PHOTO: Vitisak Payalaw, Boonrod and Siraphan Ngampromwong of Watchdog Thailand at the Smile Dog House in Hat Yai – Facebook.com
Thailand’s pooch-of-the-moment ‘Boonrod’ (meaning ‘survivor’ in Thai) has a new residence in Khon Kaen.
Definitely Thailand’s most travelled dog, Boonrod was fished out of the water earlier this month when he was spotted swimming aimlessly 220 kilometres off the Songkhla coast by staff at an oil rig.
Vitisak is now the proud new proprietor of Boonrod. He’s an offshore planner of Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production and met up with Boonrod on Saturday, the first time the 2 had met up since the rescue on April 15 which made worldwide headlines.
At the time Boonrod was not a cheerful hound. How he ended up in the course of the Gulf of Thailand swimming round is a thriller though the rig operators figure he must have fallen off a fishing trawler.
But now Boonrod, who has been recuperating at Smile Dog House in Hat Yai since his rescue, is now off to his new life in Khon Kaen, some 1,500 kilometres north from Songkhla.
Banned says he needs to encourage people to undertake a pet, somewhat than shopping for a new pet.
You can observe Boonrod’s story right here on his very own Facebook web page..