Monday, October 13, 2014

Help needed for SamuiDog, Thailand: to prevent the poisoning of Beach Dogs, by First Bungalow Beach Resort





Subject: Beach Dogs Thailand, First Bungalow Beach Resort
 
-Hotel Thai Association, Mr. John Ens  ,
-Tourist Assistance Center Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand



Sir, To whom it concerns:                                                 11. October 2014

I am forwarding this letter of Brigitte Gomm from the Dog and Cat Rescue Samui Foundation to ask for intervenance in a positive way, in order to prevent the horrendous poisoning of defenseless dogs, which took place before!

-----The owner of the First Bungalow Beach Resort on Chaweng Noi Beach is planning to ‘get rid’ of all the dogs there. She has threatened to poison the dogs once the hotel guests Yogi Braunias and Gaby Kleffken (regular guests of the First Bungalow) had left the island.
The whole thing was triggered by a complaint from a Swiss guest; Stefan Bracher left the following complain-letter when he departed:

Koh Samui 6.10.2014 Room 401 from 27.9. till 6.10.2014   --------------
Dear Management, Dear People.
Thanks for the nice holiday here in the First Bungalow Resort. Nice people they are working here! The beach was nice the sun not so
L
For me the only problem have been the dogs and some guests with the dogs.
‘This was a German dog Mafia’!!!!!
They are many guests they don’t like dogs on the beach. They shit, they make pipi, and that is not good.
I was glad that you tried to chase them away today (5.10.14).
Also a German lady was feeding the cats every morning that’s not ok! No feeding!!!!!!!!
Don’t be afraid from the Germans they should enjoy their holidays and not playing ‘Mother Theresa of the dogs’.
Good luck, Stefan Bracher    -----------------
----------The hotel staff is now chasing the 3 dogs Sammy, Blacky and Zoe. All three dogs have been living on this beach for a very long time, one of them since 9 years! They have been neutered years ago, always get their yearly vaccinations and deWorming as well as tick&flea treatment. They are lovely dogs and obviously not cost any problems in the previous years.
I don’t understand what’s all of a sudden going on with the owner of the First Bungalow. I went to the Hotel together with my husband Werner to speak to the very upset tourists. It didn’t take long for the owner to show up and we were immediately thrown out of the hotel area. She grabbed my arm and escorted us towards the exit. Unbelievable!
I then decided to meet the tourists on the beach. One of the guards came running towards us straight away but after reminding him that the beach belongs to the king, he stepped back.
The guards have started to search the hotel area at 6 in the morning and every dog they see is being brutally chased away. Tourists have been hearing the dogs screaming with pain.
The three dogs have only been fed on the beach and not been approached into the hotel area. Of course it’s not easy for dogs to understand why they are not allowed to chill on a bungalow terrace. The First Bungalow has a lot of regulars and if the management likes it or not, a lot of them are dog lovers, I have met many of them over the last few years.
The guards even go down to the beach during the day and force the dogs out from under the sun beds the tourists lie on. Gaby Kleffgen was threatened by one of the guards when she tried to help the dog.
Luckily for the dogs, many of the current guests at the First Bungalow are animal friends and already they have built a group of about 15 people. Surely this will prevent the staff from poisoning any dogs.
What happens once everyone has left? It is terribly painful for a dog to get poisoned or maybe they will just hit them to death right there on the beach? Did Sammy, Blacky and Zoe really deserve this after all those years on the beach?
Of course we could pick the dogs up and take them to the shelter but what would happen then? It wouldn’t take long for new beach dogs to find their way to the First Bungalow. They would probably be unvaccinated and not yet neutered. Is the First Bungalow turning again into a resort which brutally removes dogs as soon as they show up close to the hotel?
15 years ago every dog who came close to the First Bungalow was dead in with no time. This was in a time where there were still a lot more dogs on Koh Samui and it made no sense to have the dogs sterilized there. As soon as they were brought back they were found dead (or half dead) on the beach or they just disappeared.
The last few years everything was really calm and no dog-related problems on the beach there. Why should this change now all of a sudden?
I can only advise families with children to no longer spend their holidays there. It often happens that dogs who ate poison drag themselves with their last power onto a guest’s balcony in order to seek help.
No child can forget how it is to watch a poisoned dog die. Save your children from such horrible happenings.
Sincerely:    



-----------------------------------------------------From:


Dog and Cat Rescue Samui Foundation
Brigitte Gomm
112/35 Moo 6 Bophut/Chaweng
Samui 84320 Suratthani
Thailand
Phone: 00 66 77 413 490
Mobile: 00 66 81 893 94 43
E-Mail:
info@samuidog.org
Website:
www.samuidog.org
Facebook: Brigitte Gomm
               

Dear Animal Friends!                                                       11. October 2014

I’m afraid to say that I need your help again!

The owner of the First Bungalow Beach Resort on Chaweng Noi Beach is planning to ‘get rid’ of all the dogs there. She has threatened to poison the dogs once the hotel guests Yogi Braunias and Gaby Kleffken (regular guests of the First Bungalow) had left the island.
The whole thing was triggered by a complaint from a Swiss guest; Stefan Bracher left the following complain-letter when he departed:  -----------

Koh Samui 6.10.2014 Room 401 from 27.9. till 6.10.2014
Dear Management, Dear People.
Thanks for the nice holiday here in the First Bungalow Resort. Nice people they are working here! The beach was nice the sun not so
L
For me the only problem have been the dogs and some guests with the dogs.
‘This was a German dog Mafia’!!!!!
They are many guests they don’t like dogs on the beach. They shit, they make pipi, and that is not good.
I was glad that you tried to chase them away today (5.10.14).
Also a German lady was feeding the cats every morning that’s not ok! No feeding!!!!!!!!
Don’t be afraid from the Germans they should enjoy their holidays and not playing ‘Mother Theresa of the dogs’.
Good luck, Stefan Bracher          ----------
The hotel staff is now chasing the 3 dogs Sammy, Blacky and Zoe. All three dogs have been living on this beach for a very long time, one of them since 9 years! They have been neutered years ago, always get their yearly vaccinations and deWorming as well as tick&flea treatment. They are lovely dogs and obviously not cost any problems in the previous years.
I don’t understand what’s all of a sudden going on with the owner of the First Bungalow. I went to the Hotel together with my husband Werner to speak to the very upset tourists. It didn’t take long for the owner to show up and we were immediately thrown out of the hotel area. She grabbed my arm and escorted us towards the exit. Unbelievable!
I then decided to meet the tourists on the beach. One of the guards came running towards us straight away but after reminding him that the beach belongs to the king, he stepped back.
The guards have started to search the hotel area at 6 in the morning and every dog they see is being brutally chased away. Tourists have been hearing the dogs screaming with pain.
The three dogs have only been fed on the beach and not been approached into the hotel area. Of course it’s not easy for dogs to understand why they are not allowed to chill on a bungalow terrace. The First Bungalow has a lot of regulars and if the management likes it or not, a lot of them are dog lovers, I have met many of them over the last few years.
The guards even go down to the beach during the day and force the dogs out from under the sun beds the tourists lie on. Gaby Kleffgen was threatened by one of the guards when she tried to help the dog.
Luckily for the dogs, many of the current guests at the First Bungalow are animal friends and already they have built a group of about 15 people. Surely this will prevent the staff from poisoning any dogs.
What happens once everyone has left? It is terribly painful for a dog to get poisoned or maybe they will just hit them to death right there on the beach? Did Sammy, Blacky and Zoe really deserve this after all those years on the beach?
Of course we could pick the dogs up and take them to the shelter but what would happen then? It wouldn’t take long for new beach dogs to find their way to the First Bungalow. They would probably be unvaccinated and not yet neutered. Is the First Bungalow turning again into a resort which brutally removes dogs as soon as they show up close to the hotel?
15 years ago every dog who came close to the First Bungalow was dead in with no time. This was in a time where there were still a lot more dogs on Koh Samui and it made no sense to have the dogs sterilized there. As soon as they were brought back they were found dead (or half dead) on the beach or they just disappeared.
The last few years everything was really calm and no dog-related problems on the beach there. Why should this change now all of a sudden?
I can only advise families with children to no longer spend their holidays there. It often happens that dogs who ate poison drag themselves with their last power onto a guest’s balcony in order to seek help.
No child can forget how it is to watch a poisoned dog die. Save your children from such horrible happenings.
Please do the effort and write a letter to the First Bungalow Resort. Maybe the owner will calm down once she realizes that nobody likes to see poisoned dogs while eating breakfast.
We can only succeed if many of you are on board.
Together we can be strong.
Best wishes, Brigitte
----First Bungalow Beach Resort
Below the address from the president of the Hotel Thai Association. Perhaps they will show some interest in this matter? Poisoning or mistreating dogs definitely won’t help to bring more tourists onto the island.  E-Mail: John Ens  gm@poppiessamui.com
I found this also
Tourist Assistance Center Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand Touristcenter13@gmail.com
It would be great if you could also write to Stefan Bracher since he is the one responsible if the dogs get brutally murdered.
Stefan Bracher
Wasenstrasse 5 / Postfach 4264
2500 Biel/Bienne 4
Tel. 032 344 37 52
Fax 032 342 14 49
stefan.bracher@bbz-biel.ch
p.s.: Here are some witnesses from the happenings at the First Bungalow Resort:
The Germans Yogi Braunias, Gaby Kleffken, Uwe and Dagmar Oldenburg, Bianca and Claudia Feßenmayer, Andre and Kerstin Klask and the Swiss Arnold Ammann, Ralph Hinden and Manuela Thalmann

