In a tragic incident in Chonburi on July 26th at 6:30 pm, a two-year-old male pitbull broke free from a townhouse and aggressively pursued a 73-year-old man, Wisit Santhayapilas.

 

The dog bit him multiple times causing deep wounds, especially noticeable on his right eyebrow. Rescue workers rushed to the scene in Soi 5, Wang Hin area of Sri Racha district after receiving the distress call, reported Daily News.

 

They provided first aid to the injured man, who hails from Samut Prakan, before transferring him to Phya Thai Sri Racha Hospital.

 

Eyewitnesses, including a local vendor, stated the pitbull was from a nearby townhouse and usually lived with a young boy.

 

It is believed the dog escaped due to an inadvertently unlocked gate. Before targeting the elderly man, the dog had also tried to attack a young woman.

 

Local residents intervened, restraining the aggressive dog by tying its mouth and feet, resulting in its unfortunate death, presumably due to suffocation.

 

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Good, to stop these pitbulls you have to go for the kill

Hopefully owner is held 100% responsible for medical expenses + Trauma

"unfortunate death" says the guy who didn't almost get killed.

unfortunate death, NO - a good outcome. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

resulting in its unfortunate death

Not so unfortunate in my mind. 

And fine the owner big time and advice him to keep a cat.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Local residents intervened, restraining the aggressive dog by tying its mouth and feet, resulting in its unfortunate death, presumably due to suffocation.

Good

Some dog breeds are no better than wild animals once they roam free, and keeping them be  licenced by special permits.

Get the savage mutt in the freezer and ship  it off to Vietnam ????

9 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

And fine the owner big time and advice him to keep a cat.

I lived in a southern rural area full of rental mobile homes, confederate flags, and lots of pitbulls tied up in the yards(to protect their valuable assets? or meth lab?)....it was not unusual to have several break free every year and maul someone that had the bad luck to be walking down the street...so of course you can sue the owner and most likely can win a judgement but if the owner is dirt poor with no assets and no job good luck ever collecting anything.

 

15 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

And fine the owner big time and advice him to keep a cat.

Ban him from keeping any pets, except maybe a dung beetle in a matchbox.

47 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Get the savage mutt in the freezer and ship  it off to Vietnam ????

Sakon Nakhon could be nearer.

"resulting in its unfortunate death, "  The locals that did this should be regarded as heroes.....het rid of these rotten dogs!

23 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Come on the 'Pitbull' haters. Grow up.

better to say pretending DOG OWNERS grow up...

 

I started with 14 in a kennel club and the owner was a well known police leader.

His dogs were high priced guard dogs, drug dogs and 2 have been even trained as guides for disabled people with a poor eye sight..

 

...Unfortunately this won't happen if you are not spending twice a day 15 minutes and teach your dogs.

You can teach it in many ways and also a Pitbull can be a lovely "person"

I say "person" because its the owner that reflects the behaviour of the dog.. 

 

Most people take their dogs for a run but never teach them the needed lessons.. 

Unfortunately the owners mostly get away with it because the dog attacks first and outsider.

 

2 hours ago, mania said:

Hopefully owner is held 100% responsible for medical expenses + Trauma

Medical expenses + trauma is getting off light. Time to quit coddling accessories to violent crime.. If the pet is criminal, the owners are too. Jail Time, plus damages. 

Sadly people still make excuses for the violent monsters, it's never the dogs fault :

 

1 dog must have been provoked

2 poor training

3 my Pittie would not hurt a fly

4 no bad dogs only bad owners

 

Pitbulls are banned in several countries for a good reason- they are too dangerous to be kept as pets, almost weapons on legs. The problem has been to get round bans morons cross breed them, now we have the bully breeds, some of which are even more powerful, they all need to be banned. Bully's have killed 15 people in the last 18 months in the UK, they must have been provoked!

59 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Come on the 'Pitbull' haters. Grow up.

