Swiss man paws for thought after dog bites on Thai beach (video)

[webfact]

A Swiss man sought a sustainable solution after he and more than 10 other Thais and foreign beach dwellers, were bitten by dogs belonging to an unidentified foreign man on Ban Suan Luang Beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

 

The latest victim, a 76 year old Swiss man named Rolf Weber, told Naewna that one of the six dogs on the beach bit his right leg while he was jogging along the beach at about 5pm on Thursday, August 15.

 

Weber explained that as he was jogging, he encountered six dogs and their owner, a foreign man named Mathias. One of the dogs ran towards him and bit his leg. He pulled out his mobile phone to record the incident but the foreign owner of the dogs urged him not to file a complaint with the police and promised to cover Weber’s treatment costs.

 

Weber disclosed that he visits Ban Suan Luang Beach every year and spends about three months travelling in the area. He heard about previous dog bites on the beach and encountered the same group of dogs each year.

Weber refused the dog owner’s gesture because he wanted the area to be a safe place for everyone and called on the relevant officials to resolve the issue.

A Thai man, 74 year old Champ Manatae, revealed to the media that his home and restaurant were near the beach. He stated that the dogs had bitten both Thai and foreign people.

 

Another Thai national, 51 year old Sunan Chartchai, disclosed that locals and foreigners in the area previously participated in a beach-cleaning activity a few years ago. However, they no longer dared to engage in any beach activities due to the presence of the dogs.

 

Business operators who run accommodation and restaurants along the beach also voiced their concerns, fearing that they might soon lose customers if the dogs continued to wander freely and bite people.

 

Photo via Nawn

Photo via Naewna

 

 

by Petch Petpailin 

Photo via Naewna

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-08-19

 

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[richard_smith237]

Good - Dogs should not be free to roam the beaches and any area's where people are relaxing, running & where children are playing. 

 

A complete lack of accountability means so few take the responsibility to adequately train and restrain their dogs and the public are placed at risk. 

 

 

Dogs should either be owned and collared, owners fully accountable with firm fines if they are not, or removed (and yes, destroyed).

 

 

Simple solution here - remove the dogs and fine the owner. 

That wont be popular as 'dog lovers' will always claim its not the dogs fault and I'd agree. 

Nevertheless, there is no 'nice simple, clean, pretty solution' someone will have to make the decisions and carry out the actions many are to weak to consider, particularly when it come to strays in public areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Simple solution here - remove the dogs and fine the owner. 

 

[steven100]

The authorities can just tell the owner he has 48hrs to remove all the dogs from the area or they will be impounded,  and he will be fined.   

 

Then come back in 48hrs and see if the dogs are gone.  

 

sorry,    that's too sensible for Thailand to comprehend and initiate.

 

It's not rocket science ...

[nakhonandy]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

The authorities can just tell the owner he has 48hrs to remove all the dogs from the area or they will be impounded,  and he will be fined.   

 

Then come back in 48hrs and see if the dogs are gone.  

 

sorry,    that's too sensible for Thailand to comprehend and initiate.

 

It's not rocket science ...

It is a simple solution. 

 

However, the authorities in my area won't even clean up Soi dogs let alone so called pets.

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, nakhonandy said:

It is a simple solution. 

 

However, the authorities in my area won't even clean up Soi dogs let alone so called pets.

why don't they do anything about these pests ?  lazy? money?  no law?  no higher request?  why ?

[nakhonandy]

I have heard various reasons, none that make any sense. Usually quoting Buddhism. 

Then the authorities are confused when these dogs are killed or more commonly poisoned. 

[neverere]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Good - Dogs should not be free to roam the beaches and any area's where people are relaxing, running & where children are playing. 

 

A complete lack of accountability means so few take the responsibility to adequately train and restrain their dogs and the public are placed at risk. 

 

 

Dogs should either be owned and collared, owners fully accountable with firm fines if they are not, or removed (and yes, destroyed).

 

 

Simple solution here - remove the dogs and fine the owner. 

That wont be popular as 'dog lovers' will always claim its not the dogs fault and I'd agree. 

Nevertheless, there is no 'nice simple, clean, pretty solution' someone will have to make the decisions and carry out the actions many are to weak to consider, particularly when it come to strays in public areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where do you suggest the dogs are 'removed' to? Also Thailand does, as a rule, not destroy dogs. 

[neverere]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

The authorities can just tell the owner he has 48hrs to remove all the dogs from the area or they will be impounded,  and he will be fined.   

 

Then come back in 48hrs and see if the dogs are gone.  

 

sorry,    that's too sensible for Thailand to comprehend and initiate.

 

It's not rocket science ...

Impounded? To where?

 

[still kicking]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Good - Dogs should not be free to roam the beaches and any area's where people are relaxing, running & where children are playing. 

 

A complete lack of accountability means so few take the responsibility to adequately train and restrain their dogs and the public are placed at risk. 

 

 

Dogs should either be owned and collared, owners fully accountable with firm fines if they are not, or removed (and yes, destroyed).

