webfact Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Chiang Mai: Traders arrested for pigeon violations at Tha Phae gate Picture: Workpoint News Tessakit (municipal) officials in Chiang Mai arrested nine male and female traders at the Tha Phae gate in Chiang Mai on Tuesday for illegal trading. The four women and five men were making a lot of money from tourists by selling pigeon food and making the birds take flight and taking pictures and selling the snaps to tourists. Evidence in the form of corn, thousands of baht in cash and equipment to scare the birds was seized. Picture: Workpoint News They were charged with illegal trading, public health violations and creating annoyance. Signs had previously gone us warning of 20,000 baht fines but this had failed to deter the traders, said Workpoint News. As the authorities arrived the traders stuffed money down their underwear and in shoes but it was all found, said the media. Source: Workpoint News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-09-25 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Caption on the video: Good profits in taking pictures of the birds - but it's illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Hmm buisness opp.... Cant get rid of the dam pigeons at our house but maybe i can charge ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, unamazedloso said: Hmm buisness opp.... Cant get rid of the dam pigeons at our house but maybe i can charge ???????? Get some solar powered bird repellers from eBay/aliexpress or Lazada , did the job at my house . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker1 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Country going backwards, businesses going bust and they worry about some feeding scaring and taking photos of pigeons to ear money OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: They were charged with illegal trading, public health violations and creating annoyance. Were they fined 20K? If not, this charade will go on for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Vacuum said: Were they fined 20K? If not, this charade will go on for ever. I think the 20 K fine will be for any Farangs they catch feeding the Pigeons, the Thai,s, they will confiscate the loot and a 500 THB fine, regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, worgeordie said: I think the 20 K fine will be for any Farangs they catch feeding the Pigeons, the Thai,s, they will confiscate the loot and a 500 THB fine, regards worgeordie And foreigners will face an extra fine for causing pigeons to cr@p on an "ancient" monument ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 12 hours ago, worgeordie said: I think the 20 K fine will be for any Farangs they catch feeding the Pigeons, the Thai,s, they will confiscate the loot and a 500 THB fine, regards worgeordie No, no foreigners have been arrested for feeding the birds , its just the Thai bird food sellers that have been arrested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slip Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 What a headline! Traders violating pigeons in Chiang Mai? The mind boggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 14 hours ago, tracker1 said: Country going backwards, businesses going bust and they worry about some feeding scaring and taking photos of pigeons to ear money OMG The pigeons are problematic due to their sheer numbers and the authorities do need to do something about the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Slip said: What a headline! Traders violating pigeons in Chiang Mai? The mind boggles. Did it make you think that the traders were sexually violating the pigeons ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, Slip said: What a headline! Traders violating pigeons in Chiang Mai? The mind boggles. Exactly. I thought some extreme sexual deviants were at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie11950 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Did anyone notice the trader dump his plastic bag on the floor. And why is the video repeated 3 times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 3 hours ago, keith101 said: Get some solar powered bird repellers from eBay/aliexpress or Lazada , did the job at my house . I bought some realistic looking rubber cobras, and on day 2 looked out of the window to see a pigeon sitting on one ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snackbar Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 If causing a nuisance is now an offense we’d all be locked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestarschool Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, sanemax said: The pigeons are problematic due to their sheer numbers and the authorities do need to do something about the problem Poor BIBs, let them do something more constructive: setting up helmet stings to confiscate 500thb from all those innocent foreigners driving without a valid license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said: I bought some realistic looking rubber cobras, and on day 2 looked out of the window to see a pigeon sitting on one ???? Pigeons know Cobras only eat other snakes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Whitestarschool said: Poor BIBs, let them do something more constructive: setting up helmet stings to confiscate 500thb from all those innocent foreigners driving without a valid license. The BIB's are quite capable of doing both . Its not as if they can do just one thing . BTW , driving without a helmet and without a valid licence renders the drivers as being guilty, rather than innocent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, unamazedloso said: Hmm buisness opp.... Cant get rid of the dam pigeons at our house but maybe i can charge ???????? Had tenants in my house and they let pigeons nest and roost, about a dozen of them. Put some wire in the nesting area, and some old cloths on the roosting area and sprayed it all with a mixture of 50/50 water and bleach for a couple of weeks, they are gone! It's the nesters you need to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 They are the rats of the sky & should be illegal to feed anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisperone Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 But they make great props for Chinese selfies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changoverandout Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I bought some spikes from homepro and they’ve stopped them roosting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Changoverandout said: I bought some spikes from homepro and they’ve stopped them roosting. Are you talking about the pigeons or the traders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingmai331 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Public nuisance: A nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public. Pigeon <deleted> ain't good. Underfoot and you drag the <deleted> into your house. Breath the dust no good either. However, Pigeons have excellent hearing abilities. ... Despite the social perception as dirty and disease-ridden, pigeons are actually very clean animals and there is very little evidence to suggest that they are significant transmitters of disease. Pigeons and humans have lived in close proximity for thousands of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, sanemax said: No, no foreigners have been arrested for feeding the birds , its just the Thai bird food sellers that have been arrested Yes I know that,just been sarcastic,if Farangs were fined it would be the 20 K . regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 9 hours ago, worgeordie said: I think the 20 K fine will be for any Farangs they catch feeding the Pigeons, the Thai,s, they will confiscate the loot and a 500 THB fine, regards worgeordie A Russian lady who was feeding bread to fish out of a tourboat in Phuket got fined 100.000 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 On 9/25/2019 at 1:36 PM, worgeordie said: I think the 20 K fine will be for any Farangs they catch feeding the Pigeons, the Thai,s, they will confiscate the loot and a 500 THB fine, regards worgeordie One woman got I think 10 days in jail after she was fined 500 Baht about 10 times for selling bird food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Today business was back as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJ Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 The tourists greatly enjoy being photographed covered in pigeons. Hose it down late every night or early am and all will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Pigeons are filthy disgusting disease ridden flying bundles of loathesome bacteria that in the panoply of Gods creatures are in the same category as sewer rats and carrion flies. That being said, I realize some Brit is going to come out of the woodwork and tell us about his Uncle Archie who kept luverly pigeons on the roof of the council house, but really dude, you guys eat yeast scum on toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.