There are over 120,000 street dogs in Bangkok alone but from what I have seen of Bangkok, street dogs are more common in the small towns of Thailand... towns like Phichit. One afternoon on a bike ride (a fifteen minute bike ride) at 35 I lost count of dogs that I saw. In the nineties they euthanized around 100 dogs a day but the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals campaigned against the euthanization of the street dogs because it goes against the teachings of Buddhism. Basically, this results in dogs being EVERYWHERE! They sleep in the middle of the road, under porches or outside bilingual schools, like our school! For the most part they are not aggressive but sometimes they bark and chase us but most of the times they are only aggressive with each other. It is against the law to feed them in public places but many families feed the dogs in front of their homes. We have a few here at the school that never leave.. It is just part of Thai culture and it has become normal... even to us.
There are SO many dogs at train stations
Natalie with the dogs that live at the school
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