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Police in Nakhon Ratchasima are searching for a man and woman accused of deliberately poisoning stray dogs, leaving three animals dead and one critically ill.

 

CCTV footage from a self-service laundrette on Suranarai 13 Road, Ban Ko subdistrict, captured the disturbing incident on the morning of 18 August. A grey Toyota Yaris was seen pulling up before the male driver lowered his window to observe the pack of strays nearby. Moments later, the man exited the vehicle and left food suspected to have been laced with poison for the dogs.

 

Within minutes, four dogs began convulsing, frothing at the mouth and writhing in pain. Three died at the scene, while one was rushed to a veterinary clinic by a passer-by who attempted an emergency treatment with raw eggs. Thanks to their intervention, the animal survived.

 

Witnesses reported that a slim, tall man had been seen in the area several days earlier asking locals whether the dogs had an owner. On the day of the poisoning, CCTV revealed a woman sitting in the back seat of the car, believed to be involved in the incident.

 

“It was heartbreaking to watch. We tried everything we could to save them, but only one survived. I don’t understand why anyone would do such a cruel thing,” said a local resident who helped in the rescue attempt.

 

The motive for the poisoning remains unclear. Authorities are now examining CCTV footage and photographs taken by witnesses to help identify the suspects.

 

Animal welfare groups in the province have condemned the attack and urged police to bring those responsible to justice.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Daily News 2025-08-23

 

 

 

Nonsense.

 

Not a Buddhist thing to do in a Buddhist country.

 

If you can't help them at least don't hurt them.

Another very disturbed person taking their hidden anger out on animals because they can't vent in a proper way. Takes a sick mind to intentionally kill domestic animals. One offense is a fine and possibly jail time, and when they actually enforce the law, other like minded human garbage might think twice before they do it. People who look at life this cheap also look at other humans the same way. Some live in denial of what they actually are                 A growing body of research indicates that people who commit acts of cruelty towards animals rarely stop there.   Murderers and people who abuse their spouse or children had frequently harmed animals in the past. People who abuse animals may also be dangerous to people............https://www.animallaw.info/article/link-cruelty-animals-and-violence-towards-people..

From the link above.......

• 100% of sexual homicide offenders examined had a history of cruelty towards animals. [34]  
• 70% of all animal abusers have committed at least one other criminal offense and almost 40% have committed violent crimes against people. [35]
• 63.3% of men who had committed crimes of aggression admitted to cruelty to animals. [36]
• 48% of rapists and 30% of child molesters reported committing animal abuse during childhood or adolescence. [37]
• 36% of assaultive women reported cruelty to animals while 0% of non-assaultive women did. [38]
• 25% of violent, incarcerated men reported higher rates of “substantial cruelty to animals” in childhood than a comparison group of non-incarcerated men (0%). [39]
• Men who abused animals were five times more likely to have been arrested for violence towards humans, four times more likely to have committed property crimes, and three times more likely to have records for drug and disorderly conduct offenses.

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2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds said:

Nonsense.

 

Not a Buddhist thing to do in a Buddhist country.

 

If you can't help them at least don't hurt them.

No, it´s better to have them everywhere being a menace to children and other people. If the government, municipalities or police do nothing about this, just maybe it´s time to help them on their way. The only thing is that they should have been smarter and not got caught. If we let them breed freely, we will soon have cross breeding between pitbulls and other types of dogs. No one knows where that will go.

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds said:

Nonsense.

 

Not a Buddhist thing to do in a Buddhist country.

 

If you can't help them at least don't hurt them.

 

Buddhist in name only.

58 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

No, it´s better to have them everywhere being a menace to children and other people

 

Are these dogs really a menace?  Or have people just gone soft?

 

I think the latter.

 

People turned into marshmallows post- Convid.

7 minutes ago, Woke to Sounds said:

 

Are these dogs really a menace?  Or have people just gone soft?

 

I think the latter.

 

People turned into marshmallows post- Convid.

Well, we have a pack of 10 roaming around here at the moment. If they were not fed by a Good Samaritan they would have died of natural causes by now.

No I do not agree with poisoning them like above but they a a problem that needs to be dealt with.

14 minutes ago, Woke to Sounds said:

 

Are these dogs really a menace?  Or have people just gone soft?

 

I think the latter.

 

People turned into marshmallows post- Convid.

Ok, maybe you want streets full of cows, pigs, chickens and so on.......Nothing seems to bother you. Let´s hope you will not stand in front of a rabies infected cross breed one day. It might change the tune in your pipe. Or, just maybe you have children, and one of them get mauled by a stray one day. Think about those scenarios, and reality might fall in place for you.

2 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Ok, maybe you want streets full of cows, pigs, chickens and so on.......Nothing seems to bother you. Let´s hope you will not stand in front of a rabies infected cross breed one day. It might change the tune in your pipe. Or, just maybe you have children, and one of them get mauled by a stray one day. Think about those scenarios, and reality might fall in place for you.

Cows and chickens everywhere around me in the roads, sometimes a herd of buffaloes, but they're all friendly, dogs not so much.

