Bangkok Post : The rise of the dog snatchers: "They arrested two Thais, and a Vietnamese man.
''Police believe all the dogs would have been transferred to a ship waiting in Ban Phaeng district before going across the Mekong River to be sold in Vietnam,'' said Nakhon Phanom's governor Rerngsak Mahavinitchaimontree, who was involved in the bust.
The dogs can fetch prices of 500-1,000 baht.
The dogs were taken to an animal shelter in Nakhon Phanom, where almost 1,000 of the animals have since died, from malnutrition _ the dogs would not eat the dried dog food provided, as they prefer rice _ and common dog diseases.
The well-publicised plight of the dogs raised 20.7 million baht from the public.
Many are probably unaware of the extent of the dog trade in Tha Rae, nor how it crosses national boundaries to also involve foreign nationals from Vietnam."
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''Police believe all the dogs would have been transferred to a ship waiting in Ban Phaeng district before going across the Mekong River to be sold in Vietnam,'' said Nakhon Phanom's governor Rerngsak Mahavinitchaimontree, who was involved in the bust.
The dogs can fetch prices of 500-1,000 baht.
The dogs were taken to an animal shelter in Nakhon Phanom, where almost 1,000 of the animals have since died, from malnutrition _ the dogs would not eat the dried dog food provided, as they prefer rice _ and common dog diseases.
The well-publicised plight of the dogs raised 20.7 million baht from the public.
Many are probably unaware of the extent of the dog trade in Tha Rae, nor how it crosses national boundaries to also involve foreign nationals from Vietnam."
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