Just a minute before reading the OP I was reading a Plymouth (UK) paper. A dog had been found with it's throat cut out, leg broken etc etc. So as you say, it happens elsewhere.
When I book my ticket for LOS with Air France, I have to show my passport at the same time. Otherwise, no ticket. So they certainly know my nationality.
I watch an Oz series. It's amazing just what lengths the senders will go to. They come up with new ideas all the time. But the post office people are upto the mark also. To start with it's the countries that they watch.
Actually she is right, but not for the reason. It saves a lot on the electricity bill. There are lots of articles and comments on the TV about it nowadays in France.
I won't bother to tell my story, as it has already been told by the other posters. I will only say that it is in France and all about cepes. It must be the same in lots of countries.
I agree with Scuba. I would n't want to go. I'm already b...... by the 3 plane trip. I usually have 20 or 3 thousand baht on me - enough for the taxi. The hotel usually wait until the next day for the 2 months due.