Picture courtesy of Amarin.

 

Police in Chaiyaphum province have arrested a 42-year-old man after disturbing footage emerged showing him violently killing a neighbour’s dog with a wooden club. The incident, which has shocked the local community and gone viral on social media, took place in Huai Ton Subdistrict, Mueang District.

 

The suspect, identified as Mr Bunyat, was captured on a neighbour’s CCTV entering a neighbour’s property and beating a Bangkaew dog to death, before burying the body behind the house. The video, which was later shared online, by two teenage siblings, students in Mathayom 3 and 4, whose parents own the dog.

 

According to the siblings, the incident had occurred on 12 June, when they returned home from school to learn from a neighbour that Mr Bunyat had broken into their home and attacked their dog. When they confronted him, the man allegedly threatened to kill them “just like the dog”, leaving them terrified and prompting their delayed report to the authorities.

 

Following the complaint, officers from Mueang Chaiyaphum Police Station launched a search operation and eventually located Mr Bunyat hiding in a makeshift hut at the edge of the village. He was arrested on 29 June and taken in for questioning, where he confessed to killing the dog but denied the charge of unlawful entry.

 

He told officers he committed the act because the dog had attacked his chickens. Despite admitting to the killing, he insisted he did not intend to trespass.

 

Police have charged Mr Bunyat with three serious offences:

 

1. Animal cruelty, under Thailand’s Prevention of Cruelty and Animal Welfare Act

2. Unlawful entry into a private residence

3. Causing damage to property

 

The case has reignited debate in Thailand about animal rights, pet protection and the appropriate legal consequences for acts of cruelty. The two students, deeply traumatised by both the loss of their pet and the threats made against them, are reportedly receiving emotional support as legal proceedings move forward.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Amarin 2025-06-30

 

 

 

Outrageous behavior.

Should just used one of these.

 

4 minutes ago, quake said:

Outrageous behavior.

Should just used one of these.

 

Not funny

6 minutes ago, quake said:

Outrageous behavior.

Should just used one of these.

 

and people wonder why nobody's at the Xmas party

 

 

9 minutes ago, quake said:

Outrageous behavior.

Should just used one of these.

 

 

 

For the dog or the killer ??

 

 

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He told officers he committed the act because the dog had attacked his chickens

 

Anyone who lives in the sticks understands this one.

And other things that go on with animals.

The wood chipper was more of a joke, don't get to fired up over it.

But dead dog over chickens, I get it.

Some times people die over this issue. 

 

 

Another skinny animal taking out his anti social behavior on a dog, just like the human garbage that's poisoning dogs in my neighborhood and is lucky his identity isn't known, yet. If this dog was attacking him or a child it's understandable, but chickens? Threatening to kill the owners also shows his mindset. Things like this can be worked out with a few baht to replace the chickens and asking to keep the dog at bay. 

8 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

If this dog was attacking him or a child it's understandable, but chickens?

Chickens have the same right to live as your dog!

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Chickens have the same right to live as your dog!

Yet they are both eaten by humans 

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Chickens have the same right to live as your dog!

No. Chickens are raised as food. Dogs are domestic animals and only eaten by some that also don't look at them as pets and part of the family. People have stolen my chickens and ducks, but they are replaceable as they are again, food. Dogs aren't and are more loyal than most any other animals. Anyone who intentionally kills a dog, especially here, isn't doing so for food but anger, over an issue they learned in childhood. That domestic animals lives mean nothing. People that can readily kill a dog are likely to hurt humans a lot easier than those that respect them. 

4 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Dogs are domestic animals and only eaten by some that also don't look at them as pets and part of the family.

People in Korea eat dog, dog can be ordered at a restaurant there. Do you have any Korean neighbors? Any dogs missing in the neighborhood lately?

3 minutes ago, novacova said:

People in Korea eat dog, dog can be ordered at a restaurant there. Do you have any Korean neighbors? Any dogs missing in the neighborhood lately?

I saw them sold in Vietnam when I was there also. Some cultures have no respect for domestic animals, so they're eaten. Dogs here are killed by people who are disturbed. Some even own dogs themselves but like a lot of other things, don't care about nor respect their own neighbors. 

3 minutes ago, novacova said:

People in Korea eat dog, dog can be ordered at a restaurant there. Do you have any Korean neighbors? Any dogs missing in the neighborhood lately?

 

Time is ticking on it.

 

On January 9, 2024, the National Assembly of South Korea unanimously passed a law banning the production and sale of dog meat, to take effect in three years.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I saw them sold in Vietnam when I was there also. Some cultures have no respect for domestic animals, so they're eaten. Dogs here are killed by people who are disturbed. Some even own dogs themselves but like a lot of other things, don't care about nor respect their own neighbors. 

