I would like to start a thread on stray dogs, since there are so many posts on how we all love and spoil our own dogs and puppies.

Here in Thailand, there are millions of stray dogs. Many people are trying to solve this problem, but it just seems to get bigger.

People here really love the cute puppies, but as soon as they get bigger, they get kicked into the street. I understand that in a country where people still worry about their own survival, they cannot worry that much about a dog. But then why do they keep buying all these puppies that are still cute and fit in a hand bag?

I worry a lot about dogs in the traffic, even though the dogs here seem to be a lot smarter than most dogs in the western world and actually do know how to cross the street, still many accidents happen because of the stray dogs.

There are organisations here trying to solve the problem, but most depend on foreign charity funds, because the locals are not yet at the point that they care about animals. I don't know if they ever will...

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