Neutering is no ball: (Rf 49-01/32) A distress call was made involving a dog in a housing complex suffering through an acute case of having rubber band fasten around his scrotum. This is a primitive and inhumane method of castrating a dog. The dog’s balls were painfully swollen with infectious pus and barely attached to the body. Tranquilizer had to be used for restrain before first aid could be applied. The animal was then brought back to Thai AGA Animal Rescue Clinic for full treatment and recoveryMore lovely stories of how the locals treat their pets hereWe were informed of See, a male white-brown stray living around Laksi Train Station, who was neutered by an unknown person by using an elastic band to bind around its testis. When our rescue team arrived, they found that the elastic band had cut into See’s testis by about 2cm. The testis were also swollen and puss was found around the bound wounds. Our rescue team removed the elastic band and gave it antibiotics to decrease the inflammation and pain. Whether it be ease or cost-savings or fun or a decreased recognition of animal welfare, we do not see any reason justifiable enough for See to be done onto in such a way. We hope that See will be the last animal to experience such a cruel action as every living thing is capable of pain, but animals are unable to protest and fight back when they do not want to be hurt.