This area was pointed out to us by a concerned local who noticed several times that the females were having loads of pups and for the most part they get cared for during the first part of their lives but gradually it is guaranteed, without intervention, that most or all of these dogs will suffer and die.
Construction sites are actually great places for stray dogs to occupy because the migrant workers live in makeshift, home-made housing and they have a sort of "trade-off" with the street dogs there: Keep an eye out for intruders for us, and we will reward you with food. These migrant workers do have their limits though and 11 dogs is too many. Thankfully someone let us know and we let the workers know that we are not stealing their dogs and we'll be right back with them in a few days. It was nice to see that they were concerned for the animals even though they have only known them for a month or so.
We did what we always do which is to treat the males on site, and unless they are the pup of a new mother, we will leave the male dogs there after treating them for any noticeable health problems. We do not have the resources to sterilize the males as well but in a perfect environment we would sterilize them as well. We have to pick and choose where we will use our very limited resources.
Thankfully all of the pups were in relatively good health and have grown accustomed to having humans around so rounding them all up for the trip to the vet was actually pretty easy.
We will transport them to our clinic, sterilize the females, vaccinate them and treat them for parasites and then normally they can be transported back the very next day unless something goes wrong. The workers here are caring for the animals to a minimalist level, but it is good that they are receiving some level of care.
This is a good chance to give an example of what will happen to this pack if they are not sterilized. They seem happy and in good health now, but this is because they have care-takers that are feeding them for now. However, when this construction is finished, these migrant workers will pack up and leave and outside of a few very rare exceptions, when they do so, they leave all the dogs behind. While the workers appreciate the presence of the dogs, the new home-owners will not feel that way and in some situations the dogs are neglected and in worse situations the dogs are intentionally poisoned.
Also, even if that doesn't happen the 11 female dogs can be expected to have around 4-6 pups every year and even if they were well looked after, this would quickly multiply to unsustainable levels. 11 would become 50 in a year, and with one more reproductive cycle in perfect situations which do not exist, that 50 would become 200, then 1000, and so on. There are very limited resources and the reason why dogs have so many babies regardless of whether or not they have access to food is because though hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, it was necessary for packs to have as many offspring as possible even though most of them would die prematurely. This is the only reason why dogs managed to live in the wild throughout all time. The strongest would survive and breed and therefore they would pass on their traits to the offspring eventually making the pack as strong as it possibly could be.
Those times of survival by massive amounts of babies are behind us now though, even though the suffering is not.
It is necessary for humans to intervene to stop this cycle else the animals live in perpetual suffering and hunger. This is why we do what we do.
if you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
Krabi Animal Welfare is a charity run entirely by volunteers and are a registered non-profit organization in Thailand and the U.K.. We aim to relieve the pain and suffering of dogs and cats within Krabi Province.
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