Bodhi Dog Rescue and Shelter
Animal shelter · Pa Khlok
A no-kill dog shelter at the back of Wat Sophon Wanaram (Wat Pa Klok) in Pa Khlok, home to about 170 dogs, open to visitors and adopters who message first.
Animal shelter
About Bodhi Dog Rescue and Shelter
Bodhi is a small no-kill dog rescue at the back of Wat Sophon Wanaram in Pa Khlok, on the road to Bang Pae Waterfall, where about 170 dogs live on donations. Visitors may come from 09:30 to 16:00 after a call or a message, to walk and brush the dogs or bring food; there is no fee. More than 500 of its dogs have been adopted, many abroad, each vaccinated, dewormed and sterilised first.
Also known as Bodhi Dog Rescue
As the record has it
Good to know
- Operator
An independent rescue founded in 2012 by an Australian woman, run by her and a small team on donations alone.
- Animals
Dogs.
- Setting
The back of the grounds of Wat Sophon Wanaram, a quiet community temple among trees founded in 1867; the temple charges the shelter no rent.
- Booking
Call or message the shelter's Facebook page before coming: it is a working rescue with a very small team.
- Opened
2012
- Size
About 170 dogs; vet bills of 30,000–100,000 baht a month.
- Getting there
On the road from the Heroines' Monument to Bang Pae Waterfall, about 20 minutes from the airport and 30 from Phuket Town; a car or a scooter is needed. Enter the temple and follow the small Bodhi sign to the back.
Closed shoes and clothes that may get dirty; shoulders and knees covered, as in any temple.
Pa Khlok district
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Stands inPa Khlok district