Small Cat Sanctuary

A Small Cat Sanctuary in Thailand – Creating Safety for the Forgotten

Every morning in Thailand, when I open my gate, I am greeted not by silence, but by quiet eyes watching from the garden walls, under parked scooters, and beneath the shade of tropical plants. Dozens of stray cats live around my home. They were not planned, not chosen, not adopted. They simply appeared, one by one, abandoned by circumstance and left to survive as best they could.

I am a retired English teacher. I spent my life helping people find their words. Now, I feel called to speak for those who have none.

These cats are not just wandering animals. They are vulnerable lives constantly threatened by packs of stray dogs that attack them, injure them, and sometimes kill them. At night, I hear the fights. I see the wounds. I carry the survivors to safety when I can.

Some neighbors, understandably overwhelmed by the growing number of cats, want drastic solutions. They talk about mass sterilization without care, about removing them entirely, even about aborting pregnancies to stop the cycle. Their frustration is real, but the answer cannot be cruelty or neglect. These cats did not choose this life.

For years, I have fed them quietly, using what little I have from my retirement pension. But a teacher’s pension is modest. It is not enough to provide the protection they now desperately need.

My dream is simple and humane:

To turn my garden into a safe, enclosed refuge.

By installing secure fencing, we can prevent dog attacks. By vaccinating the cats, we can stop the spread of disease. By ensuring regular food and care, we can stabilize the population responsibly and compassionately. This is not about creating dependency; it is about creating dignity and safety where there is currently fear.

This small sanctuary would not be a large institution. It would be a peaceful, protected space where these forgotten animals can live without terror, where kittens can grow without injury, and where coexistence with the neighborhood becomes possible.

I never imagined that, after a lifetime of teaching grammar and conversation, my greatest lesson would be one of compassion in action. But life sometimes assigns us a new purpose when we least expect it.

Your support is not simply funding fences or vaccines.

It is helping transform fear into safety.

It is choosing care over indifference.

It is allowing a retired teacher to continue serving, just in a different classroom, one made of grass, sunlight, and quiet purring.

This refuge will not belong to me alone.

It will belong to everyone who believes that kindness is a language understood by all living beings.

Together, we can give these cats what they have never had:

a place to live without danger, and a future no longer ruled by survival.