WORLDWIDE APPEAL for the Dogs of Thailand

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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.

 

 

 

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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 !