Samut Songkhram governor reveals anti-rabies measure

[snoop1130]

Samut Songkhram governor reveals anti-rabies measure

By Khajorn Phonimthai, 
Surachai Piraksa 
The Nation

 

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As a rabies outbreak hits parts of Thailand, Samut Songkhram governor Khanchat Tansathien on Monday revealed a plan to clear streets in the province of 3,000 stray dogs by next year by having local administrative bodies round up strays to be kept at shelters.

 

Keeping strays in such enclosed facilities would ensure vaccination coverage, rabies prevention and control of the stray population, he said.

 

Khanchat made his comment while he accompanied officials who were vaccinating and sterilising 65 dogs at a private shelter run by 58-year-old cleaning lady Wandee Moongkhamen in Tambon Thai Hat of Muang district. The visit was to promote her facility as a model for stray-dog management.

 

Kanchat said the province had detected two rabid dogs – one during the 2016-2017 period and one this year.

 

In Tambon Sadao of Buri Ram’s Nang Rong district, the provincial livestock development office has vaccinated and quarantined 11 buffaloes that were in the same enclosure as a 10-year-old female buffalo that was bitten by a suspected rabid dog late last month. It died on Saturday of an unconfirmed cause and its carcass was buried. The suspected rabid dog was destroyed before being testing for rabies. 

 

Cats and dogs in a one-kilometre radius have also been vaccinated. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30341273

 

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[chrisinth]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Khanchat made his comment while he accompanied officials who were vaccinating and sterilising 65 dogs at a private shelter run by 58-year-old cleaning lady Wandee Moongkhamen in Tambon Thai Hat of Muang district. The visit was to promote her facility as a model for stray-dog management.

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[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Maybe they can train the infested dogs to just bite junta members before they call it a day? (Would be a great deterrent against future coups)

Edited March 20, 2018 by HiSoLowSoNoSo

[grumbleweed]

Shelters for 3000 dogs - Someone has to tell them you can't just speak these things into existence. and then there's the expense of running them, although taking the cost from the defence budget would instantly send dogs the same way as the dodo

 

They seem to be overlooking the universal cure all, essentially the Thai version of snake oil. All that's needed is a positive action plan of trinkets and a few monks chanting gibberish - Anything else is doomed to fail

 

 

 

[grumbleweed]

6 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Maybe they can train the infested dogs to just bite junta members before they call it a day? (Would be a great deterrent against future coups)

That's cruel, why infest the dogs with a whole host of new diseases?. By comparison, rabies is a much more ethical and dignified method of culling dogs

[spidermike007]

3 hours ago, grumbleweed said:

That's cruel, why infest the dogs with a whole host of new diseases?. By comparison, rabies is a much more ethical and dignified method of culling dogs

And a good way of culling the Thai population in the process. They simply need start a nationwide culling program. Most soi dogs are a nuisance. Most are mangy, some are disease ridden, many are hungry, tired, and lead terrible lives of desperation. Some attack people, some terrorize neighborhoods. Many harass the domestic dogs, and cause them to bark all night long, like in my neighborhood. Nobody wants to do anything about it. Culling is the answer. If they found a budget for it, they could do it Western style. Round up the dogs, clean them up, vaccinate them, and put them up for adoption. The ones who are not adopted after 60 days are simply put down. Nothing cruel about it. Not doing something like this, is both cruel to the dogs and to the neighborhoods they infest. 

[stanleycoin]

Think Thailand should take this rabies outbreak a more seriously

If the international news starts to pick up on this

the tourist industry will take a big knock.

Wake up Thailand, and start to put the dogs down, the wild dog population is out of control. 

Edited March 20, 2018 by stanleycoin

[Cadbury]

Alas the horse, or in this case the dog, has bolted. The problem of stray dogs in Thailand has now got so big that it will be almost impossible to bring it under control. Painless euthanasia on a large scale is about the only solution. I think Buddha might make an exception to the rules under the circumstances.

[harada]

No cigarette buts on the beach but packs of dogs can crap and piss on them 24/7, I'd prefer to tread on a butt any day.