"Sinner" poisons nine soi dogs who only "barked at night"

[brucegoniners]

Somebody should feed this guy to a pack of hungry dogs.

[CanterbrigianBangkoker]

If you ask me this is a perfect example of the difficulties surrounding the 'soi dog' issue within Thailand. On the one hand, as many have posted, the dangers posed by packs of semi-feral dogs on the streets here, particularly at night, can be very real. I have had run-ins with the occasional soi dog at night here in BKK and it was quite terrifying. One has no idea of the potential diseases the dog(s) could be host to and their ability to pass on any disease they might have, furthermore after a few well publicised killings of children in the last year, (some by pet dogs and some by soi dogs) and the whole rabies surge, surely some kind of action must soon be taken by the BMA and local governments across the country? Well, one would hope anyway, but TiT. It's such a huge problem to tackle at this point (as it has been allowed to exacerbate), and it's one that may - if it were to ever be appraised - be dealt with in a similar way to the above, but more humanely, I'd hope.

 

You can't blame someone for wanting to live in a community free of wandering semi-feral canines, and 'barking at night' can be a lot worse than it reads in a news story. Anyone with experience of noisy dogs can attest to that. The 'sinner' who did this was cruel, no doubt, and I am not excusing their action, but think about it from another perspective - what recourse did he/she have? Call the local authority? What exactly would they do about the situation? Sweet <deleted>, I'd guess.

 

Ultimately, this is a national issue that needs to be tackled by the authorities with tact, humanity and conscientiousness - NOT left to desperate members of the public to deal with. I'm surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often if I'm honest. RIP to the poor pooches.

Edited September 6, 2018 by metisdead
Profane acronym removed.

[Just Weird]

39 minutes ago, shillhater said:

ahh diddums did the naughty dog nip you..point it out and i will buy a nice big steak...been here over 20 years never had a problem with dogs...i find dogs are very good at working out the weirdos and the nasty people.they are the ones they normally nip

Is that the best you could come up with?

[holy cow cm]

They also crap everywhere in the streets. Unowned dogs are only part of the problem as owned dogs by Thais should be reviewed as they are on the biggest percent irresponsible owners who think that their dogs barking or crapping anywhere on the streets or sidewalks without their attention is ok fine and dandy. I am fighting this now. So, good for the sinner. 

[Ron19]

Flame post removed.

[androokery]

In the spirit of "all lives are sacred", I'd say a pack of free-roaming dogs in a soi is as welcome as a rat infestation. Oddly enough we are allowed to poison rats with stuff that melts away their insides. But if we do the same to dogs we're cruel? On the other hand, a responsible dog owner can take his/her dog to the vet for a lethal injection for any number of reasons. It's all up to the owner, however some reasons are seen as morally questionable (such as, I have to move abroad and can't bring my dog). So this discussion could probably benefit from separating the issue of "method" from the issue of "action", as in "the sinner's action of removing the infestation was correct, but the method was unnecessarily cruel". 

[Borzandy]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Khun said his neighbor was in tears.

poor little neighbour....

[300sd]

6 hours ago, CanterbrigianBangkoker said:

You can't blame someone for wanting to live in a community free of wandering semi-feral canines, and 'barking at night' can be a lot worse than it reads in a news story. Anyone with experience of noisy dogs can attest to that. The 'sinner' who did this was cruel, no doubt, and I am not excusing their action, but think about it from another perspective - what recourse did he/she have? Call the local authority? What exactly would they do about the situation? Sweet <deleted>, I'd guess.

I agree with your previous post except for this part above. I do blame that "sinner" for thinking life should be perfect for him, and wanting it so, to kill for it. What recourse did they have? Move somewhere else. I did. Unfortunately as you say, a gov't agency or law enforcement is not in the cards because of what we all know is inactivity by the local authorities (of any kind here). Yes it's sad when a situation has come to this soi dog problem and I don't like it either. It is also very disturbing when the situation is so bad, like it is, that many posters here are condoning the killing. I'm sorry but blaming the animal that is trying to survive, can't do it!

 

I don't think it will ever end until the Thai people are informed that abandoning their pets will incur jail time etc. They are the irresponsible ones in my opinion along with gov't inaction. 

 

I didn't like my neighbors either because they were too noisy, (farangs.) Partied too often, day and night. I moved. I didn't kill them. Yes I have also had problems with soi dogs and neighbors dogs. Also howling dogs at night. The neighbors dogs don't give me problems anymore. They see me walking my dog with a big stick. I have told them what I will use it for. 

 

 

[sammieuk1]

One thing for sure its rough justice?

[stud858]

Please anybody considering doing this, make it painless for the dogs.

Vets use nembutal to euthenase dogs.

Random poisons fed to dogs is cruel. Do it right if you choose to do it yourself when the authorities don't act.

