Five year old girl savaged by stray dog: "Dogs are protected" says local official

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A local official in Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi said that there was little he could do following a savage attack by a stray dog.

 

Manop Srinuan of the Na Wang Hin municipality said that strays were protected.

 

He could spay them and vaccinate them but that was all. He was powerless to round them up and said instead that parents should ensure the safety of their children.

 

Siam Rath went to a grocer's in the area after the attack on Praew, 5.

 

She was on a bed in the store playing on her mother's phone on May 15th when the large white dog attacked her.

 

She needed 24 stitches and rabies shots.

 

When the media arrived yesterday the little one was with her mother getting her dressings changed.

 

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Her aunt Bingkaew, 29, said the incident was shocking but that her niece was getting better and would be hopefully back at school before the end of the week. 

 

Locals said the stray had moved in from another area and liked to bite other dogs. They were sure it wasn't rabid.

 

The local authority are searching for the animal. 

 

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[Golden Triangle]

Nothing a 9mm bullet won't fix, but this is Thailand, so that won't happen.

[Photoguy21]

If it was my daughter I would just find the dog and help it on its way to its maker. Wouldn't call the police as they cant do anything as no one will own up to owning it.

[richard_smith237]

17 minutes ago, webfact said:

A local official in Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi said that there was little he could do following a savage attack by a stray dog.

I'm sure there are plenty who know what to do...

 

17 minutes ago, webfact said:

Manop Srinuan of the Na Wang Hin municipality said that strays were protected.

This the main issue...  unowned dogs should never have any form of protection. 

 

Any dog ’should’ have an owner who is responsible and accountable for the actions of that animal. 

IF an owned dog bites someone, the owner is fully responsible and held accountable. 

IF a dog is not owned (no collar) and is out on the streets, it is a stray (soi dog), in which case it should be removed (destroyed) 

- this is a harsh and sad response, but inaction has forced the issue whereby harsh action is required. 

 

This idea that dogs are more important than people is wrong, these dogs should never be permitted to breed and perpetuate and ongoing problem. 

 

Officials are just too lazy and weak to deal with this issue correct. 

 

 

Had these issues been dealt with 20 years ago, this would not be a discussion now and 100’s of thousands of dogs or more wouldn’t be suffering and scrounging for scraps, suffering from mange and other infections which are never treated.... 

People who say they are dog lovers never get as far as that picture... 

 

 

 

[proton]

They were sure it was not rabid, expert vets obviously. Could well go onto kill a child, what then, still protected?

[proton]

18 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I'm sure there are plenty who know what to do...

 

This the main issue...  unowned dogs should never have any form of protection. 

 

Any dog ’should’ have an owner who is responsible and accountable for the actions of that animal. 

IF an owned dog bites someone, the owner is fully responsible and held accountable. 

IF a dog is not owned (no collar) and is out on the streets, it is a stray (soi dog), in which case it should be removed (destroyed) 

- this is a harsh and sad response, but inaction has forced the issue whereby harsh action is required. 

 

This idea that dogs are more important than people is wrong, these dogs should never be permitted to breed and perpetuate and ongoing problem. 

 

Officials are just too lazy and weak to deal with this issue correct. 

 

 

Had these issues been dealt with 20 years ago, this would not be a discussion now and 100’s of thousands of dogs or more wouldn’t be suffering and scrounging for scraps, suffering from mange and other infections which are never treated.... 

People who say they are dog lovers never get as far as that picture... 

 

 

 

There is a reason it was not dealt with 20 years ago, and ongoing since!

 

[2long]

- The only way to BE SURE a mammal isn't rabid is to cut off its head and examine its spinal chord.

- This poor girl was 'savaged' but is expected to be back at school by the end of the week... today's Thursday.

- Dogs rarely attack without reason. Before everyone jumps on this comment, please note I wrote 'rarely.'

- If all soi dogs were eradicated, as many here would like, what might happen to the populations of rats, snakes, cats and other species which are considered vermin but are part of these dogs' diet?

