Stray Dogs Attack Tourists Daily on Koh Muk

[blaze master]

2 minutes ago, Anant72 said:

You missed my sarcasm. 

 

Yes of course you did 😆

[lordgrinz]

1 hour ago, ujayujay said:

The usual dog haters here.....we know

 

I've owned dogs all my life, even shipped my rescue dog here when I moved here 8 years ago, try again.

[plahgat]

I have been to Koh Mook back in the late 80s, and back then it had a predominantly muslim population and because of that no or very few dogs were allowed on the island as they are considered "unclean" by Islam!

Nowadays most land has been bought up by buddhist mainland "investors", that has built hotels all over and brought their dogs with them and many has gone rouge and now roam "wild"!

Koh Mook is a small island and the population of dogs is increasing, only answers are get the dogs off the island or cull them!

[Elkski]

I would happily pay for a day of dog eradication.   Rent air rifles and send customers out with porters/ guides and a trolley . Perhaps  a proficiency test at the range.  Modern air rifles are so accurate and deadly.   I say take all stray dogs out throughout Thailand.   If people reincarnated as dogs they can reincarnate as something else.   Same thing for monkeys. 

[Jonathan Swift]

10 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

The do gooders will be along soon to tell you how bla bla bla. 

Well, you certainly won't be among any volunteers will you? Nah, too much effort required to actually help, easier to be an armchair quarterback and just complain

[Jonathan Swift]

1 hour ago, lordgrinz said:

 

I've owned dogs all my life, even shipped my rescue dog here when I moved here 8 years ago, try again.

The usual narrow minded armchair critics.  Rest assured he will try again and again and again because he has nothing constructive to offer.  

[Jonathan Swift]

42 minutes ago, Elkski said:

I would happily pay for a day of dog eradication.   Rent air rifles and send customers out with porters/ guides and a trolley . Perhaps  a proficiency test at the range.  Modern air rifles are so accurate and deadly.   I say take all stray dogs out throughout Thailand.   If people reincarnated as dogs they can reincarnate as something else.   Same thing for monkeys. 

You obviously have no clue about Buddhist teachings. People don't reincarnate as anything but people. And you live here?

[Jonathan Swift]

10 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

I fully agree. They spread disease and are a public safety concern.

Absolutely. These dogs are miserable, full of parasites, malnourished. Thailand could, if it really wanted to, address the problem, implement a neutering problem, because no matter how many you kill the remainder will still breed. I think only culling AND neutering will make a dent in it. 

[blaze master]

10 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

. I think only culling AND neutering will make a dent in it. 

 

Great idea. Within a short time frame the problem would go away. But a real concerted effort not some lame half measures. Wishful thinking though due to the view so many have while at the same time adding to the problem with kindness. 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

I think it would be better to eat them than to cull them.

Tit for Tat, and all that....

 

[SiSePuede419]

Note to self:

Always carry one rock in my right hand that can "do some damage" if hurled towards a dogs face.

And two more in the pocket.

Hey, I saw a monk pick up a rock and throw it at a menacing dog on the temple grounds, so this must be a culturally approved way of dealing with nasty dogs. ✅

[Thumbs]

The government introduced strict animal cruelty laws but have done nothing to tackle the problems, when incidents like this keep happening and no government assistance is forthcoming then people take measures into their own hands which results in rat poison laced hamburger meat getting scattered in areas with offending dogs

 

fundi g could be found if all dog owners are forced to get their animals licensed , photo taken of dog and then microchipped. 500 baht per dog and then follow up fines for dangerous behavior such as allowing pet to run or sleep in the street, untreated mange, noise complaints, dumping registered animals in the temple…. You feed the strays and you become the owner

 

[fasteddie]

Given it's a Muslim island, I'm surprised the matter hasn't been dealt with.

[watchcat]

18 hours ago, proton said:

They are not going to do anything unless a mass rabies outbreak happens.

 

Or an influential person get bitten.

[baansgr]

19 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

Time to cull them, enough is enough.

