Recently, a few Lanta Animal Welfare staff members, volunteers and dedicated dog walkers from jumped into a truck with a group of rescue dogs for a little Sunday FUNday.

Sunday FUNday started five years ago when a long-time volunteer asked our founder Junie what she would like to do on her one day off. Not surprisingly, it had to do with the rescue animals. Junie said it would be lovely to see them run freely.

They loaded the dogs and picnic baskets onto a truck and off they went to Lanta Noi, the smaller of the two islands. There are remote beaches and very few tourists, so it’s the perfect setting for the rescue dogs to run around and release their energy, and for many, swim in the ocean for the first time.

This latest Sunday FUNday involved Penny’s pack: Penny, Ariel, Annie, Lucas and Poppy. The fearless five loved the water and made a huge splash—they dove right in, swam and jumped around. Ariel became a bit hyper and got a head bop from Annie.

Check out the video to see all the fun that was had. Become a volunteer and you could be a part of Sunday FUNday someday!

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Part of the process for adopted animals is traveling to their new home. We encourage people flying out of Thailand to take an animal with them.

Becoming a flight volunteer is so easy to do!

 We organize all the paperwork, and bring the animal to the airport.  We help the flight volunteer with the ‘check in’ process and pay any travel fees. The animal is safe and sound in a large cage (with food and water) that travels with the luggage, so there is no burden on the flight volunteer during the trip.  When arriving at the final destination, the cage is available for pick-up with the luggage and best of all, the new adopters are waiting at arrivals, often with a crowd of friends to help welcome their new family member!  We’ve had 100% success with this process.

 It’s a rewarding experience and a tremendous help for our adopted rescue animals.

For more details visit our Flight Voluteer Page: Click Here.

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But first, they need YOU.

Please Donate here: https://www.weeboon.com/en/campaign/urgent-need-for-a-dog-compound-at-a-local-temple

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Lanta Animal Welfare is building a new cat house along with a brand-new cat area. Our current Cat House is old, damaged by termites, and too small for our cat population.

The construction broke ground this past June, and targeting the end of the year for completion.

We are calling this new area Kitty City. It will include:

• Cat House
• Visitor/Education Centre
• Lanta Animal Welfare Merchandise Shop
• Cat Play Garden
• Adopter Socialization Area

AND

• A Kitty Café, so visitors can chill with their favourite beverage/snack while they play with our rescue cats

For more information on how you can support our Kitty City Project click here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/end-suffering-give-rescue-cats-safe-future/.

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