Dog Rescue

The Wave Samui is very proud to suport the excellent work of Dog Rescue Samui.

Koh Samui is such a beutiful place for a holiday but not so great if your one of the thousands of stray dogs living on the island. Life can be very tough for a dog on the streets of Samui, or at least it used to be until Brigitte Gomm and her husband moved to the island to retire and then set about doing something to help.

Until April 1999 there was no vet on the island and medical treatment for animals was impossible. Countless sick or injured dogs and cats died wretchedly and were completely ignored at the roadside.

Even small bite wounds prove to be lethal in the tropics because the flies deposit their eggs in the cuts; the resulting maggots eat their way deeper and deeper into the animal. All it takes is a thorough cleansing and some powder and even large injuries infected with hundreds of maggots heal quickly.

Dogs have puppies twice a year. Mongrels are particularly fecund and litters with ten puppies are not uncommon. If only five out of ten puppies survive that amounts to 10,000 living issues per year from 1,000 bitches.

So what is Dog Rescue Samui Doing about the problem?

AIMS OF DRCS

To inject all stray dogs and cats against rabies.
To sterilize all female dogs and cats by castration.
To treat dogs suffering from mange by injecting them with Ivomec or by washing them with Amitrax.
To de-worm all dogs and cats.
To treat all stray dogs and cats in the event of injury or sickness and give them somewhere to rest.