Thailand Flood Traps Dogs (Photo Gallery)

Thailand’s worst flood in 75 years has killed more than 500 people and trapped countless terrified dogs. U.S. animal welfare group Kinship Circle said, “It might take Noah’s Ark to save them all.”

“Dogs bark from rooftops. Animals are submerged chest deep. The skin rots, if underwater too long. Others paddle toward any surface taller than the water. Clinging to a tiny refuge, their howls and cries punctuate the night.”

These are the sights and sounds witnessed by the Kinship Circle Disaster Animal Response Team (DART). They are currently working in Thailand with Thai NGO Save Elephant Foundation and various local groups to bring aid to the dogs hurt by the flood. DART has set up an emergency shelter in southern Bangkok. Teams from the U.S. and Canada will be there for the next several months to help with field rescue, food-water drops and animal transport.

When the group’s executive director, Brenda Shoss, learned about Thailand’s flood, she decided to activate. “We viewed satellite maps with a water mass that stretched from Ayutaya down across Bangkok, a city of millions. As one district pumps out flood waters, another fills. Some say the sewage-filled water won’t recede for months. We saw 10 or 15 dogs perched on the same roof, marooned on porches, floating in cages… Monkeys, dogs, or other creatures crowded into Buddhist temples. They all want to live. The generous Thai people, including monks, feed them as best they can. But more help is needed for animal flood victims.”

Kinship Circle rescue worker and local Thailand volunteer move a rescued dog to the emergency shelter.

Puppies rough-house in the safety of the shelter.

A mother dog feeds her puppies after the family was plucked from the flood water.

Disaster Team member puts rescued dogs into emergency shelter set up by Kinship Circle.

Kinship Circle is a nonprofit organization that specializes in animal advocacy and disaster rescue. Their Disaster Animal Response Team was the first U.S. animal welfare team to land in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Their team had just returned home when they decided to lend a hand in Thailand.

Click here to learn more about Kinship Circle.

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Photos courtesy of Kinship Circle.