Pitbull mauls monk to death in gruesome Nonthaburi temple attack

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Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

by Bob Scott

A temple in Nonthaburi became the site of unimaginable horror when a pitbull viciously attacked and killed a monk. The tragic incident unfolded in the early hours of today, January 21, leaving the temple community in shock and mourning.

 

At 1am, officers from Bang Sri Mueang Police Station were alerted to the horrific event: a pitbull had mauled a monk to death within the secluded quarters of a revered temple in Tambon Sai Ma, Amphoe Mueang.

Upon receiving the call, a team of police, doctors from the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and emergency responders from the Por Tek Tung Foundation raced to the scene.

 

Within the humble confines of a single-storey monk’s quarters, the lifeless body of 46 year old Phra Bannadit was discovered.

He lay face down in a gruesome pool of blood, his wrist horrifyingly absent, and the right side of his skull savagely torn open by powerful jaws. The chilling evidence suggested he had been dead for approximately two days.

A temple disciple, 28 year old Wu, recounted his discovery of the macabre scene. Concerned after not seeing the monk since Saturday, January 11, he had wandered to the quarters around 11pm to midnight. Seeing the lights still on and the monk’s car parked outside, he knocked and called out but got no response.

 

Picture of the pitbull courtesy of KhaoSod

Peering through the louvers and opening the door, he was met by the pitbull, Jord, darting past him. Inside, the terrible sight awaited.

Wu promptly informed the abbot and summoned the police. He revealed that Phra Bannadit, who served as secretary to the abbot, had adopted Jord over a year ago when the dog was just a puppy.

 

The pitbull, known for being territorial, had bitten the monk several times before, jumping up even during moments of generosity, reported KhaoSod.

 

With the abbot now gone, the future of Jord hangs in the balance as the temple, understandably, fears keeping him on the premises. Police have launched a thorough investigation, sending the monk’s body to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for a post-mortem to confirm the precise cause of death.

 

 

Pictures of the monk’s living quarters courtesy of KhaoSod

Only two weeks ago a similar tragic incident took place in Saraburi‘s Kaeng Khoi,which also resulted in a death. An 84 year old man died following an attack by his dog.

The incident occurred on January 8, at the man’s residence, a wooden house where rescue volunteers discovered bloodstains and scattered belongings beneath the structure.

 

Source: The Thaiger 

-- 2025-01-21

 

 

[Classic Ray]

Why is a monk in possession of a car? Does not seem to accord with the vow of poverty. 
 

Pit bulls and similar breeds are inherently bred for aggression and territorial defence, and need to be properly trained and controlled, or preferably not bred at all.

 

Unlike GSDs, terriers, labradors, retrievers and Malinois, they serve no useful purpose. Thailand has too many stray and uncontrolled dogs already without allowing these vanity breeds. Time to ban them as so many other countries have already done.

[Raymonddiaz]

Hope the put down the dog.

[Jonathan Swift]

What a sad, horrible way to go. Sometimes I wish I hadn't read stories like this. Did the abbot not know the reputation and nature of this breed? Maybe he did. I guess just because you're an abbot doesn't mean you've got all your marbles. It seems like every one of these dogs is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off at the slightest trigger. The dog needs to be euthanized. What do they do about man eating tigers, bears,  or lions? What is it with people who buy these dogs? Status? Something to show off? Yes and yes, being "cool" is more important than the lives of your neighbors and family. Might as well be a lion or a tiger on a leash. Same problems in America, and I'm sure elsewhere. In my old neighborhood in the US there must be a dozen or more of these murderous monsters. One of them ate another neighbor's dog. It should be illegal to breed and own these. They're more dangerous than guns because they act willfully on their own with no one necessary to pull the trigger. 

[Justanotherone]

monk with a car?   monk with a dog ?  bitten before... 

 

thais will never learn

[Hakuna Matata]

All pit-bulls should be eradicated. I hate those pitbulls. Normally, people use them as bodyguards, not like normal pets.

[kuzmabruk]

5 minutes ago, Raymonddiaz said:

Hope the put down the dog.

Wife said they have found someone to take care of the dog because it needs to be walked more .... dumb!

[Stevemercer]

If it had been a wild tiger it would would have been hunted and shot as a danger to the community. A dog kills someone, and is a danger to the community, but it seems to be tolerated. 

[Gottfrid]

That the dog breed need to be banned, there is no doubt about.

What I react to, is posters here who post like below:

10 minutes ago, Justanotherone said:

monk with a car?

 

12 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

Why is a monk in possession of a car?

 

That just reeks of poor knowledge. There is nothing unusual with monks that owns cars. They are everywhere. If the Thais not question their spiritual leaders regarding that, who are we to do it?

[spidermike007]

There's just no excuse for something like this, all pit bulls and for that matter all dogs who attack people should be put down within 24 hours. No excuses, no appeals, just take them out!

 

Prioritizing dogs over humans is the very essence of insanity. In addition cities should be engaging in massive culling of soi dogs, they're mangy, many are nasty beasts, they live miserable lives, and we should be taking them out of their misery. 

[proton]

17 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

Why is a monk in possession of a car? Does not seem to accord with the vow of poverty. 
 

Pit bulls and similar breeds are inherently bred for aggression and territorial defence, and need to be properly trained and controlled, or preferably not bred at all.

 

Unlike GSDs, terriers, labradors, retrievers and Malinois, they serve no useful purpose. Thailand has too many stray and uncontrolled dogs already without allowing these vanity breeds. Time to ban them as so many other countries have already done.

 

They need to be banned and put down, you cannot train aggression out of them, and they are all a threat to life

[edwardflory]

Monk with a car is nothing. I remember reading about a monk that has a private JET.

