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Gertraude from Munich with her 2 new cats from Koh Samui
Tong Daeng on Koh Samui
Above was when I was known as Tong Daeng when I was found on the beach by Jeroen and Marcelle from The Netherlands. BIANCA
SAMUI
SAMUI and Paul. Samui is now a French doggie KIU
In August 2005, as I flew to Switzerland, I met Stella Lamai for the first time. She was also moving from Koh Samui to Switzerland. As soon as we arrived in Switzerland, we were taken to the beauty parlor. Luckily, all I needed was a pedicure and some ear cleaning. MOGLI
I now live with Silke in Germany. Traveling in this box was really exhausting! Just kidding - of course I traveled by plane. Anyway, now I am here and I love it! STERNCHEN
Hello, my name is Sternchen (little star). Marcus and Eva took me to Germany to find me a new owner. They could not keep me themselves as they have already 6 dogs of their own. Naturally, Marcus´ grandma fell in love with me and took me home with her where I am very happy now!
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DOGTRANSPORT Many tourists visiting Koh Samui fall in love with a particular dog and cannot bear to leave it behind on the island. Unfortunately there is only a very small number of hotels which tolerate or even feed strays. The chances of meeting the same dog when returning to Koh Samui are slim. If you want to take a dog to Europe we have to admit it to the shelter for 4 months. The regulations for dog transport changed on 1 October 2004. Dog transports have become more complicated but are still possible. Up until 1 October, all a dog needed was a rabies shot, given at least 30 days after that, and an export license. Now, each animal needs a blood test 30 days after the rabies shot. This blood can only be tested at one of a list of specified laboratories in Europe. It is not possible to transport blood by normal airplanes since blood is considered dangerous freight. It is allowed though to transport serum. The sending of serum costs 2000 Baht (40 Euros) with FedEx which is the only carrier willing to transport serum. After this blood test (which takes three weeks), the dog or cat has to stay in Thailand for another three months until it is good to travel. The dogs or cats have to be at least 7 months old to enter Europe. There are also exceptions! The necessary vaccinations are carried out at DRCS and the vaccination pass is issued by the Thai vet. Any Thai vet can carry out the rabies vaccination. Please pay attention that the pass is completed, quoting the vet's license number. The serum test costs 42 Euros. It can only be carried out in Europe. The dog has to be registered with the airline (careful -> not every airline is willing to transport dogs); cage size and total weight have to be declared. In Bangkok the dog has to be taken to the Airport's vet. He is the one to deliver the export license and the health certificate for the airline. The costs for this is 50 Baht. Here the address: Bangkok Airport Animal Quarantine Station, Suwanapoom Vet Office Location: Gate 1, 1st Building Suwanapoom Airport Tel. 02-1340731-2 The approval and the export licence is now available at the Cargo Building C2 at the `free zone` outside the airport ( a long building behind the Forwarding agents hall, basement last door - about 10min walk from the entrance to the end of the hall) Since tourists quite often only decide to take their favorite dog shortly before going back home, the rabies injection may not be given in time to meet the timescale of blood tests, etc. If this is the case, the dog will have to stay at DRCS. The dog is then taken to Bangkok via Bangkok Airways as freight and the transport company there is put in charge of the forwarding. At the moment we have a private person carry out the handling. The price is the same but we are sure that the dogs are all right. The dog is then brought to the vet at the airport. There, it gets the required export license and it is checked to see if it's been micro chipped. If the dog is forwarded as freight, export and import licenses are also needed. Some countries do not require an import license (e.g. The Netherlands and Germany). Please ask the vet at the airport whether an import license is needed in your country! Transporting a dog is very expensive. Here the costs: a cage (weighing about 10 kg for a dog weighing about 15-25 kg) is 6,500 Baht. The dog has to be able to stand up in the cage, that's why a bigger cage has to be used; micro chipping is 1000 Baht (done at DRCS); vet fees are around 1,000 Baht; blood check is 42 Euro (2,400 Baht) and transmission of that blood to the lab in Europe is around 2500 Baht (50 Euro); the expenses in Bangkok are 4,000 Baht (picking up the dog at the airport, taking it to the vet and putting it on the correct flight); flight costs from Samui to Bangkok are around 1,000 Baht; flight costs from Bangkok to Europe are about 1300 Baht (depending on the airline) per kg including the cage. If you take the dog by yourself, it is about 1,300 Baht per kg. It costs about 750 - 1,000 Euro to send a dog as freight to Europe or America. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO ACCOMPANY DOGS ON THEIR FLIGHTS We have found out that accompanied dog transports are cheaper then sending a dog as freight since the costs are then calculated according to the weight and not the volume. In case you want to help, please let me know. For you there will be no costs or work. The dog will be brought to the check in counter and the costs will be paid directly by one of our helpers. When arriving you will not be troubled either as the dog will be picked up by its new owner.
