absolutelyBangkok archive · Culture shock
Originally published Aug. 30, 2009
Here’s a little photo report of Jatujak, of the there caged and tied down animals’
Sodom & Gomorrah. There’s hardly anything you can’t find at Jatujak.
And no pet that isn’t for sale, be it dogs, cats, birds, fishes, scorpions, turtles, spiders, snakes, etc. In apocalyptic conditions that is.
It’s heartbreaking to stroll along Jatujak’s animal shops. Animal rights, like other basic rights, are no speciality of Thailand.
The fancy dogs may enjoy air conditioning. Most creatures barely survive.
I wonder how many animals don’t make it each week. But then again, somehow it’s also a visually highly fascinating place of masters and subjects.
Some of the images — shot with an Olympus E-P1 & 17mm pancake — are uploaded in larger resolution over at the Gallery:
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