Our sterilization project entered the second month operating and surpassed the monthly target of 100 sterilizations again by 65 cases. The number of dogs being sterilized and brought back to their habitat reached 323 at the end of the month.
Meow's open shelter, where I'm keeping 15 dogs, has to move. Meow found an eleven Rai piece of land in Takhientia located 30 km away from Pattaya city center right in the middle of nowhere. She can lease the land for ten years at a yearly fee of just 15,000 Baht. Meow is now preparing the land to keep more than 200 dogs and a couple of cats. Fifty dogs have already been re-located, and we hope that Meow can move all her dogs to the new shelter until end of the year. If the place is prepared to accommodate up to 200 dogs, I'll close my Baan Amphur shelter and move the 23 dogs I'm keeping there to their new home as well.
This month I had to take another six dogs to Silverlake clinic for extensive treatment. Three of them suffered from TVT, one from a tumor on her front leg, one whose tail got cut off with a machete and one with a large throat swelling. All nine pups I'm currently keeping with me at House Nongkraborg have been spayed or neutered.
I took another dog in: Tara was thrown out of a car in front of a restaurant whose owner knows me. Tara is a big, beautiful and healthy female. She just suffered from a nasty wound on her left hind leg paw and was limping. Tara is now recovering and I'll keep her for the time being at my house.
Myra left. I couldn't keep her any longer since the pups chased her frequently through the garden. I took her to Meow's open shelter. Unfortunately, she got infected by distemper while she was away for a couple of days. She died while being treated.