Bhurita Wattanasak, a farmer outside the northern city of Chiang Mai, heads what she calls the suppression division of Watchdog Thailand, a civic group that encourages people to call with tips about the dog meat trade and then passes the information to police.
“It took two to three years to make the police realize that this is not a laughing matter,” she said.
Ms. Bhurita said she had gotten involved in the organization after seeing images of dogs being transported in large trucks.