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BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER : Rescue Code 50-06/13
The ART with a vet rushed to Wat Darn bridge on Rama 3 road to rescue a dog got himself stuck between two main pipes beneath the bridge. After successfully pulled her out to safety and no physical treatment is required, one of the spectator offered to look after her.
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Rescue Code 50-06/06
Guypech ART leader and our resident vet answer a hit and run case in front of a housing complex in Bangbuathong district. This was a what we refered to as a commune dog, when food and superficial care are given by one or more people in the community without real ownership responsibility. The dog was hit or ran over by a car, luckily not too bad that the injury were only superficial with swallen hip but no broken bone. Nothing our paramedic couldn’t handle.
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Rescue Code 50-05/15
The Animal Rescue Team has got a call about a female dog, brown color, got her leg cuaght in a spring coil, but no one could restrain her. After Kuypech and Netranapa of Thai AGA Animal Rescue Team/ART together with ART volunteer, Sirojh, arrived at the scene and restrained the dog. One of the front paw was tightly coiled by the spring and had to be cut remove one by one until free before the swollen wound could be attended to. Now she is able to walk again and back at her place.
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Head in the Hold: 48-12/39
A naughty young male dog got his head stuck in the hole of one of the stands of a concrete bench and could get out. After a cumbersome maneuver, Thai AGA’s Animal Rescue Team finally managed to gently free his head. Whether or not he will learn his lesson, we hope not to find out.
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Rescue Code 49-02/10
Harpoon victim: A blackish gray male dog was attacked by an unknown person with a handmade harpoon 5 mm in diameter and
... cm in length three days before Thai AGA was informed. When the ART arrived the victim could barely move. The harpoon struck deep all the way into the right shoulder that on the spot removal would be dangerously impossible. The ART had to bring the victim back to our Animal Rescue Clinic, but still the clinic has no x-ray machine. We had to send the victim to the nearest animal hospital, where x-ray was done, only to find that removal surgery has to be performed at a more sophisticated hospital. The victim was then transferred to the Kasetsart University Animal Hospital for immediate surgery and a sizable bill. The victim is now safe and recuperating under the husbandry of Thai AGA’s Animal Rescue Clinic.
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Injured python : (Rf 49-02/11)
A member of a community radio network and Thai AGA volunteer has brought in a python run over by a car. The serpent was admitted and observed under the care of the Thai AGA’s Animal Rescue Clinic for five day its strength was regained and released back into the nature. Reports of incident involving snake and other reptiles are increasingly common. What a lot of people don’t realize is that the roads we often saw reptiles trying to cumbersomely cross were build over their normal pathway. Most of our housing complexes also used to be natural habitat of all types of animal. Many of our houses may have been built over egg laying nests of many reptiles including snakes. When the eggs hatched, these reptiles either grow up or continue to nest and appear to be intruders in human house. For safety reason, we do not expect human to accept these animal presents. We however hope that human understand and seek a less aggressive way than killing them. If you’re not sure what to do when you spot a snake in your house, call 191. The police have means and contacts with those who equipped to remove these reptiles safely out of our house. If you like to find out how to evade or prevent reptiles from entering or showing up in your house, see the Facts Page of Thai AGA web site.
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Neutering is no ball: (Rf 49-01/32)
A distress call was made involving a dog in a housing complex suffering through an acute case of having rubber band fasten around his scrotum. This is a primitive and inhumane method of castrating a dog. The dog’s balls were painfully swollen with infectious pus and barely attached to the body. Tranquilizer had to be used for restrain before first aid could be applied. The animal was then brought back to Thai AGA Animal Rescue Clinic for full treatment and recovery
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Friday 13 th : (Rf 49-01/36)
If one believes 13 is unlucky, what should this victim of a traffic accidence be. This brown on white dog was run over by a car and became paralyzed from the back down, with a broken bone stick out through the left hide leg. The vet has to remove both legs and tail. The ten thousand baht medical bill is nothing compared to what this pitiful dog will have to go through the less of his life as a handicapped. Thai ethic would not allow putting him to sleep.
