[vesiasmepay]

Thailand has a Buddhist culture of liberating slaughterhouse animals... Maybe they can donate more to places like Wat Suan Kaew to liberate these Soi dogs (e.g. sterilising them and sheltering them)... More meritable than freeing birds in cages seen all the time outside BKK's Brahma shrine, cos the birds are purposely bred or captured for seemingly liberation, while saving the dogs from the streets and potential cooking pots is far more closer to the underlying theme of compassion behind 'life liberation'

Meritorous or not, helping the dogs certainly instills a feel-good effect...

[vesiasmepay]

For me, some of the most vivid memories of Thailand, is the state of the dogs.
Not good

True... That's the first thingy that hits me in the face when I first came to Thailand many years ago... Cos here in Sg, one can spend all 365 days a year w/o seeing a single stray dog, though we have many stray cats

[iNYZgxNC]

For me, some of the most vivid memories of Thailand, is the state of the dogs.
Not good

[mikeyyuiok]

Mm maybe you are right haha

[vesiasmepay]

Cooking the dogs????

[domeffire]

I just found this old report. I wasn't aware of the dog meat trade's temporary cessation during Khao Phansaa.
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THAILAND
End of fasting puts man's best friend back on menu
by JAMES EAST in Bangkok for South China Morning Post Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Every dog has its day, and in Thailand it no doubt occurs during the Buddhist Lent. But the climax to the auspicious 90-day retreat period for the kingdom's monks is the beginning of the northeast's canine killing season. For three months the dog slaughterhouses bow to religious sensibilities and refrain from killing. But now Lent is over there has been a surge in demand for dog dinners. Hundreds of animals are being sold in northern markets to those meat-eaters desperate to taste sour and spicy dog-bone soup or peppery dog meat salad. Dog-catchers in pick-up trucks have been touring northern cities - and as far south as Bangkok to scour the capital's streets for strays - in a bid to satisfy demand. The pursuers of "man's best friend" have even been handing villagers new plastic buckets in exchange for mangy strays that loiter near food vendors and rubbish bins across Thailand. At one northern market the meat is selling for about HK$12 a kilogram and bones for $9. Taiwanese and Chinese tourists are also demanding dog. Gourmets say the meat is particularly succulent and tastes like deer. They order it fried or boiled. Many Thais say dog is the ideal winter delicacy because the meat, believed to be "hot", keeps the eater warm. But the thought of eating dog horrifies most Thais and the promotion of canine cuisine is not something the Tourism Authority of Thailand is keen to support. Dog dealers bite back, saying they are helping to solve the problem of Thailand's thousands of strays. And golfers in China might agree. Tonnes of dog pelts are annually exported to China, where their soft leather is considered the ideal material for golfing gloves.

[mikeyyuiok]

You are welcome...To you may don't think it's anything specifically kind. It's in your heart that counts and this make who you are. Those who give from the heart will always be loved and respected by others. Like you had been volunteering in local Action For Aids on a few occasions, such as the distribution of love gloves to the public and giving talks in schools on HIV/AIDS awareness

[domeffire]

There is one district in Sakhorn Nakhorn province in Isarn which is well-known for eating dog meat. But it's only the meat of a specially bred black dog - and it's not cheap. Absolutely not any old dog off the street!

Never heard of this before, i meaning buying dogs off locals. Or could there be a trade of exporting dog meat into China? Or neighbouring Cambodia?

Buying dogs is common in parts of Isaan Stephen, the price is always a plastic bucket, basin, or other such cheap junk. Once I was driving to Khon Kaen and a pick up truck pulled out of a side road in front of us, it was fitted with a 2 level wire cage. It was packed with dogs.

[OGOGOogoloshennya]

Because of the ubundance of stray dogs and their dropping, walking in Thailand, is like walking through a mine field.

Here in Wales I am always finding dog droppings on the wheels of my wheelchair and therefore my hands. It is one of the hazzards of leaving my front gate. In Thailand I have always been struck by the lack of it considering the amount of dogs to be seen.

David

[iNYZgxNC]

I understand Thai's believe a dog might be the spirit of a past loved one. ?? And I respect that.
But for me, it is the one thing that spoils Thailand, hundreds of stray, maingy dogs every where.

[OGOGOogoloshennya]

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David

[jimmy28]

Here in Wales I am always finding dog droppings on the wheels of my wheelchair and therefore my hands. It is one of the hazzards of leaving my front gate. In Thailand I have always been struck by the lack of it considering the amount of dogs to be seen.

David

As someone who has spent nearly a quarter of a Century working as a Gardener in the Parks and Gardens here in England. I have had the pleasure of standing in Dogs mess almost daily. I must say it is a pleasure to go to Thailand where the offending excrement soon bakes in the hot sun and turns to dust if stepped upon.

[domeffire]

Last night we got back from a very pleasant week in Buriram. The area around our place is lush and green and the rice is high. Farmers are hoping for a bumper harvest coming up. I enjoy the peace and quiet and rural atmosphere of the village as a change from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. Not too many people have moved back from Bangkok to the village and nearby town which suggests that people losing jobs in Bangkok are able to find replacement work.
One unpleasant sight however. One morning the peace and quiet was broken by the wailing and howling of dogs. It was the dog merchant doing his rounds in his pick up truck, buying dogs in exchange for a plastic basin or two or some such triviality. He already had 5 or 6 dogs in the cage. They were howling and barking. I wondered what fate awaited them and it wasn't hard to imagine. I think the dogs knew what awaited them too.

[mikeyyuiok]

You are also very kind hearted in a way or another by using animal-friendly toiletries..most important is the heart that counts

About the dogs being human's best friend, i feel being emotionally is quite normal. If we are not being emotionally, the only ans is that we are almost like cold blooded animals. Plus I also agree with your point that the dogs are human's best friend as i'm born in the year of the dog haha

Actually i feel people should strive on the most auspicious things in life as : Respect, Humility, Contentment, thankfulness and meeting the Dharma at the right time

[domeffire]

People eat dog meat in some parts of Isaan. In the cool season they believe that eating the meat of a black dog keeps the body warm and strong.

[OGOGOogoloshennya]

Ah, I see Steve has just said the same thing whilst I was writing...

David

[vesiasmepay]

[vesiasmepay]

Thanks for your comments of goodwill; I am just trying my best in whatever little way I can like everyone else; don't think it's anything specifically kind

[VipInoLo]

I think this guy is just picking up stray dogs for the cooking pot, be careful he my grab your pet by mistake and you may be eating it at the food stall in the local market.

[vesiasmepay]

I hope there will be fewer petshops around here in Thailand (been seeing lots of them in BKK) cos if one really needs or wants pet dogs, with more adoptions of sterilised, vacinated strays that will be saving 2 lives (one from the Soi and another ill-fated mother dog comercially bred to breed)... Lox merits, I'm sure, doubly saving lives

But I do recognize that some people, like my family, only come to realize (and be educated on) the need to adopt than buy only after we have contributed to the puppy mill trade and by then, we do not have any more space left to accomodate another bundle of joy