impulse Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, hilfinad said: The problem would be far bigger without organizations like Soi Dog! And if you think you can control this by having laws: America has animal abuse laws end still they have an estimate of 4 million+ stray dogs roaming the streets! Houston alone has about 1 million stray dogs! And yet, for a big chunk of $1,000, you can order a dog from the SDF to be put on an airplane and adopted to the USA. Or any one of a dozen other countries that already have their own stray dog problem. Seems like that money could be better spent caring for dogs in situ, as opposed to making a Thai problem into someone else's problem. I'm not against the SDF, and won't claim that I've analyzed their financials. But I don't understand how their international adoptions are anything besides a very expensive way to shift a problem from one country to another. Wouldn't it be better to tell Americans (or Canadians or... or... ) to go to the local pound and adopt one of their own? Sure would be a better allocation of $$$ resources... Unless, of course, efficient and economical solutions aren't the objective. And I'm living in Houston (currently a Covid refugee) and have never been accosted by stray dogs like I was in Thailand. Not once in 20+ years of living here on and off since 1978. Unlike every day of my life in BKK and around Thailand. Edited October 26, 2020 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Oops. Double post. Eventually, I'll learn the new format... Edited October 26, 2020 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilfinad Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 7 hours ago, impulse said: Wouldn't it be better to tell Americans (or Canadians or... or... ) to go to the local pound and adopt one of their own? Sure would be a better allocation of $$$ resources... Unless, of course, efficient and economical solutions aren't the objective. Agree! I don't understand that either, as i don't understand people buying dogs in Thailand while most villages and cities have a over-population of street dogs. I know first time dog owners who rather start with Rottweilers, German Shepherds and Husky's; not the easiest dogs to handle. Most of them end up in troubles and the dog ends up on the street or, when he;s lucky, in a shelter. I know from sources of the SPCA that Houston has 1 million stray dogs. Probably (and hopefully) most of them are in shelters. Talking about costs: Adopting a dog from a shelter in America will cost you an average of $400-$500 too (adoption fee/spay or neuter/vaccination). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilfinad Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, eisfeld said: I don't know why you are so aggressively barking at me, I was defending the Soi Dog Foundation Sorry about that! I just don't understand why a lot of people here keep bashing Soi Dog. Probably never been there and for sure they don't know what Soi Dog is doing. It's not just a shelter! It's a well runned organization with a state of the art (in Thailand) hospital, an educational program and they have a great marketing team that brings in a lot of money. Money they need! Probably it's all jealousy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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