Woman fined for throwing five cats over wall into Wat Pho

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Woman fined for throwing five cats over wall into Wat Pho

By THE NATION

 

 

Photos and CCTV footage of a woman with a ski mask and dressed in black throwing five bags – each containing a cat – over the wall and into Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram, or Wat Pho Temple, in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district went viral on the internet, sparking heavy criticism from netizens and earning her a fine.

 

The temple’s staff reportedly told Phra Ratchawang Station police that the incident took place at precisely 7.18pm on Sunday (May 24). They said the woman came by a pick-up truck with a box containing five cats. She stuffed the cats into fabric bags one by one before throwing them over the wall into the temple’s premises approximately 5 metres away from each other. She was helped by the driver and both drove off soon after.

 

Police reportedly tracked down the woman from the vehicle’s licence plate and called her in for questioning.

 

The woman, who is a Samut Prakarn local, turned herself in on Monday, reportedly admitting that she was the one in the photo. She said she could no longer raise the cats due to her allergic reaction to their hair.

 

Police charged her with abandoning pets in violation of the Cruelty Prevention and Welfare of Animal Act. The woman was allowed to go home after paying a fine.

 

Staff at Wat Pho told the press that all five cats were fine and the temple would take care of them, including getting the felines neutered.

 

They urged pet owners who cannot afford to keep their animals to pass on the unfortunate creatures to shelters and/or to adopters.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388502

 

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[ezzra]

For one i applaud the police work on this matter, good job in tracking her down and seeing that she'll pay for her stupid heartless acts although not severely enough...

[darksidedog]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

The woman was allowed to go home after paying a fine.

She would have been aware that she could have taken them in through the front gates of the temple and explained her predicament, which would have solved the problem without being unnecessarily cruel to the poor cats.

A donation maybe, probably comparable to the fine she has just had to pay, buy she didn't need to do this and she should be facing much more than a petty fine, which is no deterrent to others.

[orchis]

that happens a lot here, dump anything in life you cannot handle in a temple, problem solved.

in chumpon i found 4 kittens over a period of 2 months all thrown in the garden in the very early morning hours.

[dcsw53]

Stupidty knows no bounds. She could have saved 20 minutes driving and the fine by taking them to the PAWS sanctuary.

[sammieuk1]

Was her name pussy galore ????  

[2 is 1]

I know many farang a hole who have take pets here and then leave them behind after go they home coundry! Like our neibor have 3 cat and now they are back in US! Cants here shout all the time! Sometimes i give them tuna and cleaner woman give cat food. They think come back here in August. Should think better way from Jehovah people! Not get best house in here when coming they "end of world we know". Or what ever they believe!

Edited May 26, 2020 by 2 is 1

[Phuketshrew]

Used to be a saying "not enough room to swing a cat in". She obviously thought the temple had enough room to swing five.

[OneMoreFarang]

Let's say it like this: The cats are still alive. She brought them to a place where she knew people will take care of the cats.

Her behavior was far away from perfect. But it could have been a lot worse - especially for the cats.

[giddyup]

Be a start if the temple desexed all the unwanted cats and dogs.

[Kerryd]

Let's hope the RTP are as on the ball when it comes to catching those <deleted> that left a cage with some endangered Slow Lorises in it to starve to death when they moved out of the place they'd been renting.

[Stadtler]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Police charged her with abandoning pets in violation of the Cruelty Prevention and Welfare of Animal Act. The woman was allowed to go home after paying a fine.

Stadtler is very interested in knowing the amount of the fine. 

[RichardColeman]

46 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Be a start if the temple desexed all the unwanted cats and dogs.

The amount of randy monks you could argue they need neutering too

[phantomfiddler]

And they win awards for throwing dwarfs in tournaments in America !

[OneeyedJohn]

We had 4 kittens dumped outside our house last month, they were dumped with some kindness though, as a corrugated sheet of metal and some rice food, plus cat food pellets were also left nearby.

 

we kept two.

[Emdog]

Should have buried alive, like BIB do here at beach with soi dogs.

[transam]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

For one i applaud the police work on this matter, good job in tracking her down and seeing that she'll pay for her stupid heartless acts although not severely enough...

Tracking her down...?

[jak2002003]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Let's say it like this: The cats are still alive. She brought them to a place where she knew people will take care of the cats.

Her behavior was far away from perfect. But it could have been a lot worse - especially for the cats.

Yep, she could have slung them in the bags into a lake.  

[Enzian]

That saying about "swing a cat" refers to a certain kind of whip, not the animal.

[FlorC]

I can really understand the woman . I suffer from 5 three month olds , and 2 more outside for another mother . I love cats but I fantasize about leaving them somewhere in a forest or do something worse. Social control deters me of doing so.

I should have killed them right after they were born (humainly).

They are ruining my life and they are going to have a sh-tty live like most cats here.

They are cute though , a mix between a longhaired mother and a siamese father. 3 are white with blue eyes and darker nose and paws , 2 full black from different father.  4 females + 1 male and 2 black females 3,5 months old outside.

They cost me a lot of money , but I can afford it. It's all the time and effort that I can't afford.

And they're at that age when they jump on my car , another reason to get rid of them.

 

Anyone around Phrae want a cute cat or cats ?

Edited May 26, 2020 by FlorC

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, darksidedog said:

She would have been aware that she could have taken them in through the front gates of the temple and explained her predicament, which would have solved the problem without being unnecessarily cruel to the poor cats

But that involves a thought process!

[BTB1977]

She should be fined for animal cruelty X 5

[ronaldo0]

So how much was her fine and who was filming her doing it ??

[DaRoadrunner]

1 hour ago, ronaldo0 said:

So how much was her fine?

Here lies the problem, the fines are too low to be effective. Probably 500 B and a wai.

 

Should anyone need, here is the PAWS Rescue website....

 

https://rescuepawsthailand.org/

 

[Mario666]

At least the Cats are out of The Bags! 

[Prairieboy]

On 5/26/2020 at 10:49 AM, webfact said:

abandoning pets in violation of the Cruelty Prevention and Welfare of Animal Act.

Half the people in our village should then be fined since most dogs/cats run wild up and down the streets - they are not abandoned per se, however they are certainly not fed and cared for as a pet.

 Feral dogs represent a danger to joggers, motorcyclists and pedestrians.  A letter to the village administration elicited no response!