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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Ive seen it on t.v and its very upsetting.
Do they cull the dogs there to keep the numbers down?
Is there a scheme where they castrate/spay stray or pet dogs for free?

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Well, yeah. There are quite a few organizations here that do the castration and sterilization of the stray dogs. And many private individuals go around and feel all the dogs. But it is like a drop of water on a hot plate. And all depends on foreign funds, because either the locals do not care (they even make fun of the few individuals that go around and feed the dogs) or are not in a position to help.
There are also a lot of dogs that aren't exactly stray dogs, they do have an owner. But they run around on the streets just like stray dogs. And often the owners do not want to castrate these dogs, because they worry that it will cost them money. It takes a lot of explaining and convincing to get the owners to castrate their dogs.

You have seen it on TV? Have you also seen the program that in Bangkok they are training the stray dogs to work for the police, sniffing for drugs? That is really funny, but at least a (small) solution...

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