Why there is a fence
A pit bull, a canal, and my mother-in-law in the water. The front of Phanu Garden, and the reason it looks the way it does.
Chiang Rai and Bangkok, Thailand
A home for the cats Yeepun saved.
My wife Yeepun spent her life pulling animals off the streets of Bangkok and nursing them back to health. She died in 2016. Her mother and sisters still care for nearly a hundred of her cats, and a few dogs, in three kennels in Thailand. This site is their stories, and a way to help.
Latest from the kennels
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Lomloy walks
A kitten Mee found bleeding at an orchid farm on 1 October could not use her back legs. Twenty-five days later she walked across the clinic floor to Mee's hand.
The site is back
Ten years on, julaluck.org is live again, and I'm heading to Thailand with a camera.
The kennels
About the kennels
Cham Phak Kut 1
The main kennel, in Cham Phak Kut in Chiang Rai province, on land owned by Yeepun's aunt. Most of the cats from the stories on this site were moved here after Yeepun died.
Cham Phak Kut 2
The second kennel in Cham Phak Kut, near the first. Who runs it, how many animals live there, and photos are coming after my visit in late 2026.
Phanu Garden
Mee's cats: thirteen at Phanu Garden, the family's place in Bangkok, and five more, Own and her children, at Mee's orchid farm in Nakhon Pathom, thirty-five minutes away. Food and litter for the house cats alone run about 15,000 baht a month, and Mee thinks the real figure is higher.
Their stories
All stories In memory Tiger
Found dying in a Bangkok parking lot, living in a cage made of trash. He went on to a long, healthy life with the family.
Snow
He fell from under a moving car on a Bangkok bridge. Two months in the clinic and a maxed-out credit card later, he was fine.
Manui
A black kitten from our nightly walks, rescued from a security guard who was about to put him back on the street.
In memory Nuu Yim
A lost kitten who played with a dry leaf in our Bangkok garden until we let him in. Independent, clever, and the only cat who ever obeyed me.
In memory Bang-earn
Found sitting quietly in a box by the roadside in southern Thailand. His name means “by chance.” He had FIV and lived in his own room.
Gift's Family
A stray mother cat, a kitten stuck inside a wall in a rainstorm, and a neighbor with small hands. All five are still together.
About this site
Family, not a foundation.
We are Yeepun's husband, parents and sisters. We are not a registered charity. Every gift goes to cat food, vet bills and building better kennels. None of it goes to people. Here is exactly how it works.