As the flooding in Thailand continues, our disaster relief team has been hard at work delivering relief supplies for the flood affected families’ pets.
The Thai Red Cross, who have five trucks delivering relief supplies to distribution centres on a daily basis, have accepted one tonne of our pet food and will include these sacks in their relief packages, making sure that the families they help will receive supplies for their pets as well.
The remainder of the food is stored in the staging area at Chulalonkorn University, from where it is being distributed by the Thai Vet Network. Vets from the network have access to the stocks stored here, and will be using our supplies to distribute on their field missions. Altogether, the 1.5 tonnes of pet food should benefit between 300 and 500 animals for up to two weeks, depending on how animal caretakers use the food.
Meanwhile, we have also purchased close to seventy five cages for animals and taken these to the Petchaburi Quarantine Centre so that animals being rescued and brought there can be safely housed in the temporary shelter. These cages will be used in the rescue and sheltering operations by Wildlife Friends of Thailand (WFFT) and, depending on whether they are used for transport or shelter, will benefit roughly 100 animals.
Pet owners will be happy to hear that WFFT have been photographing each animal that they relocate to shelters, as well as making notes showing where each animal was rescued from, so that pet owners can identify and reclaim their pets when they return to their homes.
With tens of thousands of animals in need this should only be the start of the relief activities and we hope to continue to provide relief and coordinating support.
