Pattaya vet: Stray dogs good for neighborhoods

[Rimmer]

Pattaya vet: Stray dogs good for neighborhoods

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s animal-control department says stray dogs actually are beneficial to local communities and that if people are upset over the number of soi dogs, they should look in the mirror.

 

City veterinarian Surapong Wongsuttawad said Aug. 19 that dog-catching teams, armed with tranquilizer guns, go out regularly to round up, sterilize and inoculate stray dogs. But, due to high demand, they don’t always respond to resident complaints immediately.

 

Dogs are taken to the city’s facility on Soi 4 in Plu­taluang, which currently houses about 1,300 animals.

 

But Surapong said that no matter how many dogs are caught, the number of strays does not decrease. New dogs quickly take the place of captured ones and pet owners are to blame.

 

Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-vet-stray-dogs-good-neighborhoods-219889

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-08-24

[nausea]

I would agree, they give more than they take, no Terminator's gonna sneak up on my house. More seriously, a national campaign of sterilising and vaccinating all stray dogs is well overdue, but then I'm an animal lover, so I would say that wouldn't I. No doubt the funds could also be used for the poor, or for kids, or whatever. But, as in the UK, there's an untapped flow of funding that can be used for animal welfare, and would be wasted otherwise. Not everybody's into kids, or the poor, or whatever; but a lot of people are into animals. Whatever the reason, be it a disenchantment with human relationships or a Buddhist recognition of sentience at different levels, they can take this and do something useful with it.

[Stoker58]

 Try walking your family dog past these packs of vermin and watch what happens.

[anon789561]

38 minutes ago, Stoker58 said:

 Try walking your family dog past these packs of vermin and watch what happens.

So far they have always run away as soon as one of mine even looks at them never mind growls 

[lamyai3]

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Stray dogs good for neighborhoods

From the dogs' point of view, this is certainly true. 

[Farrows3399]

10 hours ago, nausea said:

I would agree, they give more than they take, no Terminator's gonna sneak up on my house. More seriously, a national campaign of sterilising and vaccinating all stray dogs is well overdue, but then I'm an animal lover, so I would say that wouldn't I. No doubt the funds could also be used for the poor, or for kids, or whatever. But, as in the UK, there's an untapped flow of funding that can be used for animal welfare, and would be wasted otherwise. Not everybody's into kids, or the poor, or whatever; but a lot of people are into animals. Whatever the reason, be it a disenchantment with human relationships or a Buddhist recognition of sentience at different levels, they can take this and do something useful with it.

It's called idiots compassion.  "These" folks around here are off the scale. 

[dinsdale]

13 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Stray dogs good for neighborhoods

I agree. Who dosen't want wild animals roaming the neighbourhod. As for strays I think feral is more appropriate. First World countries try to illiminate all feral animals. Third World it's good for the neighbourhod.

Feral: adjective

1. (especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.

[Prairieboy]

13 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Pattaya vet: Stray dogs good for neighborhoods

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln
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[tigermoth]

Some vet!!! As usual here human life is of little consequence. Thailand is trying to be number one in the world at something, rabies infection.

[anon467367354]

stray dogs are good for the neighborhoods like illegal aliens are good for the country.

What a joke!

[Vacuum]

15 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Pattaya’s animal-control department says stray dogs actually are beneficial

But how, pray tell us, how this is possible.

[Destiny1990]

Hello Rabbies.

[Lupatria]

15 hours ago, Rimmer said:

City veterinarian Surapong Wongsuttawad

Is that by any chance the vet who recently ordered a truckload of price reduced substandard rabies vaccination?

[essox essox]

just who is this guy trying to kid?? Most carry rabies and are actually a big threat to communities

[Nice Boyd]

Bet is a Moron 

[digger70]

Is that Vet a dog collector after hours to supply the backstreet and Hi So restaurants with meat?

[CGW]

I have been around Thailand for 40 years now, this issue has been in the news so many times I have lost count, nothing has been done to date that has many any difference, its a far to contentious issue for the Thai's to take action or make a decision - so in their minds - best do nothing. ?

Which they will do very well ?

 

[Cereal]

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

Hello Rabbies.

You misspelled the plural of Rabbi.

[chrisinth]

15 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

 Try walking your family dog past these packs of vermin and watch what happens.

I do that every day without a problem. Must admit, not Pattaya but I believe we have a lot more dangerous dog breeds roaming around up here.

And yes, I hear you, once the dogs are packed up, alpha in charge, breed isn't that important.

Edited August 25, 2018 by chrisinth

[essox essox]

15 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

 Try walking your family dog past these packs of vermin and watch what happens.

yeah send him to walk through a pack of dogs....he will **it himself..

How can this guy be  A CHIEF VET?? !!

[Moti24]

15 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

 Try walking your family dog past these packs of vermin and watch what happens.

I daren't walk-out of the village.  In a 250 metre stretch of road, I counted 23 dogs yesterday.  I have to go along this road to get to the local 7/11, a journey I could do on foot.

