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of live dogs illegally crossing borders for the horrific dog meat trade. On this day, I was one of the unluckiest dogs in the world. I had been discovered on the street, and - caught unaware - I was snared with a cruel noose and tossed into makeshift containment in a truck with 88 other poor souls, to be sold for our meat. My eyes were more haunted than soulful. We were packed into that truck like sardines, with no food or water and stayed like this for days while we traveled to the border - with desperate dogs piled below us slowly dying in the heat, some with broken limbs - and nowhere to relieve ourselves - I closed my eyes and simply gave up. And yet somehow, I was spared. The Thai Royal Police - suspicious of our tarp-covered truck - took a closer look and discovered we were the victims of smuggling. That was the luckiest break I will ever get in this lifetime. But since they had no means to move us from that point, our truck from hell had to turn back, and travel many more hours and days back into Thailand, and all the way to Nakhon Phanom livestock center. Once there, we were finally unloaded. On that day, visitors to the shelter happened to be there when we came in. They were sick with grief upon seeing our suffering, and took many photos and videos - those ultimately helped to save my life. I was one of only 38 dogs that survived (51 perished by the time we were unloaded, so we were literally more dead than alive). And of us 38, not all survived our time at the livestock center. It was the height of the dog meat trade crackdown, so every day, more of us arrived. There was a lack of adequate space, food, clean water, and hygiene - so disease, diarrhea, starvation, dehydration, and injuries from transport claimed more of our number.. Of our survivors, 18 were sponsored by international animal lovers to safety at various sanctuaries in Thailand. I was sponsored to Elfesworld, a dog sanctuary in Thailand where I have lived among almost 700 other dogs, many of them victims of the same trade as myself. I am very grateful to be here, but I am such a sweet, affectionate, people-crazy little girl that it has been very hard to spend my days waiting for crumbs of affection. The kind workers and volunteers and visitors of Elfesworld do their best, but there are so many of us desperate for attention, so it can be scarce. Thanks to LIFE and so many people along the way that helped to save my life and get me noticed, I am now in California! I promise that the family that takes me into their hearts will be very fortunate, indeed! I have so much love to give and can't wait to start giving it!! If you are interested in adopting Suree, please email lifeanimalrescue@gmail.com Her adoption fee is $300 which helps offset some of the flight costs.