11/06/2025
♥️ Given that sometimes, people reading these posts have not lived in Thailand, I thought it was worth describing what it’s like for a big majority of street dogs. Just to help explain 🙏
🐕 Because spay/neuter is still fairly new as an initiative in Thailand (it’s become popular only in the last decade or so; thanks to non-profit groups like Hand to Paw promoting the benefits and offering it free of charge), many dogs were and still are being birthed unwanted. There are an estimated 70,000 roaming dogs in Chiang Mai province (where we are). When they come into this world unwanted (sometimes a street dog has gone inside someone’s yard or under their house to birth their entire litter), people who didn’t choose to have them around are confronted with 6-8 new dogs in their area following just one birth. When any of the females go into heat, the pack fight at all hours of the day and night. The villagers may get annoyed and shoo the dogs away, shoot them with pellet guns so they don’t stick around asking for food, poison and kill the dogs because they’re seen as pests, take the dogs and abandon them in another area, etc.
🐾 Dogs who are born on the streets or end up dumped on the streets will walk great lengths to try and find food. Sometimes, kind villagers will leave leftover food outside for them to eat and the dog will walk to and from various food sources to survive. It is absolutely heartbreaking to me that so many street dogs get nothing more than a bit to eat and sometimes, a space out of the elements to stay safe from the sun and the rain. They all deserve so much more protection. But on the flip side, I think that Thailand is one of the kindest countries who openly lets street dogs live outside of 7/11 stores, on parking lots, in temples, and many of the dogs will survive by getting fed by kind and decent people. This is such a blessing.
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