One of the major problems that I think any charitable organization faces is that there are always going to be people that will report major cases to us in the hopes that we will take care of it for them but then they never make any attempt to support our organization in any sort of financial or volunteering capacity. Lately this has been happening a lot and it is getting very frustrating.
We operate entirely on charitable donations of time and money and we really don't like to be faced with needing to turn down cases for dogs and cats that desperately need our help but soon, once again, we are going to be in a situation where we are going to have to start turning cases down, which breaks our hearts because we truly want to help all the animals in need in our community.
It is a simple case of feasibility. If we have no money, and we are dangerously close to that situation again, we simply cannot help the animals in need. While we do have partners that will help us at little to no cost, medicine and veterinarian services are not cost-free and there are some people out there that are using us as a method of free medical care for their own pets and never giving anything back.
We definitely want to help all the dogs and cats in the area no matter where they are from but it gets to be difficult when we are faced with a choice of whether or not we can provide food for the dogs that we already have under our care, or take on another case of a dog or cat that this is injured or sick. This was a real problem during Covid when our donations were almost completely eliminated but lately things have gotten out of hand as far as people reporting problems with the dogs that they keep on their own but simply don't want to pay for the medical care themselves.
A recent case was brought to us with a dog that had been clipped by a motorbike or car and we of course, did what we could in order to help. We later found out that the dog was a resident of the person's property and had been for many years. These people were not poor and actually had several vehicles and a rather expansive property. They could have easily paid for the care themselves but simply took advantage of our generosity and were extremely dishonest about the situation.
We only found out about this after the fact and were quite upset with them upon finding out this information.
I think that it is truly terrible when someone does something like this because we operate on a shoestring budget and do not have the resources to help every animal in need especially when the person or family in question has more than enough money to take care of the problem themselves. It would be similar to someone lining up for free food that is intended for homeless people even though they have a kitchen filled with food.
I really do not like the fact that we now feel as though we have to vet any report that comes to us and assess whether or not the person reporting the injury is actually just trying to get something for free that they can easily pay for themselves and it just makes our job more difficult. Almost everyone that works with us does so for no salary at all, so it really hurts us when we later find out that the person who reported it is gainfully employed and could have easily not just paid for the service themselves, but could also make some sort of contribution to our organization to help other dogs.
It is unfortunate that there are unscrupulous people like this in the world and for the first time in a while I have started to lose faith in the humanity of the people of this area. When confronted about this situation and presented with a bill to pay for the fees, the owner of the dog became confrontational and aggressive and we just decided to let it go rather than continue to argue with him. He has been blacklisted from our organization and I certainly hope that he treats the dog better than he does the people that went out of their way to help him when the situation was presented to us.
This family did not need our help. They could easily have paid for this themselves but took advantage of a charitable organization. By doing so he has inadvertently taken care away from another animal that we want to help but will not be able to due to lack of funds. It would be nice if he would have a change of heart and decide to repay what he owes us and maybe make some general changes to his own outlook on life and become a better person. This sort of deception is quite rare in a Buddhist country where the belief in Karma is so prevalent, so it came as a big surprise to find out that we had been duped.
Shame on you sir. I wish your dog the best of luck in life but I do not know how it is possible to feel good about yourself when you know that by doing what you did is almost certainly going to result in us not being able to look after another animal that needs the help but we cannot afford to do it because of you.
If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
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This is amazing work. Thank you for caring for the animals that need it.
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Sad to hear about people who were taking advantage of your good services. No matter how good we are at everyone, in reality it will end up to abuse. I just hope all is well my friend. Blessings to you and have a nice time!
thanks! we still help when we can but we let them know that we are almost always nearly out of money and it would be nice if they could help pay for the services. Almost always they will give the money when we bring this up.
⋆ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ғᴏʀ sᴏᴜᴛʜᴇᴀsᴛ ᴀsɪᴀɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴏɴ ʜɪᴠᴇ
⋆ sᴜʙsᴄʀɪʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴇᴀɴ ʜɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ
⋆ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴇᴀɴ ʜɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴠᴏᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴀɪʟ
⋆ ᴅᴇʟᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʟɪɴᴋs 25 ʜᴘ⇾50 ʜᴘ⇾100 ʜᴘ⇾500 ʜᴘ⇾1,000 ʜᴘ
So sorry to hear that. Praying for more donations on your organization l
things have been going better since Covid restrictions ended. Tourism is booming and with that comes more donations. Soon we will be in the clear as far as our bank balance is concerned... or at least we hope!
It's really sad to know that people are really taking advantage of organizations like this. I just hope you guys could get more support through donations and from the people in your community.
things are picking up with donations now that tourism is back in Thailand. I think 2023 and 2024 will be good years for us.
Truly, I wish I had anything to offer - but disabled, denied assistance, lost everything, destitute and homeless... All I can (and do) do is work to remove the need for money, allowing Us ALL to live as richly as We choose upon Out planet (as We should).
May We all be successful in that!
https://hive.blog/informationwar/@amaterasusolar/money-do-we-need-it
Thank you for your words. It would be a better world if people were just nicer and not so concerned about profiting on everything, that is for sure.
Just posted a new article.
Rich robbing from the poor and has always happened. I would send them the bill for the treatment event though they probably won't ever pay. People have no morals and just don't care.
Sometimes we are able to guilt them into paying for it, even though they act a bit snobby about it when it happens. I don't understand the mindset of some people. You can afford 2 cars but you wont spend $5 on medicine for a dog?
Oh, this is awful. It's a good thing that you saved the dog without resistance. It's just so disappointing that the owner wasn't responsible enough for the well being of the dog who had been their guard or kind of accompaniment under a critical condition that the dog faced. Wishing for your further priceless efforts to be blessed and have a further support for the nurturing that you are generously providing for animals who are in need of this.
Oh! That's kinda sad what happened to this dog. I think there should be a law against people animals being run by any kind of vehicle be it two wheels or a truck, well as long as its alive and if it's not the they have the responsibility of laying them to rest in a cemetery of some sorts. These animals deserve our respect. I think they are even more human than other people because they are gentle and kind. Poor doggie.
I hope there will be a lot of people who will sponsor your foundation. What you're doing is good.
By the way what do you do with the animals that you caught and has no owners? You give them up for adoption? Here in my country it's the same. Lots of dogs running around the streets but good thing our local government unit has laws regarding letting our dogs roam around the streets, they will be impounded but some like them being impounded specially the one's that can't afford to feed them anymore.
Unfortunately there just isn't enough people interested in adopting dogs for this to be something that we can do. When we find a stray with a really good temperament we will put them on our website for potential adoption and sometimes, when they are very lucky, we find them forever homes.
There are simply too many of them for us to do this for all of them though. Our own kennels and grounds are always filled to capacity and we don't have any more space. We hope to expand our facilities in the future but this is something that is very expensive.
Therefore we will always return the dogs that we find, after treatment, to where we found them. Normally when we do this we try to talk to the local community about helping us take care of the dog and much of the time, they agree.