It's not often that the police have any interactions with us but this time I was quite happy that they even are aware of our organization. Hopefully this is a partnership that we can utilize in the future because although there is no official word on this, it is suspected that the police engage in an annual "culling" of the street dog population once it gets out of control. This is done under cover of darkness and I have never witnessed it, but I have noticed a sudden and dramatic drop in strays after a certain time of the year.
We were contacted about a dog that frequents the grounds of the police station and officers had tried to capture her in the past but failed at doing so. They heard, correctly I might add, that we specialize in capturing animals for the sake of sterilization and vaccination and then release them back from whence they came. It took us quite a while to capture this "fugitive" but in the end we got her, and even two of her puppies as well.
She wasn't very happy when the cage closed behind her, and was a bit aggressive towards us when we carried her out of there. We have a lot of experience in this realm as well as protective gear including gloves and if need be, sedatives. I do NOT recommend that anyone without the proper equipment attempt to do this because even though this mama-dog doesn't really want to hurt us, she was afraid and protecting her pups. This can be a very dangerous situation for people that don't know what they are doing.
From locals we had heard that this mother has had pups at least twice and what ends up happening is that most of the pups end up dying. While nobody can confirm this with any sort of evidence, this is normally what happens with the strays. If it isn't disease or malnourishment, traffic will get a lot of them as well as poisoning if they become a nuisance.
Now that we and the police have worked together on this one, we can be guaranteed that this mom and her pups will be "off limits" to anyone in the community that might want to do them harm.
All of them were picked up, sterilized, vaccinated, treated for parasites, and then returned to where we found them. As we walked away mama was already kind of familiar with us, and no longer saw us as a threat. One of pups tried to follow us as we left. Sorry little buddy! We'll be back to check on you I promise.
Mama was a bit more expedient in her running away as soon as we got back to the impound yard that was her home. We confirmed that she reunited with her pups, left them some food, and then we departed. We did ask the police to please keep an eye on them and then left them some dog food to feed them with.
I like that the community is aware of what we are here for and we are always happy to help in situations like this. If we work together things can be done so much more efficiently! Plus, it never hurts to have buddies that are police, that is always handy.
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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