Bangkok mobilizes volunteers to combat stray pet crisis

Hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats roam Thai capital's streets

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One of the strays at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s shelter for dogs and cats in the city's Prawet district. Now under renovation, the facility will be able to shelter 1,000 dogs and cats when it reopens later this year. (Courtesy of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)

CRAIG SAUERS, Contributing writer

BANGKOK -- Hiding in plain sight beneath a palm tree, Janice Koehler eyes a metal cage across a parking lot, sitting in the shadows of a Bangkok high-rise. The trap is set. Her target lurks.

Suddenly, the cage door snaps shut. With a confidence that betrays that she has done this nearly 700 times, she springs into action. A mottled grey cat with a bent tail roars and cartwheels. Koehler coos and covers the cage with a towel to calm the animal.

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