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Cows and chickens everywhere around me in the roads, sometimes a herd of buffaloes, but they're all friendly, dogs not so much.

Agree. I was referring to walking home after a night on Walking Street. 😉 

The dogs probably killed the rabbits those people were keeping. Happened to me.  I almost beat those mutts to death. It's very vexing.

In Bangkok on my street I once saw two glittery-eyed young Thais, giggling, using high-pitched voices to coax some stray kittens to eat food they were offering. Run, cats, run was what I thought.

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

No, it´s better to have them everywhere being a menace to children and other people. If the government, municipalities or police do nothing about this, just maybe it´s time to help them on their way. The only thing is that they should have been smarter and not got caught. If we let them breed freely, we will soon have cross breeding between pitbulls and other types of dogs. No one knows where that will go.

Disturbed people poison animals, period. Better to educate yourself on practical solutions instead of taking the law in your own hands and becoming a sociopath. A government funded spay/neuter program is the only effective way to reduce populations of dogs here, as the people care nothing about what happens when a puppy turns into an adult dog, and allow them to roam freely to breed. 

 

From the above link, which some won't read because they're okay with murdering animals...........Parents who neglect or abuse animals may also abuse or neglect their own children.Abusive family members may threaten, injure, or kill pets as a way of controlling others in the family.  Witnessing abuse towards parents or pets may compromise a child’s psychological adjustment, increase his propensity for interpersonal violence, and make children’s cruelty to animals more likely to emerge as a symptom of distress.   Children who have witnessed domestic violence or who have been the victims of physical or sexual abuse may also become animal abusers themselves, imitating the violence they have seen or experienced. 

• 88% of 57 New Jersey families in which child abuse occurred also had incidents of animal abuse; 
• 85% of women and 63% of children entering shelters discussed incidents of pet abuse in the family;  
• More than 80% of families being treated for child abuse were also involved in animal abuse;
• 70.3% of women in domestic abuse shelters reported either threats or actual harm to pets, with 54% reporting actual harm;  
• 60% of families with child abuse and neglect also had pets that were abused or neglected;    
• 32% of pet-owning victims of domestic abuse reported that one or more of their children had hurt or killed a pet;  
• Approximately 25% of the battered women reported that concern for their pets’ welfare had prevented them from seeking shelter sooner;   and
• 12% of the reported intentional animal cruelty cases also involved some form of family violence, including domestic violence, child abuse, spouse/child witnessing animal cruelty, or elder abuse..............     Courts should aggressively penalize animal abusers, examine families for other signs of violence, and order perpetrators to undergo psychological evaluations and counseling.  The deputy manager of animal cruelty issues for the Humane Society of the United States, Dale Bartlett, says that they “are trying to impress upon the courts and prosecutors, who handle cases of murder and rape, and often do not take animal abuse seriously that they must begin to realize the connection between how abusers treat people and animals.” Schools, parents, communities, and courts that dismiss cruelty to animals as a “minor” crime are ignoring a time bomb...................Of course you'll likely dismiss this evidence, as those that think poisoning animals is okay are also like thinkers. 

 

Can someone tell me what he used?

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Disturbed people poison animals, period. Better to educate yourself on practical solutions instead of taking the law in your own hands and becoming a sociopath. A government funded spay/neuter program is the only effective way to reduce populations of dogs here, as the people care nothing about what happens when a puppy turns into an adult dog, and allow them to roam freely to breed. 

Freddy, again! Here is something period, just because it´s your opinion. Grow up! You are just one single little person in the universe. Stop act like a knew it all guy, because it just makes you look very silly! I am very well educated, and what you are stating will not reduce the population of strays. What will happen is just the the government will spend money on spay/neuter, just to release the dogs out to owners who don´t take care or will have fun with the dog for 4-6 months. After that it will roam the streets again.

The only solution in my opinion is to shoot them off. That will reduce the population, and can be done every time the population becomes a problem. Also it will be much cheaper for the government.

Now you can stop tell people to educate themselves, an put yourself up higher than others. You don´t need to reply to this. Just go ahead with your day and find easier targets piss your garbage on.

3 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Can someone tell me what he used?

rat poison works just fine.

 

11 hours ago, Cameroni said:

The dogs probably killed the rabbits those people were keeping. Happened to me.  I almost beat those mutts to death. It's very vexing.

You keep rabbits? 

 

11 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

The only solution in my opinion is to shoot them off.

 

If these dogs have miserable lives trying to scrounge for food and barely surviving, maybe euthanizing them is humane? Why do most countries not have a stray dog issue? How do they handle it? 

 

2 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Freddy, again! Here is something period, just because it´s your opinion. Grow up! You are just one single little person in the universe. Stop act like a knew it all guy, because it just makes you look very silly! I am very well educated, and what you are stating will not reduce the population of strays. What will happen is just the the government will spend money on spay/neuter, just to release the dogs out to owners who don´t take care or will have fun with the dog for 4-6 months. After that it will roam the streets again.

The only solution in my opinion is to shoot them off. That will reduce the population, and can be done every time the population becomes a problem. Also it will be much cheaper for the government.

