Pit Bull Attacks & Kills 67-Year-Old Woman Cycling in Pathum Thani

[goatfarmer]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Yes, fighting other dogs. Not people.

 

There was never a sport for Man vs PitBull, maybe you are thinking of bull fighting?

 

In fact, human aggression was never bred into them since these fighting dogs often lived in the family home in between fights and had to be handled in the pit by humans during fights.

 

A PitBull that indiscriminately attacks humans has either been poorly trained or neglected/abused. 

 

Unfortunately, Thai attitudes to dog ownership often are not compatible with powerful dogs (caging them, little/no exercise, disciplining them with a stick etc.). Educating owners is the answer. I don't think I've ever seen a dog on a lead outside Bangkok. Mine stays on an extendable lead even when being exercised on our private land, just in case any local mutts wander over and attack him. Responsible ownership is key. 

 

I saw one kept in a cage in a suburban lot with a few workshops around it. No doubt if it go out it would go berserk. Unbelievable insensitivity to the needs of the animal. 

[Captain Monday]

Another day another,  ineveitable time bomb 

 

The favourite dog of the worlds most pathetic and contemtapable dullards

 

[papa al]

6 hours ago, Gknrd said:

Why do I only hear of this in Thailand?  This is strange.  So you can go to Thailand, get a dog and train it to kill.  Then have it attack someone you don't like. It kills them, and all that happens is you are sorry and cannot handle the dog.  Wow.

... there are easier ways ...

or so they say.

[harryviking]

When will a ban against some seriously big and dangerous dog be implemented??? The need for these dogs is absolutely not necessary! Also, there should be a campaign to get rid of ownerless street dogs! They hurt numerous people every year!!! These killer dogs are weapons! So why not put the owners in jail when they kill someone???

Edited 2 hours ago by harryviking

[Stevemercer]

15 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

No such thing as a bad dog breed.

Only bad owners.

 

No such thing as a bad gun

Only bad owners

 

Still, having controls on gun ownership, and banning some of the more dangerous types, might increase public safety?

[MarkBR]

15 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

No such thing as a bad dog breed.

Only bad owners.

Bad owners breed bad dogs with genetic traits for high aggression.  Thi is not curable by training, unfortunately, if they have these traits for aggression then they need to be put down.  They will not become undangerous around people, especially children.  Breeding of dogs for aggreesion is abomination.  The police need to stop this breed from existing in Thailand - find them all & remove them from the public.

[Kinok Farang]

4 hours ago, 2long said:

I tend to disagree.

Soi dogs have their own hierarchy and are not caged and mistreated. They can expend the energy that every dog needs to.

Soi dogs are easy to deal with, by walkers, joggers and cyclists... it can't just be me or my area where this is no problem if you show the right body language. A pitbull is just another dog, and would behave so in a gang of soi dogs. I hope!

 

As for this sad incident, even as a dog lover and defender, this one needs to be destroyed. The 'owner' needs to be charged with manslaughter and her whole family banned from having dogs in the future. 

Right about soi dogs being no problem.

Completely wrong about pitbulls.

I walk twice a day and encounter soi dogs.Mostly all talk if they want to show aggression.

Only seen 1 bitbull out roaming the streets and it attacked me.

[Captain Monday]

6 hours ago, Gknrd said:

Why do I only hear of this in Thailand?  This is strange.  So you can go to Thailand, get a dog and train it to kill.  Then have it attack someone you don't like. It kills them, and all that happens is you are sorry and cannot handle the dog.  Wow.

Because you don’t read other countries news? “Bull” breeds kill people frequently in US. Seems like a couple times a month 

 

At least the stupid people who cause the maulings are occasionally held to account. 
The dogs are innocent livestock. Only acting on their instincts or training. People must be held liable for the actions of their “ pets”.
 

 

 Texas couple sentenced to prison after pit bulls killed 81-year-old man

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna172069

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Captain Monday

[watchcat]

5 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Strange that all bad owners own this type of dog.

 

I don't find it strange if you look at the tatoos they 're sporting, disgusting.

 

 

[nickmondo]

I gave up cycling in Thailand years ago due to dog attacks.

Never saw a Pitbull, just various types of Soi Dogs.

If i could own a gun here in Thailand I would, and I would put it to good use to make the streets safer.

[John Drake]

40 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Unfortunately, Thai attitudes to dog ownership often are not compatible with powerful dogs (caging them, little/no exercise, disciplining them with a stick etc.). Educating owners is the answer. I don't think I've ever seen a dog on a lead outside Bangkok. Mine stays on an extendable lead even when being exercised on our private land, just in case any local mutts wander over and attack him. Responsible ownership is key. 

 

If the answer is requiring Thais and other people to get a PhD in dog ownership, you're talking about a lost cause. Get rid of these dogs. If somebody wants a dog, there are plenty of other varieties that are companionable, protective, and above all safe from killing random strangers. Pit bulls need to be eradicated. There is no purpose in keeping them out there as a threat to the general public.

[stix40]

Put the dog in jail

And put down the owner 

[John Drake]

They might bite me. But they won't kill me.

 

 

[JonnyF]

13 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

If the answer is requiring Thais and other people to get a PhD in dog ownership, you're talking about a lost cause. Get rid of these dogs. If somebody wants a dog, there are plenty of other varieties that are companionable, protective, and above all safe from killing random strangers. Pit bulls need to be eradicated. There is no purpose in keeping them out there as a threat to the general public.

 

No need for a PhD. Just basic common sense. Train them, and don't let them roam freely.

 

Same as any dog really. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

17 hours ago, novacova said:

Criminalize owning this type of bread.

The dogs name was not Hovis.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, catch104 said:

Yes, of course, just as there is no such thing as a bad AK47 or weapon of war in the hand of the public... only deranged users.
Sure there are, but try doing the same harm with a Chiwawa, or a related weapon, a bamboo stick....

More BS. From you this time.

 

Why do you think that dogs like these are being banned in the west?

 

The dog owner has admitted that the dog has already bitten her daughter, and now somebody is dead. No, the owner did not kill the victim directly, but by keeping the dog after it has already bitten her daughter, the dog has bitten again. This time sadly, it killed somebody.

 

You remind me of another poster who claims that his dogs are friendly and lovable and would NEVER bite anybody. Until one of them does.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, kwak250 said:

Or the other way around. 

Or both.

[phetphet]

I wonder if dog's owner be held responsible and punished in any way for the poor lady's death.

 

I doubt it. She would probably get worse here for writing a bad restaurant review.

 

 

[schultzlivgthai]

8 hours ago, jippytum said:

it is difficult to exercise one pet dog in Thailand  due to attacks from other dogs. 

Why anyone should keep six dogs confined on their property shows a lack of care for the dogs and disreguard for neibours. 

This dog should be destroyed.

The owner heavily fined and ordered to pay compensation  and banned from owning other dogs. 

As an unfit owner and she should also have the other dogs removed from her care. 

That problem is very common in many Thai neighborhoods, way too many dogs, period.

[AhFarangJa]

5 hours ago, FarangFB said:

 

It's not a matter of how many, but a matter of "who".

 

If you're a random farang, a poor villager/child or some unknown elder then nothing will happen, the owner will get away with a slap in the wrist and the dog might get away with it as well.

 

In order for something to actually change it would take a respected/rich family's child or someone actually important (a politician for example) to be mauled/killed. But these people won't be riding a bicycle in a random soi so the odds are almost non existent.

So very true Sir. The only power in this country - The Baht.

[Kinok Farang]

1 hour ago, watchcat said:

 

I don't find it strange if you look at the tatoos they 're sporting, disgusting.

 

 

Good for you.Personally i have never seen a pitbull with tattoos.

[Kinok Farang]

2 hours ago, goatfarmer said:

I saw one kept in a cage in a suburban lot with a few workshops around it. No doubt if it go out it would go berserk. Unbelievable insensitivity to the needs of the animal. 

A few years ago a Thai man in Chonburi that had slept with his pitbull (just like your dog) for 4 years was killed by the dog while he slept.

[Sleezeedog]

18 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Again we have a killing machine in the form of a pit bull. A dog breed know for it´s aggressive behavior and unpredictable mindset. Originally made popular because it´s abilities as a fighting dog. In Thailand they let regular Somchai handle these dogs, and after many attacks and deaths not do anything to make them illegal as well as clean the country of the race. The dog should be put down like the evil breed it is, and all the other aggressive dogs as well.

 

Now all dog lovers can refrain from posting their utter nonsense in reply to this post. Don´t come with good and bad owners. Obviously this is a bad owner. However, it doesn´t matter with these breeds. To make such conversation, a dog lover must first explain why over 95% of all dog attacks and deaths as well as severe injuries made by dogs are related to fighting dogs and over aggressive breeds. Pit bulls are standing for most of the attacks and deaths. Does that all the bad owners of dogs have a pit bull? As you all understand, that is not possible.

Just eradicate the evil breeds from the planet.

 

[Sleezeedog]

Had staffies all my life. Thee most gentle breed of dog walking the planet. They don't have the moniker, nanny dog for nothing. Owners can turn any breed of dog into a bad animal. Lay off the breed. Thankyou.