 

Some things deserve to be hated, Pitbulls are one of them

 

What Dog Bites The Most?

Pitbull

Statistically, Pitbull attack people more than any other dog in the world. This breed of dog has the highest number of confirmed attacks on humans at 3,397 attacks. Over the span of a 13-year period, there have been 248 people that lost their lives due to the attack and injuries they sustained from a Pitbull.

59 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Come on the 'Pitbull' haters. Grow up.

Nonsense quotes.

Labradors are by far a more common large dog pet and I suggest your stats do not take that into account. 

Staffordshire bull terriers seem to rule..

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-06/labradors-dangerous-dogs-list-gold-coast-attacks/101125122

Do I really have to dig up a gruesome pic of a torn up child to make some point... poorly. No, it is infantile.

 

 

These   no good dogs always seem to attract no good owners too

5 minutes ago, actonion said:

These   no good dogs always seem to attract no good owners too

You make a good point, lets hope this one pulled the trigger though!

 

 

List of countries where pitbulls are banned.

 

https://banpitbulls.org/where/where-are-pit-bulls-banned-internationally/

7 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

List of countries where pitbulls are banned.

 

https://banpitbulls.org/where/where-are-pit-bulls-banned-internationally/

Says no countries except USA and Canada allow imports of Pitbulls, so how do Thais get their hands on these killers then? Ban has proved ineffective due to cross breeding, all the time you see people saying thats not a Pitbull after an attack, but it will be a bully breed, as bad if not worse. 

12 minutes ago, proton said:

Says no countries except USA and Canada allow imports of Pitbulls, so how do Thais get their hands on these killers then? Ban has proved ineffective due to cross breeding, all the time you see people saying thats not a Pitbull after an attack, but it will be a bully breed, as bad if not worse. 

you're preaching to the choir man.

 

i nearly got mauled (not in thailand). it was trying to break away from it's owner's leash. they guy was holding it back with all it's might. 

 

these things should not be allowed to breed and be forced into exctinction.  

 

2 hours ago, pomchop said:

I lived in a southern rural area full of rental mobile homes, confederate flags, and lots of pitbulls tied up in the yards(to protect their valuable assets? or meth lab?)....it was not unusual to have several break free every year and maul someone that had the bad luck to be walking down the street...so of course you can sue the owner and most likely can win a judgement but if the owner is dirt poor with no assets and no job good luck ever collecting anything.

 

true. In that case.......put those animals (and i mean the dogs in this case) to sleep. They dont belong in the society.

fortunate result .... 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Local residents intervened, restraining the aggressive dog by tying its mouth and feet, resulting in its unfortunate death, presumably due to suffocation.

Well done!  Nothing unfortunate about that, should read "fortunately it died" 

1 hour ago, actonion said:

These   no good dogs always seem to attract no good owners too

An incredibly ignorant generalization.

 

https://www.dogvills.com/famous-celebrity-pit-bull-owners/

 

Dr Phil, Jamie Foxx, Tom Brady, Jennifer Aniston, Cesar Millan, Jon Berthnall. All "no good" people people presumably?

 

https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-love-pit-bulls

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Local residents intervened, restraining the aggressive dog by tying its mouth and feet, resulting in its unfortunate death, presumably due to suffocation.

PLM

51 minutes ago, proton said:

Says no countries except USA and Canada allow imports of Pitbulls, so how do Thais get their hands on these killers then? Ban has proved ineffective due to cross breeding, all the time you see people saying thats not a Pitbull after an attack, but it will be a bully breed, as bad if not worse. 

Because "PitBull" isn't really a breed. It's a broad classification of several breeds, often misused to wrongly identify dogs for the sake of a headline in tabloid style journalism.

 

Another reason that breed specific legislation is so stupid.

 

Judging by the size of the dog in the OP it is a crossbreed, possibly with some Mastiff in there.

 

Spot the "Pitbull".