Stray dogs take over Banglamung Hospital parking lot

[Rimmer]

Stray dogs take over Banglamung Hospital parking lot

PATTAYA:--Stray dogs have taken over a lot behind Banglamung Hospital, raising fears of attacks and rabies infections among neighbors.

 

The lot on Naklua Soi 13 serves as a parking lot for the hospital, but now is infested with dogs and covered in feces.

 

Neighbor Pratuan Yodket, 55, said people repeatedly had left dogs on the land, swelling the canine population.

 

The animals have been a nuisance to local residents and hospital patients, causing motorbikes to crash and the occasional person getting bit.

 

With Chonburi declared a “red zone” for rabies infections – with three fatalities this year so far – neighbors want the local government to round up and clear out the dogs.

 

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-03-16

[Lamkyong]

well now they are corralled  i suggest the powers that be  should take the opportunity to

carry out the vaccinations   or what ever they consider   to be the  answer  to the so obvious problems     i am positive of the action i would take  if i were in charge   put it this way no need for booster shots 

[Darcula]

40 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Stray dogs take over Banglamung Hospital parking lot

Be careful now, some of them could be dogtors.

[johng]

I've seen just a few days ago,stray dogs actually in the (another) hospital !

[Tilacme]

Stray dogs occupy hospitals, schools and temples, its what they do.

[Enoon]

 

They are not "strays".

 

They are feral and breed independently of human control or ownership.

 

(Although some humans foolishly elect to sustain them)

 

Here's something for your website TAT:

 

Tourists should be aware when visiting Thailand that, in urban areas, they are likely to encounter self-perpetuating packs of wild dogs.

 

 

Edited March 16, 2018 by Enoon

[mok199]

 I must say this hospital is in need of a cull..we were there a few weeks ago, it is seriously out of control,inbreeding gone wild..

Edited March 16, 2018 by mok199
speliing

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

but now is infested with dogs and covered in feces.

forecasteable, country that cannot govern itself cannot control animals

[overherebc]

If one bites you it's only a short walk to get your rabies shots.

Put the damn things down and have an end to it.

[Lupatria]

They are not strays. They wait for their owners to return after successful rabies treatment.

[johng]

8 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

successful rabies treatment

They'll be waiting a looonnng time then  as there is no rabies treatment...only prevention.

[henry15]

Only solutions is the radical one. Round up all soi dogs and send  kill them.

[Borzandy]

I have seen stray dogs inside a waiting room at Banglamung Hospital, no one seemed bothered.....

 

[RichardColeman]

29 minutes ago, henry15 said:

Only solutions is the radical one. Round up all soi dogs and send  kill them.

Only in Thailand could the most sensible suggestion be called radical !  

[hobobo]

16 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

They are not "strays".

 

They are feral and breed independently of human control or ownership.

 

(Although some humans foolishly elect to sustain them)

 

Here's something for your website TAT:

 

Tourists should be aware when visiting Thailand that, in urban areas, they are likely to encounter self-perpetuating packs of wild dogs.

 

 

I'd bloody well hope they breed independently of human control!

[weegee]

And what are they selling ?...

[ChrisY1]

Dogs in Thailand hold the same status as monks....many of them are rotten!

[Krataiboy]

Small beer. Dogs can be found sleeping and roaming round the waiting rooms our local hospital in Cha Am - and neither the patients nor hospital staff seem the slightest bit concerned.

 

Nothing new, of course. I remember, soon after moving here two decades ago, visiting a friend in the government hospital in Hua Hin and freaking out at a bunch cats competing with flocks of wild birds to feed on leftovers on lunch trolleys left in the corridors. 

 

He, a pioneer expat in this part of the world, just thought it was funny.

 

TIT. Love it (and, let's face it, most of the time we do) or hate it, but one thing is certain: there's nowhere else on earth quite like it.

Edited March 17, 2018 by Krataiboy

[thaiclan]

On average 8 people per year die of Rabies in Thailand (WHO stats).
22,000 people die on the roads.

 

Why has rabies become such the headline sensation in the past couple of weeks?  Yes there has been an increase in rabies cases (in animals), and yes this needs to be addressed, but really all these headlines and resulting social media frenzy about how all the dogs should be culled?
 

Has a pharma company got a few container loads of vaccinations to sell or something?

 

Also the article and photo just feeds into the sensationalism.  A photo of 7 stray dogs to support a story that says the dogs have "taken over".
Also whilst the stray dogs are a problem, one good thing about them is when they do poo they usually poo far away from where they dwell.

 

I have both stray dogs and pedigree and the stray dogs are such a delight because they don't require any toilet training!

 

I'm not saying that rabies should be ignored, but it just seems all the hysteria is out of proportion to the actual data.

With all the talk about having to register dogs which is nigh on impossible to enforce in a country like Thailand when we can't even get all cars and bikes properly registered and not even mentioning the farce that is the driving test!

 

 

[digbeth]

It used to be that local governments handled the vaccinations with free vaccinations, but a couple of years back the anti corruption commission ruled that purchasing of vaccines and giving them out is not the job of local governments, and although the case was overruled local governments are still afraid of touching anything vaccines should there be legal repercussion, so now the disease spreads  

[Henrik Andersen]

Thai people just dumb their dogs everywhere 

Government need take action now 

And Thai people need get big fine 

Thai people are selfish my first generation don't care about anything 

[lamyai3]

12 hours ago, Borzandy said:

I have seen stray dogs inside a waiting room at Banglamung Hospital, no one seemed bothered.....

 

Nice gig if you can get it. They're only allowed to bite outpatients or those accompanying them, in exchange they get a nice juicy bone at the end of the day. 

[lamyai3]

7 hours ago, thaiclan said:

Also whilst the stray dogs are a problem, one good thing about them is when they do poo they usually poo far away from where they dwell.

You don't $hit where you eat, as the popular expression goes. 

[The Theory]

Hospital employees feed the dogs,

otherwise dogs would not stay there.

[jacko45k]

Surprised this is an issue. Pattaya City hall have been quite active in the past removing nuisance strays.

[StayinThailand2much]

On 3/16/2018 at 6:16 PM, YetAnother said:

forecasteable, country that cannot govern itself cannot control animals

Hope, the stray dogs won't take over the country! Then again, strays couldn't possibly do a worse job than the current government, could they? 

[marginline]

They're (the stray dogs) are doin' a great job and I hear they are even starting a free valet service soon.

[balo]

Just sedate them and move them away from the area, maybe dump them in front of BKK Pattaya hospital.

[champers]

I saw 2 dogs going at it like a couple of drunken tourists. Shameful.

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, balo said:

Just sedate them and move them away from the area, maybe dump them in front of BKK Pattaya hospital.

Or in Pattaya bay wearing concrete boots.  Thais see nothing wrong with dirty diseased creatures wandering in and out of hospitals.  They even allow them into restaurants; not the ones I frequent.