“I can’t live here any longer. But I’m not leaving without my cats.”
Yelping terriers, wayward crocodiles, several dozen felines, a hairless poodle and a certified cat lady: While the floods in Bangkok have rendered thousands homeless, volunteers are scouring the city, rescuing--or in some cases, capturing--stranded pets.
In this radio piece for PRI's The World, I spend a day with Bangkok's pet rescue brigade.
Bangkok residents find a way to get through flood waters.
Members of a volunteer team of animal rescuers enlist the help of passers-by to portage a boat.
A volunteer pet rescuer steers a boat through a flooded neighbourhood in Bangkok.
Benz, the hairless poodle.
Dog.
Members of the volunteer pet rescue team remove a dog from a flooded home.
Members of the volunteer pet rescue team remove a dog from a flooded home.
Members of the volunteer pet rescue team remove a dog from a flooded home.
Marks on a wall show the the level of flood water outside a home in Bangkok, Thailand.
A rescued dog waits to be transported back to dry land in Bangkok.
Members of the volunteer pet rescue team remove a dog from a flooded home.
People in this flooded Bangkok neighbourhood find ways to get around.
A man carries his dog in a flooded Bangkok neighbourhood.
A volunteer tries to stop a rescued cat from escaping.
Members of the volunteer pet rescue team remove cats from a flooded home.
A flooded Bangkok neighbourhood.
A flooded Bangkok neighbourhood.
