Friends from all over the world. I am turning one year older in some days and I won't see most of you as usual. I am always happy about everyone who reaches out with best wishes and sending love my way. This year I decided to try something different and try to collect some money for charity. So whoever feels like they would like to give me anything for my birthday, please donate some money here, even the smallest amount counts. I choose PACS here on Phangan, which stands for Phangan Animal Care. The guys are doing an amazing job and even if only a little bit comes together for them and the animals it makes a huge difference.

Phangan Animal Care For Strays Foundation is a non-profit organisation operating on the island of Koh Phangan in Thailand. We are an animal hospital that provides life-saving medical treatment, vaccinations, and sterilisations to stray and wild animals of Koh Phangan.
 

We receive no government funding and rely entirely on donations and volunteers to provide these vital services to the animals of the island.

PACS was founded in 2001. Back then, there were no veterinary services available on the island at all, and pet owners had to go to a neighboring island, Koh Samui, in order to get treatment for their animals. This meant that caring for the health of pets was very expensive for locals. Also, at that time, the primary method of stray population control was government-sanctioned culling, which meant that there was a huge population of stray dogs and cats on the island.
 

For these reasons, in the past our clinic treated both owned and stray animals in return for a donation. Now that there are several clinics for owned animals, we can focus our efforts purely on animals with no owner. It is our mission to reduce the suffering of stray and wild animals on Koh Phangan.

Thank you a million times already. Sending you much love from Koh Phangan and Merry Christmas to all of you!

Dave