BostonRob2

Wikipedia also mentions the custodial sentences handed out to dog owners whose pets attack. Under the Dangerous Dogs Act in the UK that came in in the 1990s many people have been jailed, some for as long as ten years.

Obviously in this case the family are suffering but relatives and carers of this dog had many warnings. There should also be a law that allows for them to be jailed. 

Thailand is far, far too lenient when it comes to dogs. People face jail for taking the matter of strays causing annoyance into their own hands. 

This has to change for the protection of innocent family members and the wider public.

People who say carte blanche that Thais have no responsibility for the care of dogs are mostly Thai bashing, however. Have they ever been to a dog show in Thailand and seen the dedication that people have? I honestly think that most responsible Thai dog owners would welcome changes in the law to stop the bad apple owners who raise dangerous dogs and/or mistreat them.

For starters the dog in this story should be euthanized - but is that even a legal option given the bias to dogs in this country? I do wonder.

I'm the opposite of a dog lover but I translate these stories in good faith, trying to be fair to the original source and adding some bits where necessary.

Frankly this one beggared belief. 

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4 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

If the sole basis for the bet was that nothing even remotely similar had ever happened to me in 20 years, I might give it a punt. Mind you, if I was a younger female and minor celebrity who was trying to get my name out there in print and to attract attention, my experience might have been different.

I've been here twice as long as you and it's never happened to me. But I know plenty of people who have been shaken down, especially in Thong Lo and tourist areas. Experiences of long term residents are not necessarily reflected by tourists and/or those who have been here just weeks or months and especially those who can't speak Thai.

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Whenever I read "Thaksin coming back to Thailand" I think of Benigno Aquino at Manila airport in August 1983.

Forty years on I wonder what might happen here in Thailand.

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Third on the list is Premchai Karnasuta, the chairman of Italian-Thai Development, one of Thailand's largest construction and engineering firms. With a net worth of $7.2 billion, Karnasuta is also involved in real estate development and infrastructure projects......and shooting defenseless animals. 

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I find the easiest way to sidestep all these u-turns is to stay at home in Bangkok clutching my residency book, denying reality.

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30 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

Holy smokes, just look at where that pole is in relation to where the driver would have been sitting. Respect to the rescue services for dealing with something that must have been grotesque to say the least.

Couldn't agree more. The horrendous things these guys must see. Makes me glad that the only thing I do is write about these accidents.

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1 hour ago, Mad mick said:

Rabi vaccines been around long long time ! Well tested unlike covid vaxx where most of us via trust the science & Governments forced this untested vaccine on the populious with none to very little clinical testing  normally takes few years prior to approval side effects +++ 99% most vaccines are clinically tested  ! Covid or CCP Virus  greatest mass experiment  in world history Big pharmaceutical profits went through roof just another pharmaceutical scam call me conspiracy theorist real or not real this virus was man made Dr Fauchi & C/o - should be arrested for crimes against humanity along with corrupt WHO ???????? WEF officials. All we can do is learn & live with it ! like all flu eperdemics past and present will keep mutating ! I believe free choice to be vaxxed or not up to individuals ! Yes possibly most vaunrable in our society  with pre excisiting  comobiditys issues ! With Rabi vaxx was well tested clinically for years & works 3 or 4 in the stomach for memory over 3 or 4 days friend mine got off rabied monkey & it worked  !!

Sorry, you lost me at Big Pharma and Dr Fauchi (sic). But what are these rabi vaccines you speak of.

Even in this day and age that seems beyond reasonable.

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I just missed this guy's killing era in and around the Malaysia Hotel in Soi Ngam Duplee. And I'm glad I never got anywhere near him. A real danger to people he befriended, drugged and murdered on the hippie trail. If he ever came back to Thailand he'd be held on a double murder charge. He slipped out of RTP fingers before and would not be allowed to do so again. He wouldn't dare come to Thailand. 

Beware elsewhere though no matter how advanced his age.

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5 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I'd bet Brits gambled a lot more than Thais. 

I read somewhere that Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world. 

Nonobody beats the HK Chinese.

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