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As soon as someone starts bandying about the word "expert" in a derogatory manner you know they have realised they have no idea what they are talking about Almost everything you say is either wrong or contradicting yourself – you clearly have never studied the roaming dog problem in Thailand Culling the dogs doesn't work. Yes it does - why are there no stray dogs in the UK ? You don’t see how illogical that is???? The UK has never had a roaming dog population on the same scale as Thailand. Culling doesn’t work – it actually increases the problem in a relatively short period of time. The only place culls work is on small islands (e.g. rats or invasive species) The population of stray dogs to be reduced to manageable proportions requires control of the food supply and an effective CNVR program “Who are underfunded and cannot resolve the issue - they just feed the problem.” “ – HOW?? – in fact Soi Dog Foundation have ridden Phuket of rabies and reduced the stray dog population from 70000 to 7000 by CNVR – but I’m guessing you haven’t noticed. In BKK funded by donations and the BMA they are in the process of CNVR about 680000 dogs – again if you’ve noticed you didn’t understand how it happened. “... I noted that an area of Bangkok that lived in hardly ever had stray dogs... I don't remember any around... walking at night or day time” – you didn’t see any change – according to you, that’s “stupid”! Turkey As of July 2024, Turkey is debating a new law that would require municipalities to collect stray dogs and house them in shelters for vaccination, neutering, and spaying. The dogs would then be available for adoption, but any that are terminally ill, infectious, aggressive, or pose a health risk to humans would be euthanized. The legislation was drawn up by the ruling conservative AK Party. The bill has been called a "massacre law" by activists, who argue that it would result in the mass extermination of unadopted dogs. Some say that the government has misread the national mood and has begun to back down from the original plan. The legislation that was introduced in July 2024 is a watered-down version of the initial proposal, which reportedly called for the strays to be euthanized if they were not adopted within 30 days. The new legislation would put to sleep strays who are at risk of rabies, have become aggressive, or cannot be rehabilitated. Some say that local municipalities are largely to blame for the country's stray dog problem because they have failed to neuter the dogs in their areas. Others say that at least 75 people, including 44 children, have been killed as a result of attacks or by traffic accidents caused by dogs since 2022

THere is NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD where culiing has worked. To suggest it's carried out in the UK - is complete nonsense. THe roaming dog population in UK is a fraction of Thailandd's due to well established reasons - stray dogs are caught in very small numbers kept and rehoused or euthanised - that is not a cull.

Everything you've posted just shows how profoundly ill-informed you are about the roaming dog issues in Thailand and the rest of the world. Why not educate yourself before posting such nonsense?

totally illogical. obviously a minority I've lived in Thailand for over 20 years normally in middle class closed village developments i.e. the majority of Thailand and there has always been a dog problem. "disposing of dogs doesn't address the problem at all. at best it shifts them around temporarily. there are around 860,000 to 2 million "roaming dogs in Thailand - about half a million in greater bangkok. THey pose health and safety threats all over the country - zoonotic disease (e.g. Rabies) road safety and public inconvenience as above. Culling the dogs doesn't work THe care organisations are largely funded by donations. THere are campaigns to varying degrees of success around the country. One of the things about stray dogs is if the problem gets better peple don't notice their absence or reduction in numbers.

Unfortunately there are still too many dogs in Thailand to do this.

you have absolutely no idea! You can be a couple of metres from elephants in forest and be completely unaware they are there.

When I suggested this a few weeks back I was snootily told how wrong I was and the idea was loudly rejected

thanks....

Mine has ผ.60 - ม -17 on the red entry stamp. I understand that "ผ" indicates visa exempt but what does ม -17 stand for?

mine has ผ.60 - ม -17 on the rad entry stamp. I understand that "ผ" indicates visa exempt but what does ม -17 stand for?

In general, it's not "BAD" drivers that have crashes, it's NORMAL drivers - unfortunately if they don't realisethat, they are putting themselves and other road users at increased risk.

error

I've driven into Laos and Malaysia in my Thai car, but never to CAmbodia. problems used to be - only allowed in the province you entrered and getting insurance, has this been addressed now? trip report anybody???

that's worrying even 50 years ago in terms of road safety, they comment would have been seen as profoundly ignorant of road safety.

THis is real "human" error the main factor in 95% of road accidents.

I guess a proper crash report will never appear. From th position of the bike, marks of the road etc one should be able t calculate direction speed of impact tc etc... All we have is the word of rg driver who says he wasn't looking.

I must admit that I thought the dissolving of the party and dismissal of the PM would have made a coup unnecessary, but now I would say the opposite is the case.

I'm sorry but as an honest question, the best I can suggest is you familiarise yourself with Thailand's politics - if I gave you an explanation it would most likely be removed by ASEAN NOW to avoid further action by the authorities.You need to understand that most of the comments on this site on Thai politics are going to be very cryptic. the only way to understand that is by reading up yourself. THis can be difficult in THailand as many books, articles t are unavailable.

Military are not going to be happy.

If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person alive.

You seem totally unaware of how banal your comments are.

THe classic response of someone with no idea.... but it does make a point. Its not my job to educate you, You desperately need to educate yourself and get up to speed on Thai politics. Ay present you are covering up your ignorance with a dose of cynicism

You don't appear to understand the role of the military in this.

the new news is the announcement of flight service cancellations from October onwards

THat's got nothing to do with why he was dismissed!