Soi Dog Foundation
| Formation | 2003 |
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| Founder | Margot Homburg Park John Dalley Gill Dalley |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Registration no. | Phor.Gor. 39/2548 (Thailand) |
| Purpose | Control of stray dogs |
| Headquarters | Phuket, Thailand |
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Region
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Global |
| Fields | Animal welfare |
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Director/Manager
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John Dalley |
| Website | www |
The Soi Dog Foundation is a nonprofit organisation for the welfare of dogs. Its headquarters is in Phuket, Thailand, and it has been legally registered in the United States, Australia, France, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Its primary goal is to care for homeless and abused dogs in Thailand. It was established by a British couple John and Gill Dalley with the help of Margot Homburg Park in Phuket in 2003.
The foundation has saved dogs from illegal trades, particularly for meat, and tries to reduce free-ranging dog by sterilisation. Soi is a Thai word for "street". Sterilisation programme has been extended on stray cats. It gets support from international celebrities including Dame Judi Dench, Laura Carmichael and Ricky Gervais. The campaign in 2014 led to the enactment of the Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act, the first animal welfare act in Thailand.
Thailand is known for its stray dogs, serving of dog meat, and trading of dogs. There are dog butchers, dog tanneries, and holding centres for illegal trades. Many dogs are exported to Vietnam and China for dog meat. Dog trade involves smuggling by organised gangs. Thailand's largest island, Phuket, is the major centre of such activities, and is the home of stray dogs. The Thai Veterinary Medical Association reported that in 2011, half a million dogs were traded to Vietnam and China.
These dogs are trapped and collected to be sold in the market or pass on to traders for export. The dogs are treated badly that due to congested packing in the transport crates, they are suffocated and a number of them dies in the process. Seeing the appalling situation, an American-born Margot Homburg Park decided to join hands with a British couple, John and Gill Dalley. John Dalley, is a retired chemical engineer from Leeds, England, and Gill is a former bank employee. Gill Dalley passed away after a short battle with illness on February 12, 2017. "[1] They had moved to Phuket for a retired life. John Dalley remarked, "We had a dog back home [in Leeds], but I wasn't particularly involved with animal rights. But you see these dogs [in Thailand] suffer, and you want to do something to help them."
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