Since the regulations for dog transports have changed, it is only possible to take a dog by yourself in special circumstances. The timescale of quarantine is mostly never met. If the dog is sent as freight, the costs are about 250 Baht per kg. It is determined by a very complicated formula and the costs depend on the cage size and not the weight of the dog. Nevertheless, the kilograms are taken into account and the costs also amounts to 1,000 Baht per kg. It is about 750 to 1,000 Euros to send a dog as freight to Europe or America. Importing a dog to most European countries or the US is no problem if the blood test has been carried out in a lab in Europe (only valid for the import to Europe) and the dog stayed in quarantine for three months. The exceptions are: UK, Ireland, , New Zealand and Australia. There the dogs have to stay in quarantine for six months. However, we have sent ten dogs UK. Within the last year, about 50 dogs flew into a safe future and almost all of them are enjoying life in their new homes. In September 2003, the first cats were rescued from Koh Samui. The regulations for transferring cats are the same as for transferring dogs. This is the address of an animal friendly hotel in Bangkok where you can take your dog into the room. Apartments with little kitchen. It's about 2800 Baht / night for the apartment.
Oakwood City Residence
LUPO, 50 kg with cage!
6.1.2004 King LUPO in Switzerland. STELLA LAMAI
In August 2005, I headed from Koh Samui to Switzerland. As soon as I arrived there, I was marched off to the beauty parlor for a much-needed haircut. However, I'm not sure if I like my new look. Also, I can't understand why they call me Serafina now! For me, the most important thing is that I now have two loving owners and, for all dogs in the World, that is the most important. Maybe sometime I will meet up with Kiu, that attractive boy dog I met on the plane!
CHEWBACCA AND SUA
Hi, we are Chewbacca and Sua and we love Nadine and Marc who rescued us from the killer island Koh Phangan. In Switzerland, it is a little bit cooler, but the food is of a very high quality!! We love it!! SPOT Hi, my name is Spot and I now live with Maria and Torbjörn in Sweden. In summer, I attend garden parties and, in winter, because it is so very cold, I like to sleep on my satin bed!
YUM YUM
That was my warm welcome at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. Eva and Marcus came as well to surprise Inga and Dawid who adopted me. Of course, I kissed Inga right away! SIDA
After my last fight I haven't been able to lift up my ear normally...As you can see, I look even cuter now with my one hanging ear. Marcus and Eva promised me to take me to Germany - and they kept their promises. I´ve been in Germany since November 2005. SHY
SAMUI SONG
Shy is in Germany now! Samui Song is in Finland now! ROSINA
Hello, my name is Rosina an I now live with Martina and 5 other cats in Germany. Since I am the youngest of the pack I love to tease the others and play all day long. I am very grateful that I can now live with Martina.
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KYLIE
Here in
Germany you can see the fish only behind glass and you can't even hunt them.
Also, everyone has to wear funny red caps!
...and everyone is wearing some strange red huts.
Natalie, Thank you very much for all your
efforts to get me to Germany!
SAMMY
Hello, I am Sammy and I am happy that I could spend
Christmas in Germany many times already. I hope there will follow a lot
more... MAI THAI
Hello, my name is Mai Thai and that's how my new
family greeted me in Frankfurt. I am very grateful that Regina and Uwe
got me to Germany and found a very nice new home for me.
Meanwhile, I have settled in and found my place.
And it is just so much fun to play with my pal Nina.
KING
Hello, my name is king and that was an exhausting trip. But I am very grateful that Patricia and Roger took me to Switzerland.
Meanwhile, I have recovered from the long journey and have settled in very well. I just love it here! SOCKE
Hello, I am Socke (formerly Buri) and I now live with
Bärbel and Günter in Germany. Some animal friend have missed me at the
Buri and several rumours were spreading. If they only knew how great I
am here!!
LAMAI
Hello, my name is Lamai and I now live in Germany
together with Heike and Hilmar. They have brought Tody from Turkey so
that I am not alone. We get along great! We are all a big happy family
now. PARIS
Hello, I am Paris, but everyone here calls me Gizmo. I now live with Alex and Isi in Germany and I am the coolest dog of Schweinfurt. When it gets too cold here I just go to bed and nestle into it.
This is my new "boss" Isi. He will always carry me on his
arms.
STRUPPI
I was living with Cherry in a Bungalow at the Buri in Chaweng. Now I live
with Daniela and Stefan in Rheinfelden, Germany.
CHERRY
I was living with Struppi in a Bungalow at the Buri in Chaweng. Now I
live with Nicole and Michael in Wiesbaden, Germany.
This is me and my new family in Germany.
FLEDERMAUS and LUMPINI
STELLA und HONEY
Hello, we are Stella (from Samui)
and Honey (from Krabi) and we are so grateful that Keum brought us to
Germany.
As you can see we take our job as watchdogs very
serious.
