Dog Meat Trade Investigations 03-2013...

Representatives from Soi Dog and NetAP (Network for Animal Protection � Switzerland) met with government and shelter officials in NE Thailand this week to discuss further steps towards ending the illegal dog meat trade to Vietnam as well as caring for the dogs rescued from the trade.

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Representatives from Soi Dog and NetAP (Network for Animal Protection � Switzerland) have been meeting with government and shelter personnel in NE Thailand this week to discuss further steps towards ending the illegal dog meat trade to Vietnam as well as caring for the dogs rescued from the trade.

Pictures in this album show:

Gill Dalley and Khun Toom of Soi Dog discussing the situation at Nakhom Phanom where the majority of the rescued dogs first arrive with Doctors Lek and Bo who trained with Soi Dog in 2011 and now work full time at the Nakhom Phanom shelter.

Gill Dalley is seen in one of the highly claustrophobic cages in which stolen dogs are transported with neither food nor water for days en route to Vietnam. Up to 12 dogs are crammed into each cage. The dogs often die en route: cages are stacked 3 tall by 3 wide by 6 long and the ones in the center invariably die of heat exhaustion. These are in fact the lucky ones who are spared the fate of being boiled or skinned alive in Vietnam (under the ignorant and mistaken belief that the adrenaline released from such torture enhances the flavor).

Officers from the Royal Thai Police were assigned to escort the group during their visit to Ban Tha Rae one of the main hubs of the trade. Due to the current steps being actively taken to end the trade it is virtually impossible for non-Thais to visit Ban Tha Rae safely.

Pictured also are just some of the 163 dogs rescued a few days ago by officers of the Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Police acting on information supplied by Soi Dog�s undercover investigators.

One of the pictures shows a now closed down transit centre where dogs from throughout Thailand were kept prior to large trucks arriving to smuggle them at night to the Mekong River bordering Thailand and Laos. Once over the Mekong the dogs are loaded into lorries and taken across Laos most typically to Hanoi.

The final picture in the album shows dog meat openly for sale in Ban Tha Rae. It is important to note that the vast majority of Thais are abhorred at the thought of eating dogs and are opposed to the illegal trade in dog meat.

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Established in 2003 in Phuket, Thailand, Soi Dog is Southeast Asia's largest organisation helping stray animals. The Gill Dalley sanctuary in Phuket is home to over 1,600 animals. Soi Dog also has a treatment facility in Bangkok and responds to crisis situations throughout Thailand. The organisation is dedicated to implementing effective, sustainable solutions that reduce the suffering of dogs and cats in Asia, runs entirely on donations and works efficiently so all donations are used to help animals as effectively as possible.

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