(April 2017) Thailand: Despite being mauled by the Pit Bull they'd raised from a puppy, owners say they want it back

THAILAND -- A young woman narrowly survived neck bites as her anxious pit bull repeated its attacks on Monday. The animal was sent to an adoptive owner until it is ready to be returned to her.

Animal rescuers from Bangkok’s Min Buri district were called to a townhouse in Pruksa 96 housing estate in Khlong Luang district Monday to catch Pacquiao, the two-year-old male pit bull.

The dog was barking with some bloodstains on its body in the townhouse when rescuers arrived. Its owners Anont Thangpim, 26, and his