PHOTO: Comprehensive , Boonrod and Siraphan Ngampromwong of Watchdog Thailand on 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 canine, Boonrod was fished out of the water earlier this month when he was noticed swimming aimlessly 220 kilometres off the Songkhla coast by employees 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 happy hound. How he ended up in the course of the Gulf of Thailand swimming around is a mystery although the rig operators figure he should 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.
Vitisak says he desires to encourage individuals to adopt a pet, somewhat than buying a new pet.
You can comply with Boonrod’s story here on his very personal Facebook web page..