 

17 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Pattaya’s animal-control department says stray dogs actually are beneficial to local communities and that if people are upset over the number of soi dogs, they should look in the mirror.

I'd put money on there being no soi dogs where these people live.  Yes, a mirror is very beneficial, being that last time I was bitten by a soi dog, it got me from behind.

[Rimmer]

A rather nasty troll post and replies have been removed

[bkkgriz]

It is called pathological altruism. Defending a position that makes no sense and is, in fact, detrimental to all concerned. This vet needs to look in the mirror himself. Does he really believe packs of feral mutts roaming the streets is really good for a neighborhood? Ask the kids who have been mauled and scarred for life by these mongrels. Oh, and look at the state of many of these mutts. Malnourished, scabby skin, infections, and various other maladies. Yes, it is so humane to allow thousands of dogs to just roam the streets. This vet is no friend to animals.

[kekalot]

13 minutes ago, bkkgriz said:

It is called pathological altruism. Defending a position that makes no sense and is, in fact, detrimental to all concerned. This vet needs to look in the mirror himself. Does he really believe packs of feral mutts roaming the streets is really good for a neighborhood? Ask the kids who have been mauled and scarred for life by these mongrels. Oh, and look at the state of many of these mutts. Malnourished, scabby skin, infections, and various other maladies. Yes, it is so humane to allow thousands of dogs to just roam the streets. This vet is no friend to animals.

I saw this dog going around 5 years ago..  broken leg just dangling, lost 80% of his hair. I was sitting around near some 7eleven and it came to me.

I could not see its eyes (see second pictures) and was sure it was blind but it reacted to me moving my phone.

 

nothing has been done for this dog, proof is that I saw it one year later.. it had no hair left and looked even worse. haven't seen it since but I don't visit that area often anymore.

 

where I live now we have a 7eleven that is literally 20 meters away, there's this dog that is some fat shit and looks practically the same as this pictured one but fat and full of scars and has one eye in working order..

that dog totally hates me because I walked my very tame dog outside every day like a year ago..

same shitty dog came out from under a pickup and ran across the street to chase my much bigger dog once and it got hit pretty hard by a motorbike, 555. (the biker didn't crash)

 

people keep feeding those dogs rice and shitty leftovers. no wonder they are all infected and scabby.

I wish they gave fines to people that feed those dogs to be honest.

 

 

 

 

[Henrik Andersen]

18 hours ago, Rimmer said:

 

But Surapong said that no matter how many dogs are caught, the number of strays does not decrease. New dogs quickly take the place of captured ones and pet owners are to blame.

ofcores 

Thai people continue to dump their dogs on sois because they don't want them anymore 

where I live I seen 4 Thai people come dumping dog's in just 2  months now we have about 50 dogs in my area bagging all day and night running after people 

so I can't see what benefits we get from that???? 

Thai people need start take responsibility for their own actions 

[Basil B]

Seeing as you can not dump unwanted pets at a temple no more, anyone know where this vet lives???

[bkkgriz]

2 hours ago, kekalot said:

I saw this dog going around 5 years ago..  broken leg just dangling, lost 80% of his hair. I was sitting around near some 7eleven and it came to me.

I could not see its eyes (see second pictures) and was sure it was blind but it reacted to me moving my phone.

 

nothing has been done for this dog, proof is that I saw it one year later.. it had no hair left and looked even worse. haven't seen it since but I don't visit that area often anymore.

 

where I live now we have a 7eleven that is literally 20 meters away, there's this dog that is some fat shit and looks practically the same as this pictured one but fat and full of scars and has one eye in working order..

that dog totally hates me because I walked my very tame dog outside every day like a year ago..

same shitty dog came out from under a pickup and ran across the street to chase my much bigger dog once and it got hit pretty hard by a motorbike, 555. (the biker didn't crash)

 

people keep feeding those dogs rice and shitty leftovers. no wonder they are all infected and scabby.

I wish they gave fines to people that feed those dogs to be honest.

 

 

 

 

Horrible that an animal has to live like that. It is not compassionate to let an animal get to that state. Just awful. 

[manhood]

What an idiot must be that city vat!!! Seems he not have a glue of an idea how dangerous these dogs are for the health and secure of the people living here!! 

Get all the millions of stray dogs to his home and see how he handle that!!!! 

[cookieqw]

7 hours ago, Vacuum said:

But how, pray tell us, how this is possible.

cannot do, i dont know, but i just thought i would say it because i am chief vet

[KneeDeep]

Don't know why all of the hysteria. Perhaps most failed to read the article.

 

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They are warning signs for strangers or criminals and can safely co-exist with people if they are properly vaccinated and sterilized.

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Surapong said people too often get cute puppies then discard the dogs when they grow up. If people spent more time considering the decision to get a dog and kept them for the average 11-year lifespan, there would be far fewer strays, he said

 

Makes perfect sense to me.