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Home » News from Thailand » Number of stray dogs in Thailand rises to 1 million
Number of stray dogs in Thailand rises to 1 million
It seems to be an unmanageable problem. The number of stray dogs in Thailand is growing explosively and rising to 1 million, MP Wallop Tangkananurak expects.
The main cause is the number of pets that are put on the street. Thais buy a dog on the market and when the fun is over, the animal can choose it for itself and the door is shown. Wallop, as chairman of a committee, investigated the problem. According to him, the solution lies with the municipal authorities. They must address the problem.
The question is whether the problem will ever be solved. There are sterilization programs, but they are expensive and just a drop on a growing plate.
Thailand has 8,5 million dogs, of which 730.000 are stray dogs. Some are cared for by private animal shelters. The owners are faced with high costs and residents complain about odors and noise nuisance.
Another serious problem is the number of biting incidents. A bite from a street dog has unpleasant consequences because the street dogs can be infected with diseases, including rabies (rabies), which is life-threatening for humans.
Source: Bangkok Post
Give the Thai a legal responsibility for his dog like with us in the west, with a chip implant for example…, and there will be fewer of them.
For example, if an accident is caused by a stray dog, the owner must take full or partial responsibility for it. This of course with a thorough check registration from the puppy , otherwise it will never work .
Works the same for bite cases...
At the risk of being immediately labeled cruel by "dog lovers", however, as a "recipient" of two bite incidents resulting in fairly high medical costs, I fear that sterilization of dogs, teaching Thai responsibility and other soft solutions will not do any good. will bring about a solution.
In several cities, the street has already become the territory of dog gangs.
The solution?
Get all dog vendors off the street.
“Remove” all stray dogs in the long term
Kill biting dogs immediately.
Incidentally, I suspect that the stated number of 750,000 stray dogs has been estimated very carefully, especially after a “removal” told me that in Khon Kaen alone there is an estimate of 20,000-30,000 “unattached” dogs
Just pick it up and put it to sleep.
When we drive home by scooter we are attacked at least twice a week. Fortunately we are prepared for it and we pull in our legs, but it goes wrong once I can tell you.
They are getting more and more. A year ago there were maybe 5 on the last kilometer home, now there are more than 30!
100 in a year?
Walking our dog off the track is no longer an option. The poor beast is being eaten!
Again: Pick up and put to sleep.
Those dogs are a real plague. Know of 2 farang friends who were bitten in the calf this year and had to get injections. Also know of 1 Thai woman bitten in the calf. I myself drive a lot with the moped and have already had to flee chased by some of those raging bastard dogs. Also saw a moped rider fall when the dog suddenly crossed the road and got under his wheels. You also see many crippled dogs that have certainly survived car accidents but are partially paralyzed or have a missing leg. I am an animal lover, but with those street dogs and also with the dogs of owners who walk loose in front of the house, it is really necessary to watch out for adults and small children.
Tribute, homage, another milestone reached in ignorance. Only with drastic measures can you curb this happening. I have four dogs of my own and I love them dearly. Also take my responsibility for these animals, but that is not to be found with a considerable number of (Thai) people.
I know a Thai man who takes care of 80 dogs by himself and this costs him about 500 euros per month in food, etc. So there are those who have their heart in the right place.
Sterilization on a large scale is of course useful, but it is quite expensive.
Those beasts really need to be removed from public life in order to reduce safety to a reasonable level. In the Netherlands, deer are also shot that cause nuisance because they are present in large numbers on public roads.
Stays separate and a bit hypocritical.
Dogs special status.
Monkey terror with protected status again.
cow sacred
Cat terror, Pigeons, Seagulls etc.
We do eat a huge amount of meat from just about everything that walks around without any problems.
Haha so there is also discrimination among the animals.
although I recognize the problem, killing is not an option, as we live in a budhist country here, where killing any living being is forbidden.
but there is indeed an urgent need to find a solution. maybe file a petition city or neighborhood and bring it to the mayor. Thai cooperation is of course a must. perhaps also a survey in the local hospitals on the number of bites.
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The dog buyer used to come by in the Isaan. All apart in concrete iron cages on a truck.
I estimate 50 to 80 dogs. Deafening howls and barks. I always got goosebumps!
On the way to a restaurant in an eastern neighboring country.
One could also trade in, so 4 old dogs was 1 new.
And have you ever looked at the pig heads, 4 legs and a tail in the Temples?
The thai treat pur sang, bless the Wise Orange dress man
so gladly, because tip money in a white envelope is a willing contribution to their meager existence.
A woman is not allowed to give this to them, so it is emptied on a white plate in the lap of the dress. !
That's how they get around the rules.
Nb, self-observations.
And don't kill animals in Isan, you come to a different country than I live.
I don't know where that is.
I suspect the Dog Transports are now banned.
And in China and Vietnam a counter movement has arisen . Against the dog catchers.
Source: LiveLeak.com
If killing a living being is not allowed, how do they do it with the millions of fish, chickens, pigs and all other animals to get them on the plate?
If the animal is already dead, someone else did. So a Buddhist can eat that without a twinge of conscience.
I am actually telling them to sin twice with this reasoning.
1 by eating meat, they will cause the death of a new animal.
2 by eating meat they cause someone to kill another animal later.
However, they do not feel like taking responsibility for these indirect matters.
Only for what they literally do with their own hands.
Perhaps, however, that after their death someone deep underground will have a different opinion and also punish them for this hypocrisy.
As far as I'm concerned, they can drastically tackle this disease, this dog nuisance and catch the dogs and put them to sleep.
It's a plague in Thailand. When I was in Bangkok for the first time I was attacked by dogs on the first evening, and now I lose the desire to cycle by these animals. I do have a taser with me, but I'm scared every time they come running.
For me: get rid of it.
When I lived in Goa, all stray dogs were put down annually.
Not fun, but it helped.
No chatting but a question: then those people who are clubbing the live fish to death on the market are definitely NOT Buddhists, crazy. I always thought that they were also ordinary Thai Buddhists, but of course I could be wrong.
With me in the soi were 2 biting dogs, they didn't do anything to me because I knew them from birth. They wag their tails when they saw me and were happy. After biting and attacking several people, after complaints and a report from a group of Thais, two municipal dog catchers came and took those animals with them. Is a complicated procedure to get this done, but it can be done. I now live in a street dog free soi, I think the only soi.
I lost a friend last year to an accident with a dog that hurts.
believe me. So it's about time they do something about these dogs and owners by the way.
because this way the streets will not become safer in Thailand.
I myself have had dogs, but these animals were well trained as they should be.
and dogs on a leash as it already is in many places in the world.
I bought such a BB gun myself, such a gun with plastic balls, and when I go cycling I always take that thing with me.
Have used it several times and believe me those with the biggest mouth suddenly walk far away from me.
I also have 2 dogs myself, but clean up those dirty mangy stray dogs an mass