rooster59 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 SPECIAL REPORT: Soi Dog’s position on rabies offensive and dangerous dogs By The Phuket News John Dalley, Founder, Soi Dog Foundation. Photo: Soi Dog Foundation / file PHUKET: As the island’s animal welfare officials struggle to cope with rolling out a mass rabies vaccination campaign and the rounding up of any dangerous dogs on the island, they are enlisting the help and support of Phuket’s renowned Soi Dog Foundation. Here, John Dalley, Founder of the Soi Dog Foundation, gives his appraisal of situation: We had a meeting earlier this month with the Governor and the new acting head of Livestock (Manat Thepparat, Acting Chief of the Phuket Provincial office of the Department of Livestock Development – DLD), who impresses me a lot. This was before the rabies case, or the attack in Phang Nga province, and the governor requested us and DLD to work together regarding stray dogs on the island and come back with a proposal, taking into account no budget to speak of to care for the pound. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/special-report-soi-dog-position-on-rabies-offensive-and-dangerous-dogs-70255.php#dPWM9YMdjj3Gt1Z7.97 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-02-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdoc Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Soi Dog Foundation is clearly doing a wonderful job keeping this problem at bay but I get the impression from the article that they want John Dalley to fix the problem and pay for it all. Do they not realise that knowing Phuket has rabid dogs will scare tourists away faster than these dogs can run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuiDui48 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 You wait and see after the first Chinese get bitten by a rabies dog..then...Have a great day evryone..:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI5AASIA Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 The Soi Dog Foundation is indeed doing a great job in Thailand. I wonder if the legislation that was recently passed in the UK could ever be implemented in Thailand. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ban-of-third-party-sales-of-puppies-and-kittens-known-as-lucys-law-confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 33 minutes ago, DuiDui48 said: You wait and see after the first Chinese get bitten by a rabies dog..then...Have a great day evryone..:-) Considering the dietary preferences of the mainland Chinese, I expect that it is the soi dogs who are at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 great and be tough and clean em up before catastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryo Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Thais only understand the word catastrophe and not the word before ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Pretty stupid Idea Mass Rabies Vaccinations. They never get All the stray mutts done and will they do the follow up vaccination year after year? The strays are still going to attack people ,Rabies or not that should be stopped ain't going to work . One and and sure way ,Exterminate all the stray mutts. 100% Safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Considering the dietary preferences of the mainland Chinese, I expect that it is the soi dogs who are at risk.[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 hours ago, digger70 said: Pretty stupid Idea Mass Rabies Vaccinations. They never get All the stray mutts done and will they do the follow up vaccination year after year? The strays are still going to attack people ,Rabies or not that should be stopped ain't going to work . One and and sure way ,Exterminate all the stray mutts. 100% Safe. "Pretty stupid Idea Mass Rabies Vaccinations." - a press release, photo op, and vaccinating a few dogs, isn't "mass rabies vaccination." It's just a small show, put on to put the tourist's minds at ease. As another member mentioned, it will take a tourist to be bitten, and to contract rabies, and then for it to be reported in the media back in their home country, before anything serious will be done about it. They are reactive here, not proactive, and that's because they see proactive as a waste of money. They are too short sighted to see the loss of revenue from the inevitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felt 35 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 No problem until TAT come out and declare rabies free island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 17 hours ago, Felt 35 said: No problem until TAT come out and declare rabies free island And then they will argue that the infected tourist must have had rabies prior to entering Thailand. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Dead dogs do not breed, spread rabies attack adults or kill kids. All soi dogs need to be culled, they are still pests even if steralised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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