Blow darting TvT cases

This entry covers a story about 2 dogs that live at a temple / school and both have severe TvT (Transmissible Venereal Tumour).

Amandine & I visited the location twice to blow dart the dogs. They both hang out in the school dinner hall, sleeping under the tables and getting regular meals from both staff & children.

The male, "Carrefour", has a massive tumour on his penis and constantly drips blood. In fact, by the time we arrived back at the shelter, there was a puddle of blood in the back of the truck.

The female, well her back end is a mess. Yes that is the dart in Amandine's pocket, dangerous woman!

Amandine was busy at the school with her camera and the children, as ever, were willing models and extremely interested in the results.

The 2 dogs are now at the shelter and receiving weekly chemotherapy.

Stolen Golden Retriever - Chiang Mai, Thailand

This week a handsome Golden Retriever called Momo, went missing from near his home in the Wat Ched Yod area of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

His family are beside themselves, missing him so much and fear the worst, that someone has taken him for sale or even to the meat market.

If you are in Chiang Mai and see a dog similar to him for sale, please contact us so we can verify that its not Momo.

UPDATE The family have also reported Momo as missing at the following site:

http://dogdetective.com/dogs/971350.html

UK people listen to animal welfare message

Animal cruelty convictions down

German shepherd named "Blade" suffered neglect for two months

Convictions for animal cruelty in the UK fell by 20% last year, according to new figures released by the RSPCA.

The charity said the statistics showed people were beginning to listen to its animal welfare message.

It also said new legislation introduced in April was enabling it to intervene earlier to prevent acts of cruelty.

The RSPCA review of 2006 did, however, include "shocking" examples of cruelty including a starving dog forced to eat dead companions to survive.


The charity's 2006 cruelty statistics showed overall that, although there were more complaints investigated, there were fewer convictions than the previous year. [Read more...]