 

 

Simple solution here - remove the dogs and fine the owner. 

That wont be popular as 'dog lovers' will always claim its not the dogs fault and I'd agree. 

Nevertheless, there is no 'nice simple, clean, pretty solution' someone will have to make the decisions and carry out the actions many are to weak to consider, particularly when it come to strays in public areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can he sue the dogs now?

[SAFETY FIRST]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He stated that the dogs had bitten both Thai and foreign people

 

the foreign owner of the dogs urged him not to file a complaint

Good to see that the dogs don't discriminate. 

 

Foreign owner needs to be educated, call the cops 

 

[kwilco]

9 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Good - Dogs should not be free to roam the beaches and any area's where people are relaxing, running & where children are playing. 

 

A complete lack of accountability means so few take the responsibility to adequately train and restrain their dogs and the public are placed at risk. 

 

 

Dogs should either be owned and collared, owners fully accountable with firm fines if they are not, or removed (and yes, destroyed).

 

 

Simple solution here - remove the dogs and fine the owner. 

That wont be popular as 'dog lovers' will always claim its not the dogs fault and I'd agree. 

Nevertheless, there is no 'nice simple, clean, pretty solution' someone will have to make the decisions and carry out the actions many are to weak to consider, particularly when it come to strays in public areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately there are still too many dogs in Thailand to do this.

[steven100]

7 hours ago, neverere said:

Impounded? To where?

 

the jungle 

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Weber explained that as he was jogging, he encountered six dogs and their owner, a foreign man named Mathias. One of the dogs ran towards him and bit his leg. He pulled out his mobile phone to record the incident but the foreign owner of the dogs urged him not to file a complaint with the police and promised to cover Weber’s treatment costs.

Weber refused the dog owner’s gesture because he wanted the area to be a safe place for everyone and called on the relevant officials to resolve the issue.

Good, this ignorant dog owner needs to be sorted out for the safety of beach goers.

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, neverere said:

Where do you suggest the dogs are 'removed' to? Also Thailand does, as a rule, not destroy dogs. 

That is for the owner to decide, but the beach is not the place for aggressive dogs .

[SomNaNa555]

There are over one million dog bites in Thailand each year. It's totally out of control and the stray dogs need to be reduced in number. Indonesia had a similar problem and an outbreak of rabies. The government launched a program to exterminate stray dogs. It worked. In the meantime, carry a walking stick or pepper spray at all times. 

[arick]

My dogs don't even go past my fence they know better a very easy thing to teach a dog obviously very difficult for human to understand.

[simon43]

A single shot from a rifle would sort out some of this problem....

 

Then 6 more shots for the dogs..

[RT555]

A good lashing of pepper spray would be in line as I hate dogs

 

[Muhendis]

15 minutes ago, arick said:

My dogs don't even go past my fence they know better a very easy thing to teach a dog obviously very difficult for human to understand.

Training dogs is easy.

Training humans is a lot more tricky.

[DjSilver08]

There is only one solution. All stray dogs/ soi dogs needs to be killed. And done 50 years ago.

 

Stray dogs have no place too be with people.

 

If a dog bits a person in a civilized country (western country), the government will make sure to kill the dogs. Even homeless dogs are killed, and this is something Thailand should have made a law too do many years ago. But on the other hand, Thailand is not civilized yet.

[tandor]

1.  Photo/video if possible of injury/scene/dog concerned.

2.  Seek immediate medical attention including Rabies vaccine (3 shots).

3.  Report to Police. (I think there was a recent Law amendment with a penalty up to 50,000THB).

4. Carry a dog deterrent.

5. Lobby local Council, as it appears you are.

Good luck.

[Shorthalfhead]

Dogs...and sharks..should be barred from beaches

[AhFarangJa]

What strikes me here in the report, is that there are dozens of Thai people , business owners, beach goers, all complaining about the problem. Yet it takes a Foreigner here for three months to actually try to get something done. Therein lays a problem here, local people will suffer instead of speaking out in case they lose face, or are seen to be troublemakers.

[ChrisY1]

9 hours ago, neverere said:

Impounded? To where?

 

Vietnam

[Hakuna Matata]

The preventive rabies vaccination is available at any clinic in Thailand. I have been vaccinated already 5 years ago to have peace of mind.

 

There are too many stray dogs over here in Thailand. It makes many people nervous. 

 

If sterilization is not being done, the only choice is to eradicate all stray dogs.

[Homburg]

Uzi?  

[paulikens]

No comment from the authorities tells you everything.  

[Chassa]

Thai's used to eat dogs when I came here in the 1980's - what happened!

[paulikens]

11 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

What strikes me here in the report, is that there are dozens of Thai people , business owners, beach goers, all complaining about the problem. Yet it takes a Foreigner here for three months to actually try to get something done. Therein lays a problem here, local people will suffer instead of speaking out in case they lose face, or are seen to be troublemakers.

So, true.  Thais just never complain because they don't like confrontation and foreigners who do complain are seen as having a bad temper.  go figure!