Good Samaritan or part of the problem? Thai woman has been feeding stray dogs and cats for 10 years

[webfact]

 

Thai media Naew Na reported on a Thai woman in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in southern Thailand who has been feeding stray dogs and cats out of her own money for ten years. 

 

They said she was being praised for being "Jai Bun" - a word Thais reserve for the especially generous and kind. 

 

Their reporters went to Pho Sadet sub-district and discovered that the woman took the animals to the vet if they were involved in car accidents and sometimes even paid for them to be spayed.

 

She cares for 30 creatures and goes out in all weathers every single day. 

 

Her name is Lamyai Kawpetch, aged 50. 

 

She's a seamstress who works at home. She has three grown up children who help her husband in a design and decorating business. 

 

They have enough money so she is able to spend all her own income on the strays.

 

That's about 300 baht a day. She buys 15-20 kilos of chicken bones a time. 

 

Not everyone agrees with people like this, notes ASEAN NOW, with many thinking it encourages strays and exacerbates problems. 

 

Naew Na made no mention of this concentrating instead on her kind hearted nature according to Buddhist mores instead. 

 

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[Rimmer]

Two inflammatory posts have been removed

[2baht]

They'll all feed the homeless mongrels but no one will take ownership or responsibility!

 

 

[bigupandchill]

There is only one thing worse than a stray dog and that is a hungry stray dog.

[Rhys]

Temple cats and dogs...are taken care of quite well.

 

[proton]

Like throwing petrol on a fire, feeding strays is irresponsible and only makes the situation worse. These idiot feeders are not 'making merit' as they would claim, but are enabling more suffering. 

[proton]

12 minutes ago, Rhys said:

Temple cats and dogs...are taken care of quite well.

 

I wonder why there is a notice at our local wat then that pet dumpers will be fined 40k and that the whole area is covered by cctv?

[proton]

38 minutes ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

I have my own german shepherd + I'm feeding 2 strays. ???? They have the same right to occupy this world as everybody else. Also in 10 years I never saw stray dog to bother anybody or any Thai having any trouble with them. It's always fat, old, smelly, cranky farang, that has problem with them just existing. ????????????

what about the animals you undoubtedly eat, what about their rights? My mrs was savaged by a soi dog 4 years ago, she was not a fat smelly old falang.

[BangkokReady]

35 minutes ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

They have the same right to occupy this world as everybody else.

So you agree that, like "everybody else", they are not free to simply go wherever they want, defecate on the street and attack people?  Good!

 

Just as "everybody else" who roams the streets causing a nuisance, they should be relocated to somewhere more appropriate.

[proton]

2 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

So you agree that, like "everybody else", they are not free to simply go wherever they want, defecate on the street and attack people?  Good!

 

Just as "everybody else" who roams the streets causing a nuisance, they should be relocated to somewhere more appropriate.

Preferably relocated to an incinerator where they can cause no more problems!

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She cares for 30 creatures and goes out in all weathers every single day. 

She's got a good heart and obviously has the welfare of the dogs in mind although of course she is encouraging more dogs in the area, however this is a nationwide problem that's allowed to continue because of the lack of laws and regulations from the government. We all know that's going nowhere so unfortunately this problem will persist.

[BangkokReady]

4 minutes ago, proton said:

Preferably relocated to an incinerator where they can cause no more problems!

Some of them can be OK, and I realise that some people have good relationships with strays and they're almost like pets that belong to the whole street, but yes, many larger packs of roaming dogs that make a mess, destroy things, $hit everywhere and attack people, should really be exterminated.

[NativeBob]

yeah, sure-sure, false merit it is. [in our moo ban] we got similar old woman that feed rice'n'sardines to cats, and another wierdo that feeds stray dogs. Dogs were so happy they started to bark and other fun almost every night.

Ended with rat poison. Not a pleasant scene.

[2long]

I'm a dog lover, and many 'soi dogs' are my friends.

However, this lady is making the problem a bit worse than it needs to be, by feeding them and I'm sure other less-worth humans have 'donated' their pets to her.

But if she's getting them neutered then good luck to her and the world needs more people who care for other species instead of increasing the human population.

Can we get her to neuter some AseanNow members? 555+

[proton]

10 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

yeah, sure-sure, false merit it is. [in our moo ban] we got similar old woman that feed rice'n'sardines to cats, and another wierdo that feeds stray dogs. Dogs were so happy they started to bark and other fun almost every night.

Ended with rat poison. Not a pleasant scene.

Why stop at cats and dogs, why should the rats not be fed and taken care of?

[proton]

8 minutes ago, 2long said:

I'm a dog lover, and many 'soi dogs' are my friends.

However, this lady is making the problem a bit worse than it needs to be, by feeding them and I'm sure other less-worth humans have 'donated' their pets to her.

But if she's getting them neutered then good luck to her and the world needs more people who care for other species instead of increasing the human population.

Can we get her to neuter some AseanNow members? 555+

Already have been pal, she is getting some neutered it's claimed, but those still remain pests, while the majority she is feeding carry on breeding adding to the millions already roaming the streets. Start caring for other species by not eating any of them.

[Lucky Bones]

I think there is a difference here.

Generally a soi cat will skidaddle.

A soi dog is likely to advance.

Not good if children are around.

Should not be encouraged.

