Alfie the dog needs surgery on both hind legs — it can't be done on the island. Fundraiser for a trip to Phuket

Alfie started limping on one hind leg, then the other, and soon he could barely use them, dragging them behind him. There was no X-ray available on Phangan, so he was taken to Samui. There they diagnosed a bilateral luxating patella and bowed tibias. He needs an orthopaedic surgeon — there are no specialists like that on Phangan or Samui.

A clinic in Phuket is ready to do the operation, and it'll cost noticeably less than the first estimate (which ran up to 100,000 THB). The fundraiser covers the surgery itself, the hospital stay, medication, blood tests, the ferry and fuel to Phuket and back, accommodation, plus the trip to Samui and the X-ray that have already happened.

The goal is 75,000 THB. The organiser is PhaNgan Animal Care — details and the GoFundMe link are on their Facebook page.