Kennel

Cham Phak Kut 2

The yellow house in Cham Phak Kut: a normal family home with a cat kennel built into it. Lucky, Snow, Manui and Gift's family live here.

Cham Phak Kut, Chiang Rai Cared for by Yeepun's mother
Cham Phak Kut 2

We call this one the yellow house. It is in Cham Phak Kut, in Chiang Rai province, near the main kennel, and it is a normal home: two bedrooms, an office, a kitchen, a garage. What it also has is a cat kennel built into it, which was part of the plan for the house.

Inside the kennel there are units for the cats that don’t get along with the others, who roam around freely. Lucky, Snow and Manui live here. Gift’s family, the oldest rescues, live inside the home itself and get special treatment.

Counts, costs and photos are coming from my visit.

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Who lives here

In memory
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.

healthy

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.

healthy

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
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
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.

five cats, all healthy

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.

healthy, a little wobbly

Lucky

Found barely alive beside a garbage bin on a Bangkok sidewalk in May 2015. He pulled through, and has wobbled happily ever since.

at the yellow house

Max

A bright-eyed kitten photographed on a plastic chair at the kennel in November 2016.

Updates from Cham Phak Kut 2

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Nov 4, 2026

The yellow house

A normal home in Chiang Rai with a cat kennel built into it, and Lucky, Snow and Manui, about ten years after their stories were first told here.