People and Animals Thailand

People and Animals Thailand (PAT) is the latest volunteering project set up by WFFT to help stray dogs and cats in Thailand.

Our clinic is located between Cha-am and Hua Hin and offers free neutering and vaccination to street animals. The clinic is modern, well-equipped and provides a pleasant working environment where you can come and help to make a real difference to the domestic animals of Thailand.

Volunteering is very hard and physically demanding work, but the reward of seeing the animals enjoying your efforts is priceless

Although you do not need to be a veterinary professional to volunteer at PAT, we do encourage veterinarians, veterinary technicians, or veterinary students to apply. You are able to work closely with our veterinary team, observing and assisting with various tasks. Duties may include patient admission, administering sedatives and other medications, preparing animals for surgery, assisting with surgery, monitoring patients, wound care, monitoring recovery, discharging patients, keeping the clinic clean and general clinic tasks. Using modern techniques and equipment, you can gain valuable experience in high volume neutering surgery in a sterile and well-organised environment.

Non-veterinary professionals at this project could be involved in the following: assisting with animal admissions, patient logging, cleaning and observation of patients, helping to work with our team and the community to catch dogs, returning dogs and cats after survey, participating in our field surveys, taking photos, writing stories for our social media, office support.

You must be 18 years old or over
You must be able to speak a good level of English
You must be of good physical and mental health, and be able to tolerate a hot and humid climate
You must have a positive and practical attitude towards animal welfare and wildlife conservation

We value long-term commitment, so the longer you stay the cheaper it becomes!

Please note that all projects require a minimum commitment of 1 week.
The maximum booking length at any one time is 4 weeks, however this may be extended on site (subject to availability).
The fee covers the cost of your accommodation and breakfast and lunch on working days, as well as a donation directly towards the running of the clinic.
Comfortable accommodation is provided on site with air-conditioned rooms.
As we can only accept a maximum of 4 volunteers at the PAT Clinic, places are very limited, so we recommend applying a few months in advance.

Does volunteering sound like something you could do?

Please submit your application form or download our volunteer information pack.

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STEP 1

STEP 2

Complete the Volunteer Application form
We will send an acknowledgement email
We will then check your application and send you another email advising the application has been approved of not.
You MUST NOT pay your deposit until you have received approval.

STEP 3

Once approved you will be asked to pay a non-refundable 200 € deposit
Payment can be made using a card or a PayPal balance. You do not need a PayPal Account to make a payment by card.
We recommend that volunteers use PayPal, as this allows us to provide confirmation of your booking more quickly than with bank transfers
Please email us a copy of the payment confirmation you receive along with the following in the email subject field. Your Full Name Volunteer Project Start Date Eg Subject:Billy Bestmate - Elephant Refuge - 3 March 2025
If you have not paid your deposit within 60 days, we will cancel your booking.

STEP 4

Once a we have received your Volunteer Application Form & Your Deposit Payment, we will send you a Confirmation email showing an invoice of outstanding balance
The confirmation email will contain the information to pay the remaining balance.
Please email us a copy of the payment confirmation you receive along with the following in the email subject field. Your Full Name Volunteer Project Start Date Eg Subject:Billy Bestmate - Elephant Refuge - 3 March 2025
Following receipt of the balance, we will send you an updated confirmation to confirm that you have paid in full.

NOTES

Bank Transfer

If you prefer to use Bank Transfer method to pay your deposit, please use the following details.

Bank: Siam Commercial Bank (Publ. Co. Ltd.), Thayang Branch, Petchkasem Road, Thayang, 76130 Petchaburi, Thailand

Account holder: Wildlife Friends Foundation

Account number: 708-208086-6

SWIFT Code: SICOTHBK

Cancellation

Here at WFFT, we have a 30-day policy regarding cancellations. Cancellations made more than 30 days before the start of your volunteering placement will be refunded the amount paid, minus the 200 Euros non-refundable deposit. Cancellations made less than 30 days before the start date are non-refundable. You may postpone until a later date, but this must be rescheduled within 12 months and is subject to availability.

Your volunteer fee covers :

Please note that all projects require a minimum commitment of 1 week, and the maximum booking length at any one time is 12 weeks. This may be extended on-site depending on availability.

People and Animals Thailand (PAT)

To book for more than 4 weeks, please email volunteer@wfft.org. The fee covers the cost of your accommodation and breakfast and lunch on working days, as well as a donation directly towards the running of the clinic. Comfortable accommodation is provided on site with air-conditioned rooms. As we can only accept a maximum of 4 volunteers at the PAT Clinic, places are very limited, so we recommend applying a few months in advance. The PAT Clinic is very close to WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre where the WRC, ER and HOSP projects run. This means you can combine volunteering projects and help the animals in many different ways. If you would like to know the cost of any combination experiences, please ask a Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@wfft.org

Getting to WFFT

Volunteers are responsible for arranging and paying for their own flights.

We are unable to advise or help you in booking flights. The nearest international airport is Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (airport code BKK). There is a second airport, Don Mueang (DMK), that takes some international but mostly domestic Asian flights.

Arranging a Transfer to our Projects

We are able to arrange taxi pick-ups for volunteers from Bangkok, Hua Hin or Cha-am.

PAT Clinic volunteers will arrive at WFFT’s Wildlife Rescue Centre on a Sunday and be given a tour before heading off to the clinic.

Bangkok – 2200 Thai Baht per taxi. We are able to pick you up from either Suvarnabhumi BKK, Don Mueang DMK airports or a hotel in Bangkok. We are able to arrange taxi pickups from Bangkok between 6AM and 2PM, because the centre is a 3-hour drive away andotherwise there will be no staff member available to greet the volunteers.

Hua-Hin – 700 Thai Baht per taxi. We are able to pick you up from hotel, bus- or train station. However, please note for train or bus station pick-ups you must call us on arrival because trains and buses can arrive much later than scheduled, and we do not want to keep our drivers waiting. We are able to arrange taxi pick-ups from Hua Hin between 6AM and 4PM. The centre is 1 hour drive from Hua Hin.

Cha-am – 400 Thai Baht per taxi. We are able to pick you up from hotel, bus or train station. However, please note for train or bus station pick-ups you must call us on arrival as trains and buses can arrive much later than scheduled, and we do not want to keep our drivers waiting. We are able to arrange taxi pick-ups from Cha-am between 6AM and 4PM. The center is 45 minutes from Cha-am.

Your Pick Up Details – If you wish to be picked up from an airport please send us the airport you will be flying into, your flight number and arrival time. If you want to be picked up from a hotel, please send us the hotel name, address and phone number. The best pick-up time for a hotel pick-up from Bangkok is 9AM and the best pick-up time from Hua-Hin or Cha-am is 10AM.

For calls on arrival at bus or train stations please contact Volunteer Coordinators at +66-8-76640260 or +66-871060992 and we will send a taxi for you. Please note we cannot arrange a taxi pick up on arrival later than 4pm. Payments must be made to the driver in cash (Thai Baht) on arrival at the centre. Sometimes we are also able to arrange pick-ups together with other new volunteers that arrive on the same day as you. However, this depends on what time you and other
volunteers are available to be picked up. Please, let us know if you are interested in sharing a taxi with other volunteers, or prefer a private transfer.

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