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The Soi Dog Foundation is one of the largest and most impactful animal welfare organizations in Asia. Based in Phuket, Thailand, the foundation tirelessly advocates for the fate of hundreds of thousands of stray dogs and cats. What started as a local initiative has grown into a globally supported movement that provides medical care, manages populations humanely, and fights against animal cruelty.

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Why

In Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia, millions of dogs and cats live on the streets. Without human care, they are left to suffer from hunger, traffic accidents, and severe diseases. Furthermore, in some regions, they still risk becoming victims of the illegal and extremely cruel dog meat trade. Soi Dog exists to provide these animals with a safe haven, alleviate their suffering, and bring about structural societal changes.

Impact

Mission & goals

The mission of Soi Dog is to create a society where stray animals no longer must know fear, pain, or hunger. Their main goals are:

• Humane population control: Systematically reducing stray animal populations through large-scale CNVR programmes (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return).

• Medical emergency aid and rehabilitation: Providing treatment and care for sick, injured and vulnerable dogs and cats through its rescue and veterinary programmes.

• Ending the dog and cat meat trade: Working to end the dog and cat meat trade through advocacy, collaboration with governments and strategic partnerships. Soi Dog helped end the dog meat trade in Thailand in 2014, supported partnership work in the Philippines, and continues to work to eliminate the trade in Vietnam.

• Adoption and rehoming: Finding loving, permanent homes for rescued dogs and cats, both locally and internationally.

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  • Mass sterilisation campaigns: Soi Dog has sterilised and vaccinated more than 1.7 million animals through its CNVR programme since 2003. In 2025 alone, more than 270,000 spay and neuter procedures were carried out, with the CNVR programme reaching more than 295,000 animals. 
     
  • Rescue and veterinary care: In 2025, Soi Dog provided veterinary care to more than 23,000 dogs and cats through its rescue and veterinary programmes, helping sick and injured animals receive the treatment and care they needed.
     
  • Combating the dog and cat meat trade: Soi Dog helped end the dog meat trade in Thailand in 2014, saving an estimated 16,000 animals. In the Philippines, its partnership with Animal Kingdom Foundation helped save an estimated 89,000 dogs between 2022 and 2025. In Vietnam, Soi Dog is working with local partners and government authorities to phase out the dog and cat meat trade, protect public health against rabies and support those transitioning away from the trade. 
     
  • Community outreach & education: Soi Dog's humane education programme reached more than 3,500 children in 2025. The programme currently works with eight primary schools in Phuket and delivers lessons covering animal welfare, responsible pet ownership, empathy and rabiesprevention.
     
  • International adoption mediation: Coordinating the adoption process for rescued dogs and cats finding permanent homes locally and internationally.

"To help the homeless, neglected, and abused dogs and cats of Asia, and to put an end to animal cruelty."

John Dalley – co-founder of Soi Dog Foundation

How your donation helps

Your contribution helps the Soi Dog Foundation to intervene directly where the need is greatest. The operational costs for their state-of-the-art animal hospital, the medications, and the daily care of thousands of animals in the shelter are enormous. With your support, they can fund mobile sterilization teams, perform life-saving surgeries, and cover transportation costs for dogs that have a chance at a new life abroad. In doing so, you are literally saving lives and contributing to a sustainable future for street animals in Asia.

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