Denise has always been an animal lover but truly turned her passion into action when she moved to Thailand. With more than 20 years of experience helping street dogs and other animals, she has managed a clinic and for over a decade has facilitated teams of vets and volunteers, while also arranging hundreds of successful adoptions.

Denise runs a tight ship, working around the clock most days to juggle the daily running of the sanctuary, fundraising, accounts and paperwork, international adoptions, and of course, talking to all our vets, volunteers, and donors. PHEW!

She truly is the glue that holds this project together. It’s her straight-talking yet incredibly caring nature that inspires so many volunteers to extend their visit—or come back again and again.

Over the years, Denise has achieved a wealth of success in Thailand, including hundreds of adoptions, countless spay/neuters, and a truly uncountable number of lives saved… and she’s just getting started!