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Rescue Code 49-01/48
In spike of :A brown male dog was found, with an hook-head iron spike stick in the upper right eyebrow through the under ear of the same side. The spike is measured to be 5 mm in diameter and 30 cm lone. The ART has succeeded in removing the spike and treated the wound victim before releasing to his habitat. According to the complainant, he reported for help to several others for many days. Only Thai AGA has responded.In spike of :A brown male dog was found, with an hook-head iron spike stick in the upper right eyebrow through the under ear of the same side. The spike is measured to be 5 mm in diameter and 30 cm lone. The ART has succeeded in removing the spike and treated the wound victim before releasing to his habitat. According to the complainant, he reported for help to several others for many days. Only Thai AGA has responded.
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Dolphin at Samui Orchid in Samui Island : code 49-01/043
A rare pink dolphin (Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin) kept at a resort on the island of Samui in southern Thailand is to be set free on Saturday 11th of February after government officials found that the wild caught animal was being trained to perform shows for tourists. The owner of the resort earlier claimed the dolphin was kept at the zoo for medical treatment only after it got “accidentally caught in nets of a fishing trawler”. The capturing and trade of all species of dolphin is illegal under both Thai and international law. The Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin is categorized under appendix 1 of the CITES (Conference on International Trade in Endangered Species).
A veterinarian and specialists of the Phuket Marine Biological Center, a sub-division of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources are currently preparing the dolphin for a speedy release back into the gulf of Thailand. The dolphin has been kept at a swimming pool of a resort and zoo on the island for over three months. The Wildlife Friends of Thailand and Thai Animal Guardians Association who have both been campaigning for the release of the dolphin are assisting the release efforts with financial help of Care for the Wild International.
After the initial complaint by the Thai Animal Guardians and Wildlife Friends of Thailand, to various government agencies several weeks ago it was the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources that acted swiftly to rescue the dolphin. The DMCR Director-General Dr. Maitree Duangsawasdi ordered his officials to study the possibility of a fast release for the sake of the animal and the conservation of its species. On Wednesday the 8 th of February it was concluded that the dolphin was physically fit for release and an appropriate release site was determined.
The rapid response and intervention by the DMCR to the complaints are a good indication that conservation of endangered marine wildlife is taken seriously and sends a clear message to people trying to exploit natural resources that the law will be enforced.
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We were informed of See, a male white-brown stray living around Laksi Train Station, who was neutered by an unknown person by using an elastic band to bind around its testis. When our rescue team arrived, they found that the elastic band had cut into See’s testis by about 2cm. The testis were also swollen and puss was found around the bound wounds. Our rescue team removed the elastic band and gave it antibiotics to decrease the inflammation and pain. Whether it be ease or cost-savings or fun or a decreased recognition of animal welfare, we do not see any reason justifiable enough for See to be done onto in such a way. We hope that See will be the last animal to experience such a cruel action as every living thing is capable of pain, but animals are unable to protest and fight back when they do not want to be hurt.
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Strayed Ostrich
Who would have ever thought that someone would actually keep an ostrich as a pet inside their own house? Even we were surprised when we were informed of an ostrich who was abandoned without water and food inside a deserted house at Khlong 2,Rangsit. When our rescue team arrived, they found out that the house was repossessed and the owner had to move out, leaving behind 2 animals: an ostrich and a dog. Their neighbours fed them by meal, but no one gave the pair much attention. The dog became a coward as whenever it would come out of its cage for food, it would get pecked by the ostrich. Thai AGA then co-ordinated with the local police for permission to move the animals out of the house into a more suitable place.
On June 14, 05 Thai AGA’s rescue team along with Dusit Zoo staff and Wildlife Friend of Thailand Rescue Center evacuated the ostrich to be taken care of at the Wildlife Friend of Thailand Rescue Center in Petchburi. The dog has been brought back to Thai AGA’s animal resting house before a new home can be found for it.