[Jing Joe]

HOW TRAGIC !  AGAIN !  There have been probably 10 such deaths over the years, there will be another 10 pages here again,  there will be many more of all ages, but nothing will be done.   How can we mostly  NOT agonize?      i.e. just wait for the supporters of the mongrel breed in these pages.           .😭

[thesetat]

13 minutes ago, Stevemercer said:

If it had been a wild tiger it would would have been hunted and shot as a danger to the community. A dog kills someone, and is a danger to the community, but it seems to be tolerated. 

because in Thailand a dogs life is more valued than a persons. If a dog bites someone, it is usually released to the owner when possible. If a person bites someone else or attacks them they are imprisoned or worse. If a dog kills someone the dog is usually released to new owner or nothing happens to the dog. If you kill someone well, you know what happens next and freedom is not part of it. 

[thesetat]

5 minutes ago, edwardflory said:

Monk with a car is nothing. I remember reading about a monk that has a private JET.

Yes, and i remember that same monk fleeing to the USA in it with his millions made from donations of the people who believed in him. 

[bugger bognor]

Not the dogs fault the owners whomever took care of this dog were clueless, people were probably scared so the dog was caged too long and not stimulated or excersised wouldn't surprise me if it was locked on a chain when it was outside majority of it's time ! It's tragic that this monk lost his life hopefully people will learn something from this tragedy this happens regularly here in Thailand education is needed

[Thingamabob]

Pit bulls need to be walked extensively, 3 times a day. Very few people, in Thailand or in any other country, are ready and willing to do this.  The raising of pit bulls should therefore be banned world-wide, and the breed allowed to die out. 

[Kinok Farang]

I bet they'll execute it after it kills another monk.

Cruel.

[proton]

5 minutes ago, bugger bognor said:

Not the dogs fault the owners whomever took care of this dog were clueless, people were probably scared so the dog was caged too long and not stimulated or excersised wouldn't surprise me if it was locked on a chain when it was outside majority of it's time ! It's tragic that this monk lost his life hopefully people will learn something from this tragedy this happens regularly here in Thailand education is needed

 

It IS the dogs fault, Pitbulls are no more suitable as pets then an alligator, they are DANGEROUS ANIMALS

[proton]

2 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Pit bulls need to be walked extensively, 3 times a day. Very few people, in Thailand or in any other country, are ready and willing to do this.  The raising of pit bulls should therefore be banned world-wide, and the breed allowed to die out. 

 

They need to be walked to the nearest abattoir and turned into pig feed 

[Kinok Farang]

I bet they'll execute it after it kills another monk.

Cruel.

[Kinok Farang]

Seen 2 pit-bull soi dogs recently.

Accidents waiting to happen.

[Gottfrid]

9 minutes ago, bugger bognor said:

Not the dogs fault the owners whomever took care of this dog were clueless, people were probably scared so the dog was caged too long and not stimulated or excersised wouldn't surprise me if it was locked on a chain when it was outside majority of it's time ! It's tragic that this monk lost his life hopefully people will learn something from this tragedy this happens regularly here in Thailand education is needed

Me thinks you need education.

[hotchilli]

42 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

What a sad, horrible way to go. Sometimes I wish I hadn't read stories like this. Did the abbot not know the reputation and nature of this breed? Maybe he did

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The pitbull, known for being territorial, had bitten the monk several times before, jumping up even during moments of generosity

I think the monk was well aware of the nature of this dog, yet like many they seem to lack the ability to deal with it.

A bit like the government allowing Soi dog masses to continue to grow.

[BangkokReady]

35 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

That just reeks of poor knowledge. There is nothing unusual with monks that owns cars. They are everywhere.

 

Just because something is common, it does not make it right or OK.

 

35 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

If the Thais not question their spiritual leaders regarding that, who are we to do it?

 

We are free to question anything we want.  If we want to share an observation or opinion on Thai politics, crime or religion, who are you to say we cannot?

[Rinato]

Normally ilis the lay community that buy a car for a monk, specially if he has duties, as a secretary, administrator, abbot.

Actually they are not the owners.

They just use something thath has been donated to the temple.

[Jonathan Swift]

1 hour ago, Classic Ray said:

Why is a monk in possession of a car? Does not seem to accord with the vow of poverty. 
 

Pit bulls and similar breeds are inherently bred for aggression and territorial defence, and need to be properly trained and controlled, or preferably not bred at all.

 

Unlike GSDs, terriers, labradors, retrievers and Malinois, they serve no useful purpose. Thailand has too many stray and uncontrolled dogs already without allowing these vanity breeds. Time to ban them as so many other countries have already done.

To put it more succinctly they are bred for dog fighting, which is illegal just about everywhere for obvious reasons. But people make money off breeding them, selling them, and in gambling on fights, so it's about the money as well as status. . Given the huge number of maulings and deaths, my opinion is there are enough calm breeds with good demeanor and we don't need these little monsters. My opinion. 

[Jonathan Swift]

51 minutes ago, kuzmabruk said:

Wife said they have found someone to take care of the dog because it needs to be walked more .... dumb!

Dog had an ample supply of brown envelopes. 

[Jonathan Swift]

3 minutes ago, Rinato said:

Normally ilis the lay community that buy a car for a monk, specially if he has duties, as a secretary, administrator, abbot.

Actually they are not the owners.

They just use something thath has been donated to the temple.

That makes sense. The monks thought they were doing something humane. Imagine how they feel - the horror. 

[bugger bognor]

8 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Me thinks you need education.

Open your eyes at the way many animals are treated here nearly all dogs are territorial here ! Many Thais keep guard dogs like pitbulls rottweilers etc no training only food and water by there masters, are you aware that many dogs and unwanted puppies especially problematic dogs are taken and dropped at temples all around Thailand so monks will feed them and take care of them this dog was most likely taken there so don't be a <deleted> and think before you speak