted under Thailand’s animal welfare law for the slaughter of puppies for consumption. The man was sentenced to three months in prison following a joint investigation by animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation and Chaloem Phrakiat Police.
Soi Dog Foundation delivers over 210 tons of food relief to animals in flood-hit provinces
Soi Dog Foundation delivers over 210 tons of food relief to animals in flood-hit provinces
Soi Dog Foundation has this month provided over 210 tons of food to more than 26,000 animals displaced by severe flooding in the provinces of Sing Buri, Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi, Ubon Ratchathani, Sukhothai and Ang Thong.
Soi Dog Foundation forges alliances to step up fight against dog meat trade, rabies
Soi Dog Foundation forges alliances to step up fight against dog meat trade, rabies
Soi Dog Foundation has proudly announced that it has officially partnered with the Department of Animal Health, Hanoi (DAH) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) to help rid Hanoi of dog-mediated human rabies by 2030.
Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter
Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter
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 hits 750,000 sterilisations
Soi Dog hits 750,000 sterilisations
Soi Dog Foundation has just surpassed the significant milestone of having neutered and vaccinated over 750,000 stray dogs and cats in Thailand and is well on its way to reaching a million animals before 2024.
Soi Dog calls for an end to the Asian dog meat trade
Soi Dog calls for an end to the Asian dog meat trade
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
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. 
Soi Dog celebrates growth of mobile sterilisation programme on World Spay Day
Soi Dog celebrates growth of mobile sterilisation programme on World Spay Day
Today, on World Spay Day (Feb 22), Soi Dog Foundation announced an expansion of its large-scale spay and neuter programme, known as CNVR (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return).
Vet Chula, Soi Dog partner up to research new method of dog contraception
Vet Chula, Soi Dog partner up to research new method of dog contraception
A PhD student at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Veterinary Science (Vet Chula) is researching a new non-surgical method of dog contraception in collaboration with animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation.