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Apr 20, 2024 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
I feed 80 street dogs every day but the last stop is my favorite because I get to see little Angelina Jolie.

She’s a very very old girl who has lived on the streets her whole life but she is very special (1/6) 🧵 Image
She lives beside a little shop in the jungle. She’ll either be sleeping either under the car or just beside the road waiting.

Angelina is very vocal and likes to tell me she’s happy about her food delivery. Her voice makes me so happy (2/6)
The food is secondary for Angelina. She does love it but only after I sit and give her and her old best friend Bob 5 minutes attention.

I’m not sure who is happier to see who. Me or Angelina. But why leave her on the street? (3/6)

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The answer is she did come in one time for 2 weeks after she got badly attacked by another rogue street dog. I had to get her all fixed up.

She absolutely HATED being at the land. She cried all day every day and injured herself trying to escape by chewing the metal bars (4/6)
She got more and more frantic at the land. She was always trying to run away. We see this sometimes with street dogs. Angelina was a home bird. She’s about 10 and she’d lived her whole life in that spot on the street. She couldn’t get back there quickly enough once better (5/6)
Angelina has food. Medicines. A best friend. Water. Her safe place to live. And I clean her eyes for her every day.

I know she’s happy because she tells me so every day. A wonderful girl and my favorite stop. See her sets me up for the day ahead (6/6)

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Jul 7
This was Chance when she came in.

Probably the most shut down dog we’ve ever had. She wouldn’t even look at me.

Much of her recovery is down to one very special dog… (1/8) 🧵 Image
Chance had been stabbed in the belly twice. She was in physical agony.

But her biggest scars were mental… (2/8) Image
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It took about 6 weeks to get Chance used to touch.

Us humans did our bit but it was only when I brought her home that the real change happened (3/8)
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Jul 6
One month ago I was sent this photo.

The dog had been on this short 3 foot chain for years.

It’s hard to believe how good he looks just a month later… (1/7) 🧵 Image
Because he was chained so long his health was horrendous.

🥘 He was hardly being fed
🧫 Bacterial infections all over
👂 Ears had been cut off and infected
🏃 He couldn’t walk 100 yards as no stamina

Things were very bad (2/7) Image
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Despite being in so much agony as you can see here he never complained it snapped once.

The vets have been poking and prodding and cleaning and bathing for a month and he’s been an angel (3/7)
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Jul 5
Most people were probably looking at @liamgallagher and @oasis last night on stage.

Look a little closer and you’ll spot a dog called Buttons.

Her’s is a remarkable story… (1/7) 🧵
Button was a little puppy who walked into our sanctuary in Thailand in the middle of the jungle just as it was getting built.

She had been abandoned. She kept coming back daily for food and hoping for company (2/7) Image
Day after day Buttons came back.

I eventually took her in and put her up for adoption (3/7)
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Jul 2
3 weeks ago we brought Anthony Hopkins in as he was very sick.

He is easily the angriest and most vicious dog I’ve ever had to catch.

You won’t believe what he is like today… (1/8) 🧵 Image
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Anthony Hopkins has red raw skin. Probably from a bacterial infection.

He was so angry he tried to eat his way out of the plastic box.

2 different vets refused to treat him (2/8)
Anthony is a community dog. That means he gets fed by locals and tourists.

Nobody could touch him and his pain was unbearable.

We finally managed to sedate him in order to treat him (3/8) Image
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Jul 1
I was sent this photo of a dog living on the streets here in Thailand.

She didn’t look great so we rescued her but I had no idea what she was hiding.

Her comeback has started… (1/8) 🧵 Image
The first problem was catching her. It took 5 of us and as you can see she ran into traffic.

You can see how terrified she is in her eyes when we got her (2/8)
The story from locals was a little sketchy but apparently she had been around the area after being dumped 7 years ago.

It was only when we got her in to our team at @happydoggothai that we spotted serious wounds under her fur (3/8) Image
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Jun 29
Big T was abandoned by his owners. He came in just under a month ago…

✅ Good news is he survived the huge operation to remove his tumor.

🧫 Bad news is the lab results are back. It’s cancer.

The big guy is surrounded by love… (1/8) 🧵 Image
You can see how well our vets did. I’m surprised Big T fought so well. He is well over 10 years old. (2/8) Image
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He had a great week of recovery. Walking around lots and his tail wouldn’t stop wagging (3/8)
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