There are cynics out there who believe that one day of volunteering cannot make a difference. Obviously they have never attended a Care for Dogs Adoption Fair. It was 10:30 when I arrived. A whirlwind of activity greeted me. In half an hour the Adoption Fair at Chiang Mai’s Airport Central Shopping Plaza would begin. [...]

Today I visited a dear old friend of mine, Nudee in his new home with Jerry & Stephanie who adopted him following the awful experience he went through. Living rough in the car park of Rama IX park in Chiang Mai, waiting for the next kind hearted food vendor or picnicker to drop him a [...]

Today there was a bright and cheerful feeling to the visit I made to see Nudee in his new home. Followers of the adventures of Mr Nudee, will recall how he used to live in Rama IX public park, in fact in the car park of that park. Recently he was tragically run over whilst [...]

Disaster is what this really is!
Apparently yesterday / Friday a woman was driving a car in the car park, talking on the phone and drove straight over the sleeping body of Nudee.

The folks in the park have been offering him food but he was said to be just laying in one spot, in agony and looking very weak.
**Update – Nudee was discharged from hospital yesterday and went to live with Nola’s son Jerry in Chiang Mai. Today (Tues) I spoke with Jerry and I am comforted to know that Nudee is eating well, taking it easy without getting anxious about his new surroundings and already receiving visitors.**

As promised (to Nudee) I paid another visit to his food servant today, Kh Toy and demonstrated the very difficult art of delivering food in a bowl, mixed up with some parasite killing medicine called Ivomec. The only minor hiccup (for me, not Nudee) was the plastic doggy eating bowl was no where to be [...]

This article was published in the Bangkok Post 9 September 2007 and told the story of how Care for Dogs rescued Sunshine from the temple on Doi Suthep, dumped by his owners with a metal pin still in his leg after an operation to repair it. Nola Kelsey has made this story famous through her [...]