Now you can stop tell people to educate themselves, an put yourself up higher than others. You don´t need to reply to this. Just go ahead with your day and find easier targets piss your garbage on.

Gottfrid, again! Here is something you aren't realizing. I'm a lot more "grown up" than you'll ever be, and every time you respond in the ways you do, it's yet more evidence on just how you think. It has nothing to do with my opinion, as it's evidence gained from studies done for decades. That I have a better education on the subject is also obvious.

 

A spay/ neuter program definitely reduces the amount of births here. Common sense. If it was funded by a government that actually cares about it's citizens, and stepped up to cover the whole country and not just certain areas is how the population would be reduced drastically.  A dog that's fixed won't get pregnant, nor get others pregnant, and are a lot less likely to roam, especially the males, but also the females.

 

I'm not putting myself above anyone by providing facts and the truth. I love animals and know how they can be controlled, as they do have to be controlled, as the locals here aren't doing what they're supposed to do, and neither is the government. The government isn't doing anything to help with this problem. Only the Soi Dog Foundation does the job. You comment because of a lack of education on the subject, are prejudiced thinking, and not just with dogs, and your opinion means nothing, as shooting dogs is against the law, as is poisoning them.

 

Reducing any species population helps the remaining population. There are smart ways and illegal, disturbed ways. Poisoning dogs is the act of a scumbag that likely looks at life in a very strange way, as the link shows. If you don't agree with that study, you think just like the ones who poison the dogs, and that's plainly obvious.

10 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

If these dogs have miserable lives trying to scrounge for food and barely surviving, maybe euthanizing them is humane? Why do most countries not have a stray dog issue? How do they handle it? 

 

The US has adoption, spay/ neuter programs, and people who really care about their pets, which isn't a big thing here but just done by a small percentage. Your dog roams free, you get a fine in many areas. You have to pick up after your dog in many cities. More people spay and neuter their pets as they're more responsible and want the best for their pets, as fixing stops many bad behaviors and protects the pets. 

4 hours ago, Woke to Sounds said:

Nonsense.

 

Not a Buddhist thing to do in a Buddhist country.

 

If you can't help them at least don't hurt them.

 

You can help them and the community by getting rid of them, this Buddhism excuse is just that, there is another reason. These people should be given an award for their action well done this couple. Thailand is not a country that cares about animal welfare, if it did there would not be millions of dirty strays limping about.

8 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Reducing any species population helps the remaining population

 

Has not worked despite the boasts of groups like soi dog foundation, the number they sterilise a day over the past 20 years is minimal, the population growth rate is just marginally slowed down. The army should be sent out nationwide to shoot any strays, that would really have an effect.

Given an award for poisoning dogs, which is a horrible death and illegal? Your last sentence is true though.

1 minute ago, proton said:

 

Has not worked despite the boasts of groups like soi dog foundation, the number they sterilise a day over the past 20 years is minimal, the population growth rate is just marginally slowed down. The army should be sent out nationwide to shoot any strays, that would really have an effect.

That is exactly why the government needs to spend money on this spay/neuter program to make it much bigger, instead of planning to buy useless submarines. In Thailand, poisoning a dog is considered a serious criminal offense under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Provision of Animal Welfare Act, punishable by a maximum fine of 40,000 baht and/or a jail term of up to two years. Violators face these penalties for causing unnecessary suffering or death to animals through acts like poisoning. 

Another link those in denial won't read

Deep-rooted' issues

Tre Smith, lead animal cruelty investigator with the Toronto Humane Society, said in an interview that the person who poisoned the animals in High Park is "deeply disturbed for trying to harm another living creature."

"He must have some deep-rooted serious issues to be doing this, to be such a coward to leave something like antifreeze, which is actually sweet to the taste, which is what attracts animals to it," Smith said.

He suggested the person might be tired of sharing the parks with dogs, is afraid of dogs or "maybe stepped in one too many piles of poop when he was walking through the park," which, combined with sadistic tendencies, sent the person over the edge, he said.

.............https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/deliberate-pet-poisonings-could-point-to-psychological-problems-1.735874

And another

THESE PEOPLE ARE ANTI-SOCIAL

Experts say that violence is inversely proportional to the level of human development. While the rate of violence should be decreasing, it is increasing. The most important characteristic of people who are prone to violence is that they are antisocial. People who do not conform to the social norms of the society have anti-social personality traits and cruelty to animals can be normalized for them. Psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan argues that the root of this state of mind is to move away from nature.

............https://npistanbul.com/en/what-is-the-psychology-of-animal-cruelty

14 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Experts say that violence is inversely proportional to the level of human development. While the rate of violence should be decreasing, it is increasing.

More to do with risk of punishment, and what you have to lose from criminal activity.

 

43 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Gottfrid, again! Here is something you aren't realizing. I'm a lot more "grown up" than you'll ever be, and every time you respond in the ways you do, it's yet more evidence on just how you think. It has nothing to do with my opinion, as it's evidence gained from studies done for decades. That I have a better education on the subject is also obvious.

There we are again! If you have so much better education, why don´t you understand that always trying to show off and bragging about better education and higher intellect, just show the opposite. Or maybe you not reached that level yet.