Phangan animal care was founded in September 2001 by Shevaun Gallwey with the help of a few long term residents on the island. With an enormous amount of work, and assistance of the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF), PhaNgan Animal Care (PAC) was born. PAC is a non-profit organisation, developed to provide essential care for the many ill and suffering stray animals of Koh PhaNgan.

It has been gratefully embraced by the local residents of the island, as there was no option to obtain treatment unless the animal was brought to the adjacent island which often was not possible. PAC began based in a small building behind the main high school on the island, then moved to its current premises in Wok Tum in May 2008.