[Photoguy21]

7 minutes ago, 2long said:

- The only way to BE SURE a mammal isn't rabid is to cut off its head and examine its spinal chord.

- This poor girl was 'savaged' but is expected to be back at school by the end of the week... today's Thursday.

- Dogs rarely attack without reason. Before everyone jumps on this comment, please note I wrote 'rarely.'

- If all soi dogs were eradicated, as many here would like, what might happen to the populations of rats, snakes, cats and other species which are considered vermin but are part of these dogs' diet?

Cats are not vermin but do kill rats and snakes.

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, 2long said:

- The only way to BE SURE a mammal isn't rabid is to cut off its head and examine its spinal chord.

 

- This poor girl was 'savaged' but is expected to be back at school by the end of the week... today's Thursday.

Clumsy reporting / translation...  could they have meant ‘in a week’ or end of next week..

24 stitches....  thats a LOT, especially on a child. 

 

1 minute ago, 2long said:

- Dogs rarely attack without reason. Before everyone jumps on this comment, please note I wrote 'rarely.'

It it more acceptable for a dog to attack a child for a reason?  

A child playing in the street?  a delivery man putting his arm though the fence delivering a parcel.

Kids playing on a beach in an area with hungry beach-dogs ?

 

Whatever the reason: There should never be a situation whereby a dog is un-restrained in a busy public area or can get out into a public area where it ‘can’ attack a person or child.

 

 

1 minute ago, 2long said:

- If all soi dogs were eradicated, as many here would like, what might happen to the populations of rats, snakes, cats and other species which are considered vermin but are part of these dogs' diet?

Do soi dogs really do anything to control the vermin?...  (I thought it was more cats who do that, or specific types of small terriers).

I didn’t realise ‘raw rat’ was a part of a Soi Dogs diet...  and I don’t believe it is, the soi dogs are fed by people who think they are being loving who don’t realise that they are simply attracting more dogs by feeding them.... And when those same people leave food out, it attracts the vermin too... As do Soi dogs who tear open litter bins etc.

 

 

 

[Golden Triangle]

7 minutes ago, 2long said:

- The only way to BE SURE a mammal isn't rabid is to cut off its head and examine its spinal chord.

- This poor girl was 'savaged' but is expected to be back at school by the end of the week... today's Thursday.

- Dogs rarely attack without reason. Before everyone jumps on this comment, please note I wrote 'rarely.'

- If all soi dogs were eradicated, as many here would like, what might happen to the populations of rats, snakes, cats and other species which are considered vermin but are part of these dogs' diet?

Rats, snakes & cats etc do not make a row in the middle of the night like soi dogs do, so put them all down, it would be nice to have a restful nights sleep.

[nikmar]

i have to admit - Ive never seen cats or snakes as vermin

[morrobay]

45 minutes ago, proton said:

There is a reason it was not dealt with 20 years ago, and ongoing since!

 

Idiots compassion

[Orinoco]

45 minutes ago, 2long said:

Dogs rarely attack without reason. Before everyone jumps on this comment, please note I wrote 'rarely.'

Well don't say stuff like that then.

So it was the little girls fault. 

[worgeordie]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A local official in Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi said that there was little he could do following a savage attack by a stray dog.

I think that he would feel different if it was his daughter ......

regards Worgeordie

[transam]

A dog that attacks anyone should be dealt with. ????

[bbko]

1 hour ago, 2long said:

- The only way to BE SURE a mammal isn't rabid is to cut off its head and examine its spinal chord.

Or keep the dog locked up and observe for several days.

[JonnyF]

I love dogs, but if that was my daughter then that particular dog would be having an unfortunate accident in the next few days.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I love dogs, but if that was my daughter then that particular dog would be having an unfortunate accident in the next few days.

Agreed....    

 

True animal lovers do not want to perpetuate suffering of future generations of animals scrounging for scraps on the streets, eating rotten and putrid leftovers, catching diseases... 

