We urge Thailand to end cruel use of street dogs in student veterinary classes    

You can make a difference for our best friends!  

We are calling on Thailand to end the cruel use of street dogs to train veterinary students. Our investigation team has discovered that vet students at Khon Kaen University, one of the country’s leading universities, use street dogs to practice their surgery skills.    

Here’s what our investigation revealed:  

• Street dogs are used by students to learn about the animal’s anatomy and to develop their surgical skills.  
• Unnecessary surgery is carried out on live, healthy dogs who do not need it. This includes 'survival surgery', the cruel act where animals are subjected to one or more surgeries but allowed to recover between each one. 
• Some dogs are kept chained up inside cages. 

Dr Katy Taylor, Director of Science and Regulatory Affairs at Cruelty Free International said: ‘’It is shocking that live dogs are used as tools for students to develop and practice their surgical skills. There are alternatives available and many progressive vet schools around the world are no longer deliberately causing suffering or killing dogs to train future vets.” 

Help us by emailing Khon Kaen University and urge them to join the many vet schools around the world that no longer conduct this horrific practice.