LUCKY
I (left side) now live in Konstanz with Petra and Gerd. Why don´t you come
and visit me some time. My new owners have got a nice Restaurant called
Strandbad Wallhausen, Uferstrasse 39, Konstanz
SNOOPY
Hello, I´m Snoopy and was rescued by Maria from Cologne. I´m actually
from Koh Phangan and now totally happy in my new home.
and here am I with my new Family singing Christmas songs
FOXY
I´m flying to Shanghai (China) in January 2007. Anne and Sascha promised
me that I will never land up in a cooking pot.
Here I am in China with my new big friend.
BABY
JINTY
I stayed at the shelter in Samui for about three years..until Petra had the
great idea to send me to one of her friends as a present.
I now live with my new family in Germany
FANTA
Good-bye Fanta!
SNOOSE
That's how I was found in Koh Samui ...and this is what I look like now. I
live with Shenja in Berlin and I'm very happy here.
BRUNO
I am living now with Edith and Rudi in Munich (Germany).
If you want to read more, please click
HERE
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TAO OTHELLO
MAE
SCHLAWINER und SUZIE
BANGKOK UND LUMPINI
I am the nice dog on the right side of the picture, guess where I
came from. Now I live in Germany not far away from Munich. The "big
black" on the other picture is Lumpini from the Lumpini Park in Bangkok.
Herwig has saved him also. Lumpini had to wait several month on Koh
Samui because it is not allowed to bring animals to Germany when they
are younger than 7 month.If you want to read more, please click
HERE
SIR FRANCIS
I am now in ATLANTA with Ann, who immediately fell in
love with me and then took me back to her home country. You wouldn´t believe
how many different kind of dog food you can get here...Hhmmm...
This was back on Koh Samui with my mangy friend Dany. Dany is a cocker
spaniel and I´m sure she will soon look like a perfectly healthy and
beautiful dog.
BEN
I now live with isabella and Andi in Olching, close to Munich.
MAI LING
and
BELLA
We are living now with Gertraude in Munich.
DÄNG
I now live with Petra and Guy in Belgium. Thank you so very much! If
you want to read more about me, please click
HERE
NOA
Melanie rescued me in Burma and gave me a new home in Switzerland
BABY
I
now live with Mareike in Mainz (Germany). I love her very much an she
loves me.
FANTA from Koh Samui and FUCHUR from Koh Phangan
And here we are already in Germany and our new `Tin Food-opener` welcomed us
with open arms.
FUCHUR: Here I've already been
in Germany for quite some time.
MANGO
Mango - Marcus saved me too. I was living on Chaweng Beach for about
8years, but this lovely green lawn is not bad though!
Mango
with his friends - all from Koh Samui. Guess who saved us? Yes, Marcus!
CHANG
Chang - from Koh Chang Why they drive on the wrong side? If
you want to read more, please click
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THAI
JUDY and DINGLI
We used to live on the beach of Central Bay for a long time. Now we're in Munich with Susanne and Dana. Guess how well we're doing here.... UTOPIA
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SISCO
Hello, my name is Sisco and I now live together with Romy, Fred and a cat in
Germany. I would not have thought so, but I really like my new play pals.
SIMBA
If you want to know more about me, please click
HERE. Have a
look at the nice pictures.
SAMMY
I have been
living with Tanja in Germany for quite a while now. Further up you can find
a picture of me – the tree was still young and I was much younger, but you
can’t really see it.
DINGLI
Dingli and Judy- We both used to live on the beach of the Central Bay on
Chaweng Beach until Susanne took us with her to Munich. We both prefer it
here for sure!
The food
is so typical German- lots of meat!
EMMA
I am Emma and
come from Koh Tao Resort in Koh Tao. It was a huge effort to get me here to
Samui and soon after my arrival I continued my journey to Germany. That’s
where I know live with my human friends Michaela and Frank. Thankfully
they’ve never regretted bringing me to Germany- possibly because I am such a
lovely dog! More pictures you can see BIRD
On the 7th September 1998, I was brought to Gisela in Esslingen with the help of the DRCS. I’ve been living with my Gisela for 10 years now and I’m loving it! By the way, I was the first dog being sent to Germany with the help of the DRCS. Without the DRCS surely Gisela would have had to leave me back in Samui and I would probably be dead by now. You can read more about my story under Dog stories Dogstories CHA CHA
II know live happily with Manuel in Germany
SAMUI
I have found a great new home at Larissas' in Germany. On the left you can see my new girlfriend Lolli. MET
 I now live with Carina & Jacob in Sweden. I can even sleep with them in the same bed and I'm loving it! ZOLA
I now live with Dina and Alain in Eglisau in Switzerland. You can find more pictures about me HERELUNA
Finally I could make my way to Mandy and Thorsten in Germany. They are waiting long enough thought! HERE you can read my story! THAI SONG
Evelyn saved my life! She brought me all the way to Surathani in order to get my broken paw fixed. After my operation she took me with her to Germany where I now live a very happy life. You can find more pictures about me HERE |
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