 

There are 100’s of thousands of animals (dogs) which have suffered in Thailand because authorities (and people) refused to deal with the issue decades ago.

 

There are solutions but people don’t like tough choices. 

[sead]

1 hour ago, 2long said:

- The only way to BE SURE a mammal isn't rabid is to cut off its head and examine its spinal chord.

- This poor girl was 'savaged' but is expected to be back at school by the end of the week... today's Thursday.

- Dogs rarely attack without reason. Before everyone jumps on this comment, please note I wrote 'rarely.'

- If all soi dogs were eradicated, as many here would like, what might happen to the populations of rats, snakes, cats and other species which are considered vermin but are part of these dogs' diet?

Cats..... I would prefer 100 cats over 20 dogs

[G Rex]

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Agreed....    

 

True animal lovers do not want to perpetuate suffering of future generations of animals scrounging for scraps on the streets, eating rotten and putrid leftovers, catching diseases... 

 

There are 100’s of thousands of animals (dogs) which have suffered in Thailand because authorities (and people) refused to deal with the issue decades ago.

 

There are solutions but people don’t like tough choices. 

I am not sure whether many of these soi dogs are 'suffering' . Yes , they have parasites and do not look as well kept as our own 'fur kids'.  Most of the soi dogs I see ( & I see a lot!) are generally in quite good body condition.

The problem with these dogs is that they are a nuisance and on occasions like this are a danger to people.

In Western society there is no question what to do in this situation.

Unfortunately this is Thailand.  Many times common sense does not enter the equation.

 

[vandeventer]

36 minutes ago, transam said:

A dog that attacks anyone should be dealt with. ????

It's hard to know as in my area they run in packs. Most of my friends have been bitten and had to get the shots. They said the dogs come up from behind you and bite you in the calf. This is the Thai way and we can't change it. It would be really nice if we could.

[Archie Baker]

15 minutes ago, sead said:

Cats..... I would prefer 100 cats over 20 dogs

Your mad. Cats dig up gardens and <deleted> in your flower beds and kill your plants.  Male cats spray their urine everywhere and kill my plants.  All I can say is slingshot

[2long]

36 minutes ago, bbko said:

Or keep the dog locked up and observe for several days.

Rabies can take months to show itself, depending on the site of first infection.

[RichardColeman]

Maybe the Soi Dog foundation will put the hospital bill from their donations to look after these cuddly creatures rather than exterminate them

[Jimbo 12345]

Kill every soi dog, 1 childs life is more important than 1 million soi dogs,  

[lahgon29]

1 hour ago, Photoguy21 said:

Cats are not vermin but do kill rats and snakes.

The cats around me I consider vermin if in my yard. Some of them tend to disappear now and then.

They shoot them in Oz, feral ones I mean. They carry rabies, as well as dogs.. Just act differently when infected. 

[ChrisKC]

In twelve years I have been bitten twice by dogs while on my bike, that required hospital treatment and rabies injections.

 

But on neither of these occasions were they soi dogs. I have been chased a few times but they can't catch me as I accelerate.

 

The second time the owners dog jumped at my leg as I went to past him on the road coming the other way. Its Owner saw what happened and ultimately paid for my treatment!

[gerritkaew]

soi dogs are a big problem, everywhere.

In my vilage they also bite everyone or try to. When i move there in July i bring my own dog to protect my kids..

[Boomer6969]

2 hours ago, proton said:

There is a reason it was not dealt with 20 years ago, and ongoing since!

Indeed, a mafia mostly Farangs, who make a good living from feeding strays, piling them up in shelters, and  collecting money from idiots, all over the world, who are ready to pay for huge [fake] vet bills, while the obvious [to rational people] need was culling.

[lahgon29]

2 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

Rats, snakes & cats etc do not make a row in the middle of the night like soi dogs do, so put them all down, it would be nice to have a restful nights sleep.

So you don't have male cats where you live?

We have Mexican standoffs going on for what seems an eternity around here. <deleted>#*s up your sleep as much as a dog.