1 comment:

  1. Update:
    Dogs (FIRST BUNGLOW BEACH RESORT – CHAWENG – NOI)

    Dear Animal Friends! 16. October 2014

    In the name of the three dogs from the First Bungalow Beach Resort at Chaweng Noi, I’’d like to sincerely ThankYou for the great protest-action! We did succeed!

    For several days now the dogs have no longer been brutally chased out of the hotel area.

    Gabi and Jogi who had huge problems with the owner of the hotel have now moved to the Fairhouse Beach Resort, which is right next to the First Bungalow Resort.

    Many of you have also contacted John Ens from the Thai Hotel Associate. He did a great job standing up for the dogs and even went to the Mayor with the matter. Obviously ‘the 2nd mayor in charge’ has spoken to the owner of the First Bungalow and she has not been seen again since. The staff that were forced by her to chase the dogs away, have told Gabi and Jogi that she was really ill. Gabi and Jogi have been spending their holiday at the First Bungalow for 8 years now and well known by the staff. The one security guy who was especially brutal to the dogs has also not been seen again.

    Gabi and Jogi can feed the dogs on the beach and everything seems calm and quiet. They will be leaving Samui on the 23rd October 2014, that’s how long the dogs will be save for sure but what happens once they have left?

    I have pictures of the dogs and will show them to every animal friend who stays at the Chaweng Noi Beach and comes to visit us at our house.

    If the dogs happen to disappear from one day to the other it will be clear that they got poisoned and eliminated fast enough.

    The rainy season is just starting now and less and less tourists are coming to visit. We can just hope that the owner has realized how many people are interested in the well-being of the dogs and that she only harms the reputation of her hotel as well as Koh Samui with her actions against the dogs. I am positive that she has learned her lesson.

    Since March 2013 we regularly go and check on the monkey Ling, who is being held in a cage at the Monkey Bar at the end of the Chaweng Noi Beach,.
    http://www.samuidog.org/MonkeyBusiness_en.html

    The Monkey Bar is right next to the First Bungalow Beach Resort. I have been banned from walking through the First Bungalow but so far there’s never been a problem to get down to the beach (which of course doesn’t belong to her) walking through the Fairhouse and go check on the monkey.

    We will keep our eyes open when we go check on the monkey and if something would happen I’d inform you immediately. That’s about all we can do for now.
    Together we can be strong, something we have proven once again! It’s not yet too late to be part of this protest-action and write to the First Bungalow:

    info@firstbungalowsamui.net
    rsvn@firstbungalowsamui.net


    Please also write at the same time to John Ens from the hotel Thai Association, he is very helpful. He is Dutch and understands German very well.
    John Ens gm@poppiessamui.com

    Thank you very much and best wishes, Brigitte

    Dog and Cat Rescue Samui Foundation
    Brigitte Gomm
    112/35 Moo 6 Bophut/Chaweng
    Samui 84320 Suratthani
    Thailand
    Phone: 00 66 77 413 490
    Mobile: 00 66 81 893 94 43
    E-Mail: info@samuidog.org
    Website: www.samuidog.org
    Facebook: Brigitte Gomm

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