I would say that around 90% of what we do here in Krabi for animal welfare is towards dogs but we don't ignore the feline occupants of the area. We just don't see them as frequently because cats tend to be more solitary creatures and often we are unaware of their issues because of this. There are plenty of homeless cats in Krabi though and they live the same rough lives that their K9 pals have. We help them as much as we can whenever we find them though. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmar352sZnVyr5nZfVQNvfZSVRcUYszcCxs92EMotGCw7N/image.png) Cats tend to be semi-owned in various neighborhoods, meaning that home-owners will put out food for them, but do not tend to their medical needs and after a while the cat just stops coming back. In a recent couple of instances the "tenders" notified us of drastic changes in behavior of a couple of cats and we went out to have a look ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmer7gngoWD1qCkZ9nXDdKf7hiPnvsv1hcqcP9sniR8amF/image.png) These two poor creatures needed to be treated for a wide array of parasites and this is easy enough to take care of. Cats tend to not spread parasites as widely as dogs do because cats tend to not live in groups thereby not allowing the parasites to move from animal to animal so quickly. They are also a lot better at cleaning themselves of ticks and other such things than dogs are. One of these two though had a blood test and tested positive for Feline immunodeficiency virus or as it is more commonly known FIV or feline AIDS. This is a very treatable illness but it takes some time and this can be problematic with stray cats since we can't always find them very easily since no one really knows where they live or they also tend to not live in any one permanent place. Cats are far more nomadic, especially the non-neutered male ones in which FIV is far more common. This is just one more reason why sterilization of stray animals remains our primary focus. With dogs, we focus primarily on the females but with cats we will sterilize either males or females since it is their own reproductive organs that causes them the most health problems. People can sponsor a cat to be sterilized for a mere $25. The cost is kept extremely low because of an arrangement that we have with the Bangkok-Krabi Animal Hospital who we are eternally grateful for being partners with us in our objective of reducing the suffering of the stray animal population of Krabi as much as possible.

If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at

http://krabianimalwelfare.org

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