 

[BoganInParasite]

There are a small number of soi dogs in central Nan city and none have ever really bothered me beyond requiring the occasional strong words to herd them out of the way as I'm walking. But night is different. I don't know whether it is soi dogs or domestic dogs or a combination but they definitely roam as a pack and as other posters have said defend their territory. I've heard some noisy and long barking battles and once a fortnight at least some real fighting going on. I'm not a weakling by any stretch of the imagination but I would not like to encounter these packs at night if not in the company of others. I would prefer soi dogs to be eradicated and domestic dogs confined to barracks.

[RichardColeman]

Maybe the killer rightly feared his family might get rabies from them and acted to ensure his family were protected. 

[newnative]

Guy's a saint in my book.

[Darkside Gray]

4 hours ago, 72BKK said:

I am horrified by previous comments. Soi dogs are part of this environment and of thai culture. They bark and live their lives exactly as men scream and live theirs. You can't kill animals just because you don't like them. Learn how to deal with them. I have never had problems with soi dogs in 10 years of bangkok. I found they are useful cause they keep reptiles away from my house and my kids. And most of all they are part of this country that is our host, you well educated people should not forget that

Are you extracting the urine!

[stud858]

In oz if your dog is outside leashless you get fined or have to pay to get your dog back.. All dogs are registered. There are zero feral dogs in oz. 

 

So does anybody have the minister for animal affairs email address. Let's together at Thai visa support the improvement of human/animal cohabitation.

 

 

[shillhater]

16 minutes ago, BoganInParasite said:

There are a small number of soi dogs in central Nan city and none have ever really bothered me beyond requiring the occasional strong words to herd them out of the way as I'm walking. But night is different. I don't know whether it is soi dogs or domestic dogs or a combination but they definitely roam as a pack and as other posters have said defend their territory. I've heard some noisy and long barking battles and once a fortnight at least some real fighting going on. I'm not a weakling by any stretch of the imagination but I would not like to encounter these packs at night if not in the company of others. I would prefer soi dogs to be eradicated and domestic dogs confined to barracks.

sounds like you maybe better of not living in SE Asia if you want all street dogs dead and pets confined to barracks.

[IAMHERE]

There is not room for these feral dogs in modern day Thailand. Get out of the Feudal age and clean Thailand of this menace.

[CanterbrigianBangkoker]

11 minutes ago, 300sd said:

The neighbors dogs don't give me problems anymore. They see me walking my dog with a big stick. I have told them what I will use it for. 

You told the dogs or the neighbours? ? 

 

 

[digger70]

6 hours ago, 72BKK said:

I am horrified by previous comments. Soi dogs are part of this environment and of thai culture. They bark and live their lives exactly as men scream and live theirs. You can't kill animals just because you don't like them. Learn how to deal with them. I have never had problems with soi dogs in 10 years of bangkok. I found they are useful cause they keep reptiles away from my house and my kids. And most of all they are part of this country that is our host, you well educated people should not forget that

Are you for real ,Wait till one of those Mongrels bites you're kid . Than you change you're tune.

[terminatorchiangmai]

Innocent dogs die in a horrific way and there are people here that applaud that?

I hope you can still look in the mirror.

Remember what goes around will come around , sick making people!

[JAS21]

Purely out of interest ...I wonder what he used ...

[Spidey]

21 minutes ago, terminatorchiangmai said:

Innocent dogs die in a horrific way and there are people here that applaud that?

I hope you can still look in the mirror.

Remember what goes around will come around , sick making people!

How do you think that they kill pigs (one of the more intelligent species, up there with dogs), before you eat them?

 

Ever seen a Thai kill a chicken for the pot? 

[Golden Triangle]

Will the sinner please tell me what poison he or she used, I could employ it where I live ?

[Spidey]

Just now, Golden Triangle said:

Will the sinner please tell me what poison he or she used, I could employ it where I live ?

We've been asking all day, obviously a closely guarded secret.

[KiChakayan]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Maybe the killer rightly feared his family might get rabies from them and acted to ensure his family were protected. 

Doesn't have to be rabies, just imagine a walkaway toddler being mauled by a pack of these vicious beasts. They go after grown up cyclists. So, good on you "sinner"...

[IgboChief]

7 hours ago, 72BKK said:

You can't kill animals just because you don't like them. Learn how to deal with them.

Watch me.

[humbug]

Animal murderer 20 years jail 2 million baht fine per animal

[IgboChief]

1 minute ago, humbug said:

Animal murderer 20 years jail 2 million baht fine per animal

Sure, I guess my t-bone steak is going to sue me. Am shaking. 

[johng]

Animal murderer 20 years jail 2 million baht fine per animal

Ridiculous !

[KiChakayan]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

7 minutes ago, humbug said:

Animal murderer 20 years jail 2 million baht fine per animal

Ridiculous !

I'd say idiotic.

 

"All jurisdictions require that the victim be a natural person; that is, a human being who was still alive before being murdered. In other words, under the law one cannot murder a corpse, a corporation, a non-human animal, or any other non-human organism such as a plant or bacterium."