Poisoned dogs and cats blight Samui

The Samui Dog Rescue Centre has stumbled on distressing news lately after a number of animals dropped off at its centre were already dead. There had been over 20 dead animals found, mostly in Lamai that had been apparently beaten or poisoned.

10,000 baht was the reward the shelter offered for information about who could be responsible for the cruelty. This perhaps worked more as a deterrent, as the centre reports it has not received any calls to come and pick up dead animals for the last several days.

The operator of the shelter, Brigitte Gomm speculates, “There are many dogs on the beaches and as a result they gather at hotels where tourists feed them. The hotel managers are not always happy about this and some go to awful lengths to control the animal population.�

The alternative she offers is to have the animals treated and neutered at the clinic as opposed to killing them outright in such inhumane fashion. Gomm asks that both tourists and locals alike report any sighting of dogs that appear to be of ill-health.