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Stray puppy becomes millionth animal to be neutered and vaccinated by Soi Dog Foundation

Thursday 14 September 2023 03:58 PM

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

Phuket Life / Community

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.

Phuket project supports islanders growing own veggies

Phuket Life / Community

Monday 4 September 2023 03:29 PM

PHUKET: Rewat Areerob, the President of the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO), over the weekend led an entourage of government officials, educators, local leaders and eager residents to embrace the spirit of ‘Phuket Veggie Land’ - an inspiring green endeavour to get more people living on the isladn to grow their own vegetables.

Blazing Saddles: A Year in Phuket

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 3 September 2023 12:00 PM

I moved to Phuket to live and take over the editorship of Art Asia Publishing’s Phuket Magazine in 2006. I’d jumped from the grinding maw of an exceedingly high (blood) pressured career as an advertising agency Vice President, based in Bangkok…. one of the hottest, congested and polluted cities on Earth.

See how they run!

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 27 August 2023 02:00 PM

Robert is a nut. A train nut. When you hear that a guy is retiring early to go and live in Thailand, the last kind of model you think he’s going to be hanging out with is a model railroad. But that’s exactly what Robert Kief of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce wound up doing. And he doesn’t mind you knowing that he’s loving it.

Kusoldharm Phuket hands out more than 3,000 ‘survival bags’ for Por Tor festival

Phuket Life / Community

Monday 21 August 2023 05:06 PM

In a heartwarming display of community solidarity, well-known local charitable organisation Kusoldharm Phuket Foundation has distributed more than 3,000 survival bags to individuals and families in need as part of the annual Por Tor Festival celebrations.

Jason Wilder memorial raises B32k for charity

Phuket Life / Community

Monday 14 August 2023 10:38 AM

A charity memorial held in Phuket Town last month in memory of renowned Phuket DJ Jason Wilder (real last name Winder) raised more than B32,000 to buy musical instruments for impoverished school children in Northern Thailand.

A snapshot of the South

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 13 August 2023 02:00 PM

To my amazement, the party ‒ celebrating my partner’s family acquisition of a new house ‒ went on all day. I should have expected it. After all, the previous day’s preparations had been exhaustive, and the cost far above what anyone might expect in a poor rural community. No expense had been spared.

At the helm of Rotary Patong

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 13 August 2023 11:00 AM

Walter Wyler has been elected President of Rotary Club of Patong Beach, the only English-language Rotary Club on the island. This is his second term as President, re-elected late last month to take up the mantle from outgoing President Best Wanamakok.

Soi Dog carries out annual vaccination drive at Phuket Stray Dog Shelter

Phuket Life / Community

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.

Blazing Saddles: ‘Kayaking Commuters’ Down Under

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 30 July 2023 12:09 PM

Forgoing my normal morning bike ride at six o’clock and the terror of Phuket’s daily road mayhem, one recent chilly and misty dawn, I found myself wolfing down a bacon and egg roll and coffee at a little Rose Bay café on the southern foreshore of Sydney Harbour. Nothing unusual about that you might say, until you notice that I’m wearing waterproof shorts and a spray jacket and that my knees are knocking uncontrollably together.

Vietnamese National Assembly members to tackle dog and cat meat trade

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 16 July 2023 10:00 AM

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

Phuket Life / Community

Saturday 15 July 2023 10:00 AM

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.

Gratitude flows as expat boy Daniel returns to Phuket continuing to fight for life

Phuket Life / Community

Thursday 6 July 2023 01:58 PM

PHUKET: The family and friends of Daniel Andreiev, a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who survived drowning in Phuket on May 2, have extended their heartfelt gratitude to all supporters after medics in Bangkok confirmed the boy’s return to Phuket tomorrow (July 7). Still in a coma, Daniel shows steady progress in recovery, making his mother Liudmyla believe in a man-made miracle by the Thai doctors along with Thai and foreign supporters who keep donating money to bring her son back to life.

Soi Dog supports Phuket’s target of becoming the first rabies-free province in Thailand

Phuket Life / Community

Monday 26 June 2023 03:57 PM

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.

Safe Waters: Recognising drowning and providing emergency help

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 11 June 2023 03:55 PM

The southwest monsoon has arrived in Phuket, making the dangers of the sea evident to most beach-goers, but not all. The recent drownings in Phuket emphasise the paramount importance of being able to not only avoid the dangers yourself but also provide help to others. Quick identification of an emergency is essential for rescue.

Blazing Saddles: Cycling with Serendib

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 11 June 2023 02:00 PM

Coined by the early Persian traders for the island also known to British colonialists as ‘Ceylon’ and today as Sri Lanka, Serendib is a lovely word with a delightful meaning. The Oxford dictionary defines it as “the unplanned discovery of charming or beguiling experiences” and it can be a part of travelling even in these frenetic days, IF you take the time to slow down and let the magic of happenstance divert you.

‘Wild Wolf’ completes Pattaya to Phuket charity walk

Phuket Life / Community

Sunday 11 June 2023 11:00 AM

A man with an extremely big heart recently completed an incredible 1,050-kilometre walk from Pattaya to Phuket to raise money for a children’s charity.

Blood bank at Vachira Phuket Hospital celebrates 56th anniversary

Phuket Life / Community

Wednesday 24 May 2023 05:49 PM

PHUKET: The blood bank at Vachira Phuket Hospital celebrated its 56th anniversary yesterday (May 23) with a formal ceremony at Phuket Provincial Hall chaired by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew and joined by 337 guests.

1,000km walk from Pattaya to Phuket to raise funds for ‘Take Care Kids’ charity

Phuket Life / Community

Monday 24 April 2023 04:08 PM

James Lee Valentine, better known simply as “Wild Wolf” to his friends, is walking the 1,000km from Pattaya to Phuket to raise funds for the Take Care Kids Foundation with the goal of raising B1 million for the charity to complete its home for orphaned children.

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