 

[BangkokReady]

26 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

false merit it is

You get that a lot in Buddhism.  Release birds from a cage to make merit?  False.  The whole process increases suffering as your buying the birds causes them to be caught and imprisoned.  Overall your merit is negative from this process.

[billsmart]

She's a good Samaritan. ???? Not a heartless, cruel <deleted> who only wants these strays killed. ????

[Kinnock]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

She's got a good heart and obviously has the welfare of the dogs in mind although of course she is encouraging more dogs in the area, however this is a nationwide problem that's allowed to continue because of the lack of laws and regulations from the government. We all know that's going nowhere so unfortunately this problem will persist.

More likely it's a totally selfish gesture.  I will make merit for myself by feeding strays and win the lottery.

[Kinnock]

1 hour ago, proton said:

Why stop at cats and dogs, why should the rats not be fed and taken care of?

...... yes, and cockroaches.  Think I'll start feeding the local cockroaches tonight, I'm sure my neighbours will be impressed with my generosity.

[steven100]

Yeah right .... the Thai's think she's doing a real good deed feeding these stray mongrels  .....

but as soon as one of her mutts attacks and bites a kid riding or walking past or an older fragile person they'll all be ducking and weaving for cover ....  not mine ... not my dog ...  no '  I don't look after them. 

BS imo ....     fine her for harboring stray pests and encouraging breeding.

[Bkk Brian]

9 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

More likely it's a totally selfish gesture.  I will make merit for myself by feeding strays and win the lottery.

Why do you assume she's doing it for merit? Like I said, she's got a good heart although misguided in the outcomes of her actions

[jak2002003]

2 hours ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

I have my own german shepherd + I'm feeding 2 strays. ???? They have the same right to occupy this world as everybody else. Also in 10 years I never saw stray dog to bother anybody or any Thai having any trouble with them. It's always fat, old, smelly, cranky farang, that has problem with them just existing. ????????????

You are in a dream world. 

 

I am skinny and young and an animal lover. I have 2 dogs of my own.  Yet i have been bitten by street dogs here.

 

As a good animal lover you should know it's wrong for dogs to roam around freely and live on the streets. 

 

It's cruel for them, dangerous for people.

 

They do have a right to be here on earth just like all other animal....so why are you not feeding city rats and pigeons as well as dogs..and welcoming covid 19 into your body....as it's also for a right to be here? 

[steven100]

2 hours ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

I have my own german shepherd + I'm feeding 2 strays. ???? They have the same right to occupy this world as everybody else. Also in 10 years I never saw stray dog to bother anybody or any Thai having any trouble with them. It's always fat, old, smelly, cranky farang, that has problem with them just existing. ????????????

I think your missing the point Andy,   they don't have a right to roam the streets where children play when they can cause harm.   I love good clean dogs,   but when you have in-breeding and cross breeding all you end up with is flee mangy mongrels. 

She is only exasperating the problem.....    

relocate them 1000 miles away and she can move there with them 

[proton]

20 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

You are in a dream world. 

 

I am skinny and young and an animal lover. I have 2 dogs of my own.  Yet i have been bitten by street dogs here.

 

As a good animal lover you should know it's wrong for dogs to roam around freely and live on the streets. 

 

It's cruel for them, dangerous for people.

 

They do have a right to be here on earth just like all other animal....so why are you not feeding city rats and pigeons as well as dogs..and welcoming covid 19 into your body....as it's also for a right to be here? 

The usual hypocrisy, people claiming animals have a right to be here while eating them ???? -some animals have more rights than others it seems.

[BangkokReady]

58 minutes ago, billsmart said:

Not a heartless, cruel <deleted> who only wants these strays killed. ????

I bet you would change your mind if the pack of wild dogs was living on your street, $hitting everywhere, barking day and night, ripping open bin bags, scaring/attacking people, and getting in the way of traffic.

[billsmart]

2 hours ago, proton said:

what about the animals you undoubtedly eat, what about their rights? My mrs was savaged by a soi dog 4 years ago, she was not a fat smelly old falang.

Proton, I have no problem with anyone killing and eating animals for food. All life is sustained by the taking of other life, whether purposely or unintentionally. What I do have a problem with is people who kill other animals for convenience or, worse yet, for enjoyment. 

I'm sorry to hear about your wife's encounter with a soi dog. I'm also sorry to hear about the abuse and slaughter done to soi dogs.

[malathione]

If she's getting them spayed and vaccinated, more power to her. 

[billsmart]

4 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

I bet you would change your mind if the pack of wild dogs was living on your street, $hitting everywhere, barking day and night, ripping open bin bags, scaring/attacking people, and getting in the way of traffic.

I live up in the mountains of Phetchabun on about 12 rai of land surrounded by jungle. I have 14 dogs, all which were abandoned on the mountain road which runs past our house, presumably by people from Phetchabun and the small villages at the bottom of the mountain. My dogs <deleted> where they want (outside), bark during the day (mostly at intruders) and howl occasionally at night. They do rip open bin bags if I don't secure them, and the do scare intruders, which is an asset living up here, but have never attacked them, like bite them. There's not much traffic up here, but for the most part, they stay off the road, but occasionally get hit by a car, and unfortunately, sometimes that is done intentionally.

 

We spade the females but leave the testes on the males because I think they need the androgen up here to survive.

I've lived like this for about 15 years up here, so I don't think I'll change my mind anytime soon.