Lucky’s and Panad’s story is a sad one.
One day, the two of them disappeared into the woods together. ‘Just a bit of wandering about,’ thought their owner from Salak Peth. But when they hadn’t come home by evening, people began to fear the worst. They’d been missing for a whole week and everyone was terribly worried about them. After exactly one week, Lucky reappeared at 7 am with a rotting paw. It was clear he’d stepped into an animal trap, and it was only when his paw had started to rot that he managed to free himself and pull it out. One can only imagine how much pain he must have been in. There was great joy that Lucky was back. But there was also great sorrow, and Panda wasn’t by Lucky’s side as usual. It wasn’t until 4 pm that Panda finally hobbled in. What a joy. We immediately rang Mo at Animal Welfare for help. She came to collect the two of them and took them to Dr Tookta. It was clear straight away that their legs would have to be amputated. Dr Tookta said she’d seen cases like this far too often. It’s important to note that animal traps are banned in Thailand and catching someone using them is even punishable by imprisonment. Dr Tookta was furious that it had happened again on a nature reserve island.
As mentioned, one leg was amputated from each of the two dogs. Afterwards, they came to our Help Point for a few weeks until the wounds had healed and the stitches could be removed.
How happy these two lovely dogs are to be back home again
