100 neglected cats rescued from elderly owner in Bangkok

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Picture: Naew Na

 

Animal welfare officials stepped into help after complaints about an old woman and another person keeping more than 100 cats in cages at three townhouses in Thanyaburi, north of Bangkok. 

 

The three houses, all in separate blocks, are in Soi Rangsit Nakhon Nayok 60.

 

Neighbor Prayoon Sakaew, 53, said that ever since she came to live in the area more than ten years ago there had been a problem with smell from the houses. 

 

Some cats had died in their cages. 

 

She had asked the old lady many times why she had so many cats but she answered they were not hers. 

 

Communication was difficult - it appears she may have had something like Alzheimer's disease suggest Thaivisa. 

 

Prayoon's husban Narin said the old woman collected the animals from everywhere then kept them at her place, locked up in cages and in filthy conditions. 

 

He said that a "farang" had called in World Animal Protection much to everyone's relief.

 

Constant calls to the local authority over the years had produced only warnings and no decisive action. 

 

Reports have now been filed with the police though Naew Na said they would leave the action up to the animal rights group.

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Tossaporn Klankaew from WAP Thailand described the old woman as a hoarder of things including animals. She owned two of the properties. 

 

In the first he found 20 cats in cages and three dogs kept in a toilet like prisoners. 

 

At the second house there were 50 cats many with no food or water. The owner was helping.

 

Some were being looked after by vets and others were awaiting better care. 

 

The third house was owned by a different person and there were 50 cats there. They were negotiating with that owner on a way forward. 

 

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[xtrnuno41]

And now? There maybe 10000 cats running wild in BK. 10000 dogs, 

And a billion rats. They set the cats free again to tackle this problem again? 

[NCC1701A]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

described the old woman as a hoarder of things including animals. She owned two of the properties. 

Hoarding is not that uncommon in the West. 

 

and just down the street from me in Hua Hin there is a family that does the same thing with everything piled in front of their house. 

 

as for the Cat Lady thing, I am becoming like that. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

In the early 70s, recently married, my Thai wife and I bought and lived in a new-build detached house in North Central BKK. We soon found out that the neighbour of a property to our rear kept dogs, thirty-five of them! They barked all day and the smell was disgusting. Meanwhile, our next-door neighbor would rise a 4 am each day, start up his noisy diesel  pickup truck and return an hour later with crates of live chickens which he proceeded to slaughter. Lying in bed before dawn with windows open for air we would be roused from sleep by choking hens followed by the dawn chorus of dog barking. 

 

Several attempts to negotiate with said neighbour's and involvement and inspection by local authorities came to naught. Despite being the first to settle in that new development we sold up and moved.

 

Forty seven years later it seems nothing has changed......????

[TooBigToFit]

I was surprised recently that my relatives up in Esarn would put the cats in a cage all night long. I think some Thais see cats as something like a wild animal or at least something that should be left in a cage. Many times there have been stories of these people who supposedly like cats getting caught with dozens of them. Often they are in their home in cages. I don't understand the mentality of these people. To me a cat should be free and be a member of the family, not something put away when you get bored with it. Oh well, just something I wanted to say.

[weloveanimals]

This news is completely misleading! It's Save Elephant Foundation that rescued these poor cats. Please report the truth!

[brianthainess]

On 6/15/2021 at 4:16 PM, TooBigToFit said:

I was surprised recently that my relatives up in Esarn would put the cats in a cage all night long. I think some Thais see cats as something like a wild animal or at least something that should be left in a cage. Many times there have been stories of these people who supposedly like cats getting caught with dozens of them. Often they are in their home in cages. I don't understand the mentality of these people. To me a cat should be free and be a member of the family, not something put away when you get bored with it. Oh well, just something I wanted to say.

Australians are the same, they are expected to keep their cats indoors at night (curfew ) coz they kill so much prey allegedly.  some build huge runs in their garden where they stay 24/7.

[Denim]

On 6/15/2021 at 1:00 PM, webfact said:

He said that a "farang" had called in World Animal Protection much to everyone's relief.

 

Falangs sometimes have their uses. Well done that man.

[jacko45k]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Australians are the same, they are expected to keep their cats indoors at night (curfew ) coz they kill so much prey allegedly.  some build huge runs in their garden where they stay 24/7.

They have driven quite a few indigenous breeds to the edge of extinction.

 In just over 230 years since their introduction to the continent, feral cats have wiped out more than a dozen species that lived alongside Ellis’s people for millennia and pushed others to the brink of extinction.

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