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As we enter the rainy season, all of us at Thai AGA would like to wish you all good health, free from colds and other illnesses that are prevalent during this season. We would also like to ask you to take care when driving on slippery roads. But the more unfortunate victims are the little dogs and cats who have to live through the endless downpour, even having to sleep underneath roofs or cars to avoid getting wet. Some dogs are luckier, finding people nice enough to give them a dry area to spend the night. But some dogs aren’t so lucky, especially if they stink from the rain. This made us think of a story, a true story, that we’d like to share. Believe it or not, on an afternoon of a very rainy day, our rescue team received a call that an owl was found sleeping idly near an electric pole. It was only when our rescue team arrived and brought the owl back to Thai AGA that we found that the owl was easily frightened and because it was frightened by the sound of thunder, it flew as fast as it could without looking forward for directions. It wound up flying into an electric pole, rendering it unconscious. When it awoke and found itself caged, it got very angry and threatened everyone who attempted to get close by. As the owl appeared rather healthy, we released it back into the world.
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Friendly Misconduct: (Rf48-07/036)
This rescue involve a friendly misconduct perhaps by someone meaning to keep a stray dog in place for its own safety by tying the dog with a cheap rope. Not cautious that the dog can bite the rope loose and run away with part of the loop strangling parts of the body and likely to cause deep wounds. Retrieving the dog the second time to untie is very less likely. This type of case often involved chasing and tracking the dog around inestimable piece of land where animal can run or hide. This particular case the ART spent over 6 hours through 3 acres of brushes, swamp and rain. Finally, the unwilling rescued dog was sedated and given the medical attention he needed and freed.
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Snake! On the 13th of July, staff from the Sapansoong District brought in a python whose length is approximately 1.5 meters who was found slithering inside a large house in Pruksachart Housing Village. Our vet gave it a health check-up and found it in good health. Our rescue team then contacted Minburi Radio Center to collect the python and release it back into the wild.
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Pay, a stray dog around the Bangkuntian area named after its paralyzed leg which we are guessing was the result of a car accident. Our rescue team were contacted to save Pay from an enormous tumour around its mammary which was infected and had puss oozing out of the grazed wounds which were caused by friction against the pavement. Not only was it immensely painful, it was also an obstacle preventing it from walking properly on its 3 legs. After our vet’s diagnosis, she concluded that Pay’s chances of survival were 50/50. She proceeded with the operation anyway and the procedure lasted more than 3 hours before Pay’s tumour could be removed and her condition no longer critical. The tumour weighed about 2 kilograms. It is amazing yet unfortunate that Pay, with a paralyzed hind leg and body weight of only 13 kilograms, had to carry around a tumour of such size for 2 months. Pay is yet another life who had its troubles alleviated and is now a normal, healthy dog. All of us at Thai AGA are very proud to have been able to assist yet another man’s best-friend and hope that Pay will recover fast so that she can go back to enjoy life and the people of the Bangkuntian area who all love her dearly.
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A dog was found in a deserted building around Rama 9 road who fell 6 meters into a flooded basement and was trapped there for more than a week. Thai AGA animal rescuers had to climb down and stay there for approximately 2 days as it rained all day and night before successfully rescuing it.
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Knife attack: Jaa, a friendly stray that had lived in the area for more than 2 years met with misfortune when one day a security guard used his knife to cut along Jaa’s back, resulting in a deep wound 5 cm in length. Our vet along with our animal rescue team attended to Jaa, first anaesthetizing it then sewing up its wound. Kind souls around that area volunteered to take care of Jaa and treat the wounds further. Thai AGA would like to express our gratitude to those individuals for taking pity on a fellow living being.
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This dog was found with a string tied tightly around and eating into its neck. We are guessing that the string was there since it was just a puppy, and because it was very cute, someone probably wanted it as a pet and hence, tied a string around it to show their ownership. But when the puppy grew into an adult dog, no one was able to catch it to release the string and allowed the string to stay on, completely overlooking the fact that as the dog grew larger, the string would not grow larger to accommodate the dog. As a result, the dog’s neck had a large and deep laceration wound from the friction of the string. Our animal rescue team were able to cut the string, treated the wound and gave antibiotic shots before releasing the dog – this time free from any binding strings.
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Tarn, yet another victim of civil society, was beaten severely to the point where his left eye bulged out of its socket. Fortunately, a kind soul brought him to Thai AGA’s Clinic where our vets operated on his eye and further treatment. At present, his left eye is completely blind and shut with no signs of infection. We can only hope that Tarn will never have to undergo such a torment when he has to return to his home.
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