Justice For Thailand Puppy Mill Victims
The Issue
This petition has been raised as urgent support to request that the ‘Department of Livestock and Development’ {DLD} enforce the current ‘Thai Animal Welfare law 2014’ Help stop this recent Puppy farm/Mill situation Please sign and share - Our international voice must be heard in Thailand to help stop immoral cruelty! Thank you.
Thailand introduced and sanctioned their first animal protection law in 2014. This law needs to be taken seriously, upheld and enforced to its fullest capacity by the Thailand ‘Department of Livestock and Development’ (DLD) and ALL Regional Police Departments to act & prosecute offenders of animal cruelty in Thailand. Many foreign tourists and visitors to your beautiful & friendly country of Thailand, are appalled at the animal cruelty they see happening, feel helpless to stop it and do not know where to report as local police are not very interested in animal welfare and are of no help!
The TRB community have been trying to stop this man’s immoral puppy farming/milling of this ancient, majestic ‘Thai Ridgeback’ Dog - Thailand’s National breed for many years and It gives us great relief to view a video from ’Watchdog Thailand Foundation’ (WDT) showing they have successfully seized and confiscated 47 Thai Ridgeback dogs from the premises of Jack Sterling, a USA national retiree living in Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. This man has been abusing this unique Thai 'Saddleback' breed for his own financial gain as well as breaking Thai Visa conditions and bringing international shame on Thailand
The recently released video by ‘Watchdog Thailand’ has now spread internationally [ USA, UK, EU, AUST ] with the assistance of social media and many animal lovers coming together! Sadly, the footage shows the horrific conditions in which these dogs lived. Starving, sick, covered in sores and cramped in filthy cages sometimes without food or water! TRB Puppies were sold and shipped all over the world (almost certainly violating his visa restrictions). Many buyers buying via the internet were unaware of the conditions from which these dogs came from... The Thai Ridgeback is considered a ‘rare & unique breed’ outside Thailand and they can fetch large sums of money paid by westerners unfamiliar with the breed and fooled by Jack Sterling’s marketing practices!
We as Foreigners give a huge thanks to the commitment of ‘Watchdog Thailand’ for rescuing 47 dogs from Jack Sterling’s premises and that these 47 TRB dogs are now being well cared for at Sangduen "Lek" Chailert ’Elephant Nature Park’ [ENP} in Chiang Mai Province. We all as an international ‘Voice for Dogs’ want to ensure these illegal puppy farms in Thailand must never be allowed to operate again... that existing ones to be shut down! Jack Sterling must be prosecuted and held accountable for the last 17+ years he has got away with this horrific misuse & abuse of animals in your beautiful Kingdom of Thailand!
Thanking you to act: Yours the undersigned
The Issue
This petition has been raised as urgent support to request that the ‘Department of Livestock and Development’ {DLD} enforce the current ‘Thai Animal Welfare law 2014’ Help stop this recent Puppy farm/Mill situation Please sign and share - Our international voice must be heard in Thailand to help stop immoral cruelty! Thank you.
Thailand introduced and sanctioned their first animal protection law in 2014. This law needs to be taken seriously, upheld and enforced to its fullest capacity by the Thailand ‘Department of Livestock and Development’ (DLD) and ALL Regional Police Departments to act & prosecute offenders of animal cruelty in Thailand. Many foreign tourists and visitors to your beautiful & friendly country of Thailand, are appalled at the animal cruelty they see happening, feel helpless to stop it and do not know where to report as local police are not very interested in animal welfare and are of no help!
The TRB community have been trying to stop this man’s immoral puppy farming/milling of this ancient, majestic ‘Thai Ridgeback’ Dog - Thailand’s National breed for many years and It gives us great relief to view a video from ’Watchdog Thailand Foundation’ (WDT) showing they have successfully seized and confiscated 47 Thai Ridgeback dogs from the premises of Jack Sterling, a USA national retiree living in Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. This man has been abusing this unique Thai 'Saddleback' breed for his own financial gain as well as breaking Thai Visa conditions and bringing international shame on Thailand
The recently released video by ‘Watchdog Thailand’ has now spread internationally [ USA, UK, EU, AUST ] with the assistance of social media and many animal lovers coming together! Sadly, the footage shows the horrific conditions in which these dogs lived. Starving, sick, covered in sores and cramped in filthy cages sometimes without food or water! TRB Puppies were sold and shipped all over the world (almost certainly violating his visa restrictions). Many buyers buying via the internet were unaware of the conditions from which these dogs came from... The Thai Ridgeback is considered a ‘rare & unique breed’ outside Thailand and they can fetch large sums of money paid by westerners unfamiliar with the breed and fooled by Jack Sterling’s marketing practices!
We as Foreigners give a huge thanks to the commitment of ‘Watchdog Thailand’ for rescuing 47 dogs from Jack Sterling’s premises and that these 47 TRB dogs are now being well cared for at Sangduen "Lek" Chailert ’Elephant Nature Park’ [ENP} in Chiang Mai Province. We all as an international ‘Voice for Dogs’ want to ensure these illegal puppy farms in Thailand must never be allowed to operate again... that existing ones to be shut down! Jack Sterling must be prosecuted and held accountable for the last 17+ years he has got away with this horrific misuse & abuse of animals in your beautiful Kingdom of Thailand!
Thanking you to act: Yours the undersigned
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Petition created on 14 July 2020