Lanta Animal Welfare (LAW) is a charity organization. LAW’s role is to relieve the suffering and pain of the animals on Koh Lanta Island, in the south east of Thailand.
Their aims are to reduce the overpopulation of stray cats and dogs on the island through sterilization programs, provide medical care to all sick and injured animals pets or strays and educate the local population on animal care.
In 2005, during the construction boom after the tsunami, workers from all over Thailand came to help rebuild what had been destroyed. Many brought their dogs, and when the building was complete they left them behind. Tourists took pity over the dogs and began feeding them. This resulted in a high survival and reproduction rate causing a completely different kind of boom. That of starvation, disease, abuse and injuries. Something had to be done…
