Khao Tao, Hua Hin, Thailand

We arrived in Khao Tao on Monday and started work at Rescue PAWS at 8.30 Tuesday morning. It's a charitable organisation whose aim is to reduce the population of street dogs and cats in this province by means of sterilisation, vaccination and education (more info on their website).  There are 3 groups of animals here: a kennel for adult dogs who are awaiting possible adoption, clinic animals who are recovering from illness or have disabilities that share the office space with the staff and a kennel for abandoned puppies.  For the last few days we've been cleaning out poopy kennels first thing each morning (it's astonishing how much poop 12 puppies can produce), feeding and watering, taking the adult dogs and clinic dogs down to the beach where they are free to run and play, and doing feeding runs where we go out in a truck loaded with dog food and feed packs of street dogs.  Today we took the clinic dogs down to the beach, which included Fudge (see photo of her being fed treats by Paul); Fudge has no rear legs so she was strapped into a harness with two back wheels which she has got used to indoors but this was her first outing and it was lovely to see her running with her buddies.  The clinic employs a full time vet and veterinary nurses and offer free sterilisation and health care to Thai families and there's always a queue every morning.  Rabies is prevalent in the street dog population and the team often combine the feeding runs with vaccinations.