No. 80 – High Five!
A continuous challenge throughout our little adventure! We're going to try and get at least 101 people to donate £5 each to this site. The money raised goes DIRECTLY to the people we meet on our travels who are most in need. In India we decided to spend our money on livestock to give to families who can breed the animals for food and dairy or to sell onto others.
A continuous challenge throughout our little adventure! We're going to try and get at least 101 people to donate £5 each to this site. The money raised goes DIRECTLY to the people we meet on our travels who are most in need. In India we decided to spend our money on livestock to give to families who can breed the animals for food and dairy or to sell onto others.
April 10th 2008
Whilst up in the north (around about Vietnam and Cambodia) we arranged to meet up with these two amazing peeps so that they could introduce us to PAWS (Phuket Animal Welfare Society) and help us give away some of the cash that you lot have so lovingly, selflessly and generously given us to spend on nice and deserving things.
Whilst up in the north (around about Vietnam and Cambodia) we arranged to meet up with these two amazing peeps so that they could introduce us to PAWS (Phuket Animal Welfare Society) and help us give away some of the cash that you lot have so lovingly, selflessly and generously given us to spend on nice and deserving things.
You see, Thailand has a massive stray problem. Dog's are everywhere. Cat's are too. Some of them are just happy strays, but although these little blighters may be having fun rummaging through rubbish and feeding on leftovers, through no fault of their own, they know nothing of contraception and the likes. So, these horny little furry things are having litters all over the place. That means that the already big problem of thousands of strays is becoming even bigger.
On the other hand though, and again through no fault of their own, thousands of our four-legged-friends are being abused like you couldn't imagine. Beaten, ill-fed, mistreated, abandoned to fend for themselves, torched, attacked with machetes or (sadly, if they're not in any of the above categories) simply killed.
PAWS does a bloody good job with these animals. The strays (who can't keep it in their pants) are sterilised/castrated in order to prevent the already big problem, getting further out of control. All the animals, which are either picked up off the streets or collected at temples around the island (people also dump unwanted cats and dogs for the Monks to look after) by Athena, Russell or their amazing staff of five vets and assistants, are given a health check and sterilised. They also re-home and rehabilitate hundreds of doggies and cats.?If you have a dog or a cat or, if you don't but want one or, don't want one but still like them or, if you simply know someone who has a pet - please visit the PAWS website. The animals really need all the help they can get - there are no laws in Thailand protecting these creatures, the centre is completely run on donations and they need more to be able to keep doing what they're doing. We were shown around the clinic, it was amazing! The monks were helping, the vets and assistants were working non-stop and Athena talked us through everything that was making us cringe. After a quick spot of lunch (which Athena paid for - she's that lovely!) we headed back to the clinic and used 100 pounds of your donations to help PAWS continue their great work. It was meant to be £60 but Lindsay got carried away and gave more.
The £5 each the following people donated was used to buy 10 bloody HUGE bags of dog food. Athena says "Thank you everybody" and the dogs say "woof, woof, woof". The cats weren't amused. Jennifer Zoiti, Christian Carbines, Lisa/Michael Bell, Hannah Loaring, Charlene Wilson, Jaqueline Williamson (£10), Joanne Sloan, Jo Slatem, Ketherine Ross, Jill Meldrum, Adam Keyte, George Johnston, Daniel Howells, Sophie Cooper, Trish Waters, Ronnie Vine, Dawn Taylor, Sarah Ryan
PAWS does a bloody good job with these animals. The strays (who can't keep it in their pants) are sterilised/castrated in order to prevent the already big problem, getting further out of control. All the animals, which are either picked up off the streets or collected at temples around the island (people also dump unwanted cats and dogs for the Monks to look after) by Athena, Russell or their amazing staff of five vets and assistants, are given a health check and sterilised. They also re-home and rehabilitate hundreds of doggies and cats.?If you have a dog or a cat or, if you don't but want one or, don't want one but still like them or, if you simply know someone who has a pet - please visit the PAWS website. The animals really need all the help they can get - there are no laws in Thailand protecting these creatures, the centre is completely run on donations and they need more to be able to keep doing what they're doing. We were shown around the clinic, it was amazing! The monks were helping, the vets and assistants were working non-stop and Athena talked us through everything that was making us cringe. After a quick spot of lunch (which Athena paid for - she's that lovely!) we headed back to the clinic and used 100 pounds of your donations to help PAWS continue their great work. It was meant to be £60 but Lindsay got carried away and gave more.
The £5 each the following people donated was used to buy 10 bloody HUGE bags of dog food. Athena says "Thank you everybody" and the dogs say "woof, woof, woof". The cats weren't amused. Jennifer Zoiti, Christian Carbines, Lisa/Michael Bell, Hannah Loaring, Charlene Wilson, Jaqueline Williamson (£10), Joanne Sloan, Jo Slatem, Ketherine Ross, Jill Meldrum, Adam Keyte, George Johnston, Daniel Howells, Sophie Cooper, Trish Waters, Ronnie Vine, Dawn Taylor, Sarah Ryan