Seven year old foreign boy attacked by dogs on Krabi beach - only then is there some action

[webfact 51,890]

Seven year old foreign boy attacked by dogs on Krabi beach - only then is there some action

 

 

It took yet another child to be attacked before the authorities in Thailand acted to clear a beach of stray dogs. 

 

Following a savage attack on a five year old at Ao Nang early last year another boy - this time a seven year old out exercising with his dad - was hospitalised. 

 

Charoensak Temchai, 41 - the manager of Pine Bungalow on Ao Siaw beach in Nong Thalee sub-district - said that a pack of 15-16 dogs inhabited the beach where there were lots of tourists. 

 

He told Thai Rath that tourists had been bitten many times - but they were always adults. This time it was a child. 

 

The boy had tagged along after his dad who was out jogging. The family includes two younger and older girls.

 

Seven year old Nolan A. was taken to Wattanaphaet hospital with multiple bite wounds, the most serious under his left armpit. 

 

 

He was given multiple medications including anti-rabies shots. His holiday will now include a 4 or 5 day stay in a hospital bed.

 

Krabi governor Kittibadee Prawit went to visit him and his parents at the hospital armed with flowers and toys. 

 

He ordered vets to go to the beach and tranquilize the dogs with darts. 

 

Only three were shot and taken away for rabies analysis. The rest will be cleared up later. 

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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[Happy Grumpy 7,380]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

He ordered vets to go to the beach and tranquilize the dogs with darts. 

Then terminate the mangy runts. 

 

 

Before continuing out into the town. 

[RotBenz8888 12,215]

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

only then is there some action

Sad, very sad that a kid has to be hurt, because of their inaction

Edited January 20 by RotBenz8888

[johng 11,309]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Only three were shot and taken away for rabies analysis. The rest will be cleared up later.

Pathetic response yet again !

[johng 11,309]

3 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Before continuing out into the town. 

They need to start terminating them all over the country.

[RotBenz8888 12,215]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

The rest will be cleared up later.

= never

[ezzra 35,247]

Years ago many sois in Bkk were infested with feral mongols roaming the streets, now, not so much and even no any, this unfortunate incident should mean immediate action on the parts of the relevant agencies, on top of making sure that the child will be taken good care of and compensated, but i will not hold my breath here...

[CharlieH 24,534]

This kind of pack of 16 should never have been allowed to form, especially in a tourist area.

 

About time they started using a "dog catcher" no collar and it's collected and held in a compound for period to be claimed/adopted if not then disposed of.

 

Introduce a dog licence fee to pay for it.

[pixelaoffy 413]

The inaction dealing with wild dogs is just symptomatic of Thailand's action dealing with many issues ! Just lip service until next time. I had my way of dealing with them when I lived in Ayutthaya ! Something added to some tasty meat morsel solved it!

Edited January 20 by pixelaoffy

[steven100 12,859]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

He ordered vets to go to the beach and tranquilize the dogs with darts.

forget the darts,  shoot them ....   imo

Edited January 20 by steven100

[Matzzon 6,464]

Shoot of all the stray mutts.

[ChipButty 6,832]

Many tourist complain about the packs of dogs on the beaches in Phuket

[Vacuum 14,206]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

He ordered vets to go to the beach and tranquilize the dogs with darts.

They should have used bullets!

[smedly 26,945]

27 minutes ago, johng said:

Pathetic response yet again !

I have said it many times

 

Thai authorities only act after they are forced to "after an event" you can apply that to pretty much everything - preventive does not exist here, everything they do is in reaction to an event that has already taken place which makes Thailand unsafe and dangerous

[spiekerjozef 1,302]

I'm suprised the locals haven't killed these dogs after that attack last year? Normally they don't wait for an order from the governor.