Fwd: URGENT WORLDWIDE APPEAL for the Dogs of Thailand

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Hi,

 

I am forwarding this urgent message from the UK animal rights

group regarding the threat of closure of an animal shelter in

Thailand. This is tragic. Can anyone help this group? The worry is

never ending. Last night these rescuers were burgled and had lots of

things including their computer stolen. How bad can things get?

 

Denise

 

 

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO ALL GROUPS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

 

THAILAND DOGS IN DIRE NEED OF YOUR HELP!!!

 

PLEASE HELP TO KEEP THIS VITAL RESCUE OPERATION FOR THE THAILAND

DOGS BY MAKING A DONATION.

PLEASE READ THE FULL STORY BELOW AND DETAILS ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR

MOST IMPORTANT DONATION (NO MATTER HOW SMALL) TO SAVE PRECIOUS LIVES

THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ON THIS

SWAP TEAM

A life is a life no matter where or who!!

 

 

 

 

Hua Hin Dog Rescue Center

 

 

 

We are located in Hua Hin, Thailand, a scenic beach town 3

hours drive south of Bangkok. As with many towns in Asia,

overpopulation, malnutrition and disease amongst street dogs are a

problem. We are dedicated to trying to help with these problems as

much as we can.

 

All help, whether practical or financial is always gratefully

received!

 

 

The Hua Hin Dog Rescue Center is about to close due to lack

of funding.

 

We still have time to save this wonderful Rescue Center.

 

If this shelter closes it will be a disaster for the dogs in

Thailand.

 

 

Here is the current situation reported from the HHDRC:

 

 

" It's the end. HHDRC to close. "

 

 

It is with huge regret that I have to announce that Hua Hin

Dog Rescue Center will be closing, probably in the next week.

 

The problem is mainly financial, but involves many different

aspects like lack of volunteers/help, systematic bullying by the

tessadban, nowhere to move to, constant ( & costly) illnesses in the

dogs over the last few months, and other things.

 

We have been at this stage (no finances) before, and have

always managed to pull through. Maureen & I used to fund the center

ourselves when donations weren't forthcoming, but now, we cannot.

Maureen now works in UK & sends her wages to me here, to support

myself & Du's little boy, whom I've cared for since Du's death (he's

lived with me, however, for 4 years). I cannot adopt him or take him

out of Thailand, so Mum (Maureen) sends money so we can live

together, here. She works incredibly hard, but last month, I spent

half of the money she sent me on the dogs. Neither she, nor I can

afford for me to keep doing that. We have also put out appeals, the

last one in the Bangkok Post in May.We received a lot of donations

from that (as we have from other fundraising efforts), but due to day-

to-day costs, outbreaks of distemper & blood parasites (which

required costly drugs & diets to treat), our eviction & relocation &

more & more dogs coming in, we have arrived at this stage once again.

The only thing that could save us is a reliable source of monthly

income, guaranteed every month. Even then, we would struggle, as we

still have to move in a few months, but it would help.

 

Lack of manpower is a big problem. We only have one paid

worker, and there have been some vicious fights, recently, when he

has been too slow (in the dogs' minds) to distribute the food, or

when he hasn't maintained the pens' structures properly & dogs have

got into each others' pens. Apart from being very traumatic & painful

for the dogs, these are costly for us. One dog, Nam, is in the vets

now with countless stitches after literally having half her face

ripped off in a fight. She has been there for over a week & I have no

idea when she'll be well enough to leave, or how much it will cost.

 

The Tessadban have continually undermined us. They recently

dumped 30 pups on us (and more since). Some of the pups had distemper

& it spread like wildfire between them. I didn't have the money to

treat them with Augmentin & raw diet (as I did with the earlier

outbreak at my house), so they've had to have cephalexin, which isn't

nearly as good. Only 8 remain alive, and I am unsure if any will

survive. Derek & I have worked really hard trying to get them through

it, giving meds & fluids, trying to isolate them, cleaning eyes &

noses, trying to tempt them to eat; but nearly every day, there's

another little body to bury. It's heartbreaking & demoralising. When

I asked the tessadban for medicine and IV fluids to treat their pups,

they denied that they had given the pups to us and refused help. They

have given us no food, no money, no medicine to help these pups. That

is just one instance. There are too many to recount, including

physical assault on Kumar, our worker.

 

The plan is to release the healthy adult dogs, who are

neutered and vaccinated, back where they originally came from ( &

maybe temples). Verity will take 3 dogs down to the South with her. I

will keep about 15 of the worst dogs (including the paraplegics,

blind dogs, behavioural problems) as my personal pets. I will also

keep the healthy pups until they are old enough to fend for

themselves (or if I can rehome them, I'd far rather do that).

 

We are all heartbroken, we just can't believe it's come to

this. Without a consistent monthly income, though, none of us can

come up with a better option.

 

HHDRC would like to thank everyone who's helped us from the

bottom of our hearts. These include individuals who've sponsored or

donated, those who have adopted our dogs & given them wonderful

homes, the Observer magazine and the Bangkok Post for giving us such

nice coverage, Omer for keeping up & paying for the website, the

Hilton for giving us leftover food, Canadian Voice for Animals &

their supporters, SCAD, DogChance, WSPA, Nienke from Lucky Dogs - if

you've ever helped us, thank you, so much. It's only because of you

people that we've continued so long.

 

My last, personal, thank-you is to Christine & Jean-Claude

for starting HHDRC, to Alain for his help in the early days, to all

of our volunteers, long & short term, and most especially to Mum

(Maureen), Verity, Josette, Derek, Kumar & Koi. And most of all,

thank you to the dogs, who have repaid our efforts a thousandfold

with their love, loyalty & trust. I'm so sorry, babies, that it's

come to this.

 

 

EMERGENCY DONATIONS

 

 

To be able to keep this Rescue Center open, there are

currently two methods to send donations, firstly via PAYPAL and the

second direct into one of two Bank Accounts.

 

If you are able to help, please DONATE and help save this

Rescue Center.

 

 

PAYPAL payment details:

Canadian Voice for Animals

(Authorised to collect donations on behalf of the Rescue

Center)

ANYONE WHO MAKES A $75.00 U.S. OR CANADIAN DONATION FOR THE

THAILAND DOGS WILL RECEIVE A FREE T-SHIRT.

 

PLEASE CLICK HERE

 

 

UK Bank transfer details:

 

 

 

Acct name: Mrs MM Taylor

Bank: NatWest

Branch: St Asaph

Sort code: 54 41 11

Acct no: 01556061

 

Please provide the reference " Hua Hin " with the Donation.

 

If you do donate into this account, please email us at

info to let us know, otherwise we don't know who donated to us. .

 

 

THAILAND Payment details:

 

Donations: For those wanting to help us financially, we

always welcome donations. If you live in the Hua Hin area, donations

can be put into our collection boxes, found in many shops and

businesses. Alternatively, you can call Dawn on 081 9814406 and

arrange to meet up or visit the dogs and give a donation in person.

 

If you live in another area, donations can be made directly

into the HHDRC bank account

 

HHDRC Bank account:

 

Bank:

 

Bank of Ayudhya

 

Branch:

 

Hua Hin branch

 

Account name:

 

Mrs Maureen McCulloch Taylor or Mrs Dawn

Poole

 

Account number:

 

074-1-25450-9

 

Please be aware, if transferring funds from outside Thailand,

large transferral fees can be incurred.

 

If you do donate into this account, please email us at

info to let us know, otherwise we don't know who donated to us.

 

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE THIS CENTER !