I like dogs, have one myself but you need to be careful...last time I said that on a group about dogs in Krabi, some idiot foreigner one third my age doing muay thai threatened to come and smash my face in, he was serious also, even after I sent him numerous cases of children being attacked and killed by dogs...what is the option?..I don't know

[baansgr]

You can give them some snacks 😄

[kuzmabruk]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

ineffective implementation.

Definition of Thailand

[john donson]

let's maybe do something, when a child is chewed to pieces?

 

MAYBE

[kiwikeith]

22 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

The do gooders will be along soon to tell you how bla bla bla. 

Well the Thai Tourisim minister has no idea 

[kiwikeith]

18 hours ago, bendejo said:

Is there some sort of religious/spiritual thing to it, like that dogs are people punished by being re-born as dogs?

 

Yes 

[steven100]

this place has zero common sense.   A backward lost society.

 

enough said on soi dogs. 

[steven100]

11 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Absolutely. These dogs are miserable, full of parasites, malnourished. Thailand could, if it really wanted to, address the problem, implement a neutering problem, because no matter how many you kill the remainder will still breed. I think only culling AND neutering will make a dent in it. 

the culling is the effective way,   not the neutering.  

[kiwikeith]

2 hours ago, baansgr said:

I like dogs, have one myself but you need to be careful...last time I said that on a group about dogs in Krabi, some idiot foreigner one third my age doing muay thai threatened to come and smash my face in, he was serious also, even after I sent him numerous cases of children being attacked and killed by dogs...what is the option?..I don't know

Sterilise was supposed to be done but the govt hasn't followed through, they don't even put mangee dogs with their guts hanging out down. 

I know several falung women that pay there own money to sterilise local soi dogs they said having problem dogs picked up and put into yards is cruel, they are not looked after and they are worse off. 

[dcalaska]

19 hours ago, cheerz said:

Gray pill 100% works, controls these dogs no problem

Where can one buy this ''gray pill''? Asking for a friend.

[lordgrinz]

3 hours ago, baansgr said:

I like dogs, have one myself but you need to be careful...last time I said that on a group about dogs in Krabi, some idiot foreigner one third my age doing muay thai threatened to come and smash my face in, he was serious also, even after I sent him numerous cases of children being attacked and killed by dogs...what is the option?..I don't know

 

Hopefully he'll visit me, should be interesting 😜 

[steven100]

6 minutes ago, dcalaska said:

Where can one buy this ''gray pill''? 

i think he means gun powder ...  

[dcalaska]

40 minutes ago, john donson said:

let's maybe do something, when a child is chewed to pieces?

 

MAYBE

Not likely. Thai culture values dogs above people. 

[Nairbem]

On 12/4/2024 at 9:26 AM, grain said:

All over the country they need culling. In some areas it's ridiculous. On average a bitch is on heat 2 or 3 times a year, and the average litter size is 5-6 pups. 

Ship to Vietnam 🇻🇳  feed people.

[pedro01]

14 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

You obviously have no clue about Buddhist teachings. People don't reincarnate as anything but people. And you live here?

 

The doctrine of rebirth held that any human could be reborn as animal, and any animal could be reborn as a human. An animal might be a reborn dead relative, and anybody who looked far enough back through their series of lives might come to believe every animal to be a distant relative.

 

- wikipedia

[JensenZ]

23 hours ago, edwinchester said:

"Residents are urging authorities to relocate stray dogs off the island...."

 

A typical make it somebody else's problem response rather than tackle the problem at source and cull the packs of wild dogs.

They insist on calling them "stray" dogs as though they just wandered off from someone's backyard and ended up there.

 

The truth is that they were born and raised there and are fed by the local Thai people. If not, they would not exist.

 

In my local park (Pattaya), a couple on a trike feeds about 100 dogs every morning and night. This is in a public park with signs not to feed the animals. Of course, the food is very cheap and not very nutritious (flavoured rice), so these animals are not healthy and riddled with disease. I feel sad for the dogs. They have a miserable existence and it's cruel to let them exist in the first place. The Thai people feeding these dogs every day think they are doing good by feeding these animals low-quality food, but they are guilty of animal abuse.