Checking in with the Tiger Cave Temple dogs
This is our largest "pet" project in all of Krabi Province, Thailand. The Tiger Cave Temple has no tigers anymore and some wonder whether or not it ever did. What it does have is over 100 abandoned rescue dogs that the monks that liver there with our assistance are tending to. The hope has become mostly a success as we sterilize and treat the dogs and cats here and we have noticed that their numbers become controllable and there is far less pain and suffering after all of us decided to work as a team.
I would dare say that most of the dogs seem to be really happy here now.
We have worked out such a great teamwork sort of situation with the monks that live here that it isn't really necessary for us to check in all the time like we used to. The monks handle the day to day operations and let us know if any dog is sick or if another dog has been dropped off in the night - which is something that happens like clockwork.
I will never not find it nice how the dogs here seem to know the noise that the engine on my truck makes and a bunch of them come out to greet me in the parking lot. Is it because they like me or is it because I come with treats including chicken on a regular basis? Well, i know that it is mostly the chicken but I think they also like me just fine because even when I run out of food they will stick around for scratches and pets.
We don't really know how many there are because cats are more solitary creatures but there are also a bunch of cats here and we look after them just as well as the dogs.
It's kind of cool that dogs and cats here are just used to living among one another and there is very rarely any sort of fighting between them.
The monks do most of the work here though and it if wasn't for them I don't think it would be possible for this project to have become as much of a success as it has become. It wasn't always easy though because when we first started this there was some sort of hurt feelings or animosity as some of the monks thought that we were there because we thought they were doing a poor job.
That was not the case at all. What really happened was we realized that the job they were attempting to take on was something that couldn't possibly be done alone and we were very careful to let them realize that they are the ones in charge and we were just there to assist.
over the years it has become a wonderful partnership indeed. Nowadays they don't often call us, but do understand when that is necessary such as when disease or parasites become detected and also when a new and unsterlized animal turns up in the night.
The idea here is that all temples could be like this because most temples are dramatically smaller than this one but all of them, everywhere in Thailand, has a rather large number of stray dogs that call the temple home.
Together we can help solve this very large problem for Thailand. hopefully one day that organizational structure that is the temples or maybe even the Thai government, will look at what we have accomplished here and feel as though this is something worth pursuing on a national level.
If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
เป็นผู้สนับสนุนรายเดือนหรือบริจาคครั้งเดียวได้ที่: