A lifeline for the dogs of Lampang

The project has now finished, but if you choose to donate, your support will help other outreach projects like this. 

Lampang, a city in Thailand, is famous for its ancient temples and beautiful architecture, but sadly, a few miles out of the city there is a saddening sight. An animal welfare crisis.

A single 2km strip of land connected to a temple has been a dumping ground for unwanted dogs for the past ten years. Today, well over 300 dogs compete for space and food to survive.

Local animal lovers try to help the dogs by providing them with food, but there is never enough, leading to frequent and aggressive fights between packs of dogs. This causes painful injuries, suffering and too many heart-wrenching and unnecessary deaths.

Such a large number of dogs means that there is also uncontrolled breeding, as a result, puppies often wander across the road, with many sadly killed or seriously injured by traffic. The ones that survive are trapped into the same cycle, fighting for food, having puppies of their own, and then fighting to feed their puppies.

Without intervention, the numbers won’t stop increasing and the suffering will only intensify. Fighting also leaves these dogs more susceptible to rabies, a fatal disease that can be quickly spread through a bite from an infected animal.

A student group in Lampang came across the crisis and reached out for help. They contacted our local veterinary team who are based close by, in the city of Chiang Mai, and requested that we act. We immediately jumped into gear, planning and preparing a life-saving mission. Now, we are almost ready to go, but we need your help to make the greatest impact.

Please donate today to help give these dogs a better, happier future. Your support will change lives.

The most effective way to improve the lives of these dogs is through an intensive spay and neuter campaign. This will not only stop the uncontrolled breeding, it will also improve the animals’ quality of life. Our team have been working with the local government, Forestry Department, and the people currently feeding the dogs to develop an effective plan to give them the life they deserve. 

For months, we have tirelessly been conducting population surveys and creating an impactful plan to catch these free-roaming dogs in a kind and stress-free way. With assistance from the Forestry Commission, we’ve created bamboo enclosures, which the dogs are now being regularly fed in. This will help them become comfortable with the enclosures, and allow our catching teams to safely collect the dogs for surgery.

This month, the intensive spay and neuter programme will begin. Donate today to help transport these dogs, buy the medication needed for the surgeries, and give them a brighter future. 

Our work does not stop there. It’s vitally important that we work with the local communities to educate them about the problems that arise from abandoning dogs. With your help, we can act now and prevent situations like this from happening again.

£11 could vaccinate 10 dogs against rabies, protecting them against this cruel and fatal disease.

£25 could provide the food needed to help catch 30 dogs in a day.

£50 could transport a sick or injured dog to our Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and provide the care and treatment it needs for a week.

£75 could build a bamboo enclosure to help safely and calmly catch dogs for sterilisation.

£100 could sterilise five dogs, breaking the cycle of needless suffering.