It’s after midnight and Dr Bow is already awake when her phone starts to ring. She sleeps lightly when she is on call, and she knows who is calling before she picks up the phone.
Two dogs, recently rescued from an illegal dog meat trade sale, breathe through holes cut into canvas sacks as a trader kneels before the local police chief following an enforcement operation in Bulacan, Philippines.
Soldiers pose with puppies found near their bunker during the 2025 Cambodian-Thai border crisis. Sa Kaeo, Thailand.
Students from a small island community pose with a kitten during an education programme (top); a man holds a dog outside his home in Phuket, Thailand (above).
Khun May, who has worked in the front office for more than a decade, speaks calmly but urgently – a dog has been struck by a motorbike and is severely injured. The rescuer is already en route. Dr Bow, whose given name is Nutta Siriwatchaiporn, rolls out of bed and slips into her signature dog-paw Crocs, briskly crossing the gravel road between her flat and the hospital entrance.