Good grief, hope you don’t have any dog eating neighbors.

1 minute ago, novacova said:

Good grief, hope you don’t have any dog eating neighbors.

No, here they've just poisoned at least 25 since I've lived here, and left them to die in pain, to be buried. 

4 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

No, here they've just poisoned at least 25 since I've lived here, and left them to die in pain, to be buried. 

 

if you moved away do you think it would stop. ?

Just now, quake said:

 

if you moved away do you think it would stop. ?

No, as most of the animals that have been poisoned were living at my ex wife's mom's house. 

Just now, fredwiggy said:

No, as most of the animals that have been poisoned were living at my ex wife's mom's house. 

 

ok

26 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Another skinny animal taking out his anti social behavior on a dog, just like the human garbage that's poisoning dogs in my neighborhood and is lucky his identity isn't known, yet. If this dog was attacking him or a child it's understandable, but chickens? Threatening to kill the owners also shows his mindset. Things like this can be worked out with a few baht to replace the chickens and asking to keep the dog at bay. 

Surely you do not live in the countryside.... Noone claims ownership to a dog that runs around on the streets or on other people's property until it is killed or missing. Go to the owner asking for compensation is more likely to cause injury to people more than to an animal or refusal to accept responsibility for their pet. Obviously, the man did not go there and kill the dog because he only saw it on their property. He had his own justification for doing this which the story does not illiterate on. 

28 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Another skinny animal taking out his anti social behavior on a dog, just like the human garbage that's poisoning dogs in my neighborhood and is lucky his identity isn't known, yet. If this dog was attacking him or a child it's understandable, but chickens? Threatening to kill the owners also shows his mindset. Things like this can be worked out with a few baht to replace the chickens and asking to keep the dog at bay. 

In my experience with Thais in Isaan dogs are raised same as other farm animals. Pups are raised to be sold off for sunday roast. That's my experience is SK.

3 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

In my experience with Thais in Isaan dogs are raised same as other farm animals. Pups are raised to be sold off for sunday roast. That's my experience is SK.

Your experience being a make up story in your own mind.

47 minutes ago, quake said:

Anyone who lives in the sticks understands this one.

In the US it’s open season on any animal harassing livestock 

Just now, bubblegum said:

Your experience being a make up story in your own mind.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but my experience was very true. Dogs are a commodity, nothing more.

7 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Sorry to burst your bubble, but my experience was very true. Dogs are a commodity, nothing more.

 

Yes true.

But they do act as security guards at night.

The dogs next door go spazz,  if and one come nosing around at night.

Good alarm system , mostly. 

12 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

In my experience with Thais in Isaan dogs are raised same as other farm animals. Pups are raised to be sold off for sunday roast. That's my experience is SK.

I haven't seen or heard about from anyone I know here that they're eaten here, although I have heard that some do, from others who have lived here. I have seen most everything else eaten here.

9 minutes ago, novacova said:

In the US it’s open season on any animal harassing livestock 

I haven't seen it happen but know it did in Texas where I lived. Dogs on other's ranches. Dogs, even pets, do chase down deer, often with negative results all over. I was hunting myself, a couple of miles from any roads or houses, and saw 4 running through the woods, a German Shepherd, and three smaller dogs, likely chasing deer as a group.Coyotes cause much more damage to deer and livestock, so they're hunted all year long in many states.

26 minutes ago, thesetat said:

Surely you do not live in the countryside.... Noone claims ownership to a dog that runs around on the streets or on other people's property until it is killed or missing. Go to the owner asking for compensation is more likely to cause injury to people more than to an animal or refusal to accept responsibility for their pet. Obviously, the man did not go there and kill the dog because he only saw it on their property. He had his own justification for doing this which the story does not illiterate on. 

I live 30 kilos from the nearest city.

 

A lot of the dogs here that I feed, that come to my house , live on other's farms and houses. That story said it killed his chickens, and after he killed it, he went and threatened the dog's owners. That's going way too far, as it again could have been settled amicably. My story is a little different. Someone, likely a family member or someone who hates my ex's family, has been poisoning dogs and cats for many years, before I even moved here.

 

Many dogs here that have owners run loose all over, as they don't really care much about animals after they're past kitten and puppy stage. They don't give them shots, train them or even feed them properly. I do know that if you killed someone's dog, one that runs loose all the time, with your car, they're the first to ask for compensation, as I've heard this happen before.

As an animal lover I'd like to meet this piece of  <deleted>e..

5 minutes ago, actonion said:

As an animal lover I'd like to meet this piece of  <deleted>e..

 

And what you going to do. 

out in the sticks with your flip flops and shorts on. 

7 minutes ago, quake said:

 

And what you going to do. 

out in the sticks with your flip flops and shorts on. 

I live in the sticks