Bangkok Tightens Grip on Urban Pet Ownership with New Ordinance

[snoop1130]

 

Bangkok is set to introduce a groundbreaking ordinance regulating pet ownership within urban areas, aimed at tackling disturbances from domestic and stray animals alike. This move will require all dogs and cats to be microchipped, allowing owners to be easily identified, and will limit the number of pets per household based on living space.

 

Expected to take effect 360 days after publication in the Royal Gazette, the ordinance specifies that residents in smaller living areas, such as condominiums and rental rooms between 20-80 square meters, may only keep one pet. In contrast, those with larger properties can have up to six. This initiative also includes stringent rules for potentially dangerous breeds like Pit Bull Terriers and Rottweilers, which must be muzzled and on short leashes in public places.

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to establish a central database for registered pets, requiring owners to get veterinary certification and microchipping up to BMA standards. Non-compliance will lead to penalties under the Public Health Act of 1992. Additionally, mobile veterinary units will offer sterilization services for stray animals, and a shelter in Prawet district will house aggressive dogs.

 

Napaphon Jeerakul, chairman of the extraordinary committee considering the draft ordinance, stated, "This ordinance will help address issues with pets, strays, and aggressive animals that cause public nuisance, making Bangkok safer for all residents." As the city gears up for these changes, the new regulations promise to bring order and safety to urban pet ownership in the Thai capital.

 

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-- 2024-11-04

 

 

[loong]

It's a start (if more than hot air), but why just Bangkok?

[Geoffggi]

7 minutes ago, loong said:

It's a start (if more than hot air), but why just Bangkok?

Quite correct, what about Pattaya with all the stray cats & dogs spoiling the high-class beach resort (Tongue in cheek) ....LOL 😂🤣😎

[john donson]

just like traffic fines, they exist, but nobody cares and enforcement...

 

step one would be, pick up everything without a collar or strays running the streets,  export the meat to vietnam, to cover the costs

[jcmj]

They tried to catch and spay and neuter all of the dogs around my house on Pratumnak Hill, but they didn’t get them all and now we are overrun with dogs and some very aggressive. Good idea, but no follow up and you still get chased by them. They definitely need to do something, but doubt they’ll get their new plan to work. Are they going to start a pet patrol? They don’t even have a police patrol. Sounds a bit like they are just saying something to appease the public about the nuisance and dog attacks. 

[khunjeff]

3 hours ago, loong said:

It's a start (if more than hot air), but why just Bangkok?

 

3 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Quite correct, what about Pattaya with all the stray cats & dogs spoiling the high-class beach resort (Tongue in cheek) ....LOL 😂🤣😎

 

Because the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration only has jurisdiction over the city of Bangkok?

[LukKrueng]

3 hours ago, loong said:

It's a start (if more than hot air), but why just Bangkok?

Because it's a BMA initiative and BMA has nothing to do with Pattaya it any city other than Bangkok

[WoodyKenny]

4 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Quite correct, what about Pattaya with all the stray cats & dogs spoiling the high-class beach resort (Tongue in cheek) ....LOL 😂🤣😎

Agree.. Strays everywhere on beaches even in Hua Hin making it unsafe and on edge... But it is a start.

  

[Gsxrnz]

Bugger! I was hoping they'd misspelt ordnance. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Gsxrnz

[ryxyz]

It was first proposed about 20 yrs ago by Samark's administration, but was never implemented. And I believe it was also proposed by the previous governor, but was also shelved. 

[Nickcage49]

As a dog owner it all sounds good to me.

 

But don't assume pit bulls and rottweilers are all dangerous. It all depends on how they are raised. I had a rottie mix and she was one of the sweetest things on earth.

[PETERTHEEATER]

I had ny budgie microchipped. Now it looks as if she's carrying a telephone directory under her wing. 😮‍💨

[fredwiggy]

A good idea but will it be enforced, and waiting 360 days means there will be 10,000 new animals born. What happens to the dogs that live just outside Bangkok that travel through Bangkok to breed? And if this was done all over Thailand, and immediately, with spay and neuter programs paid for and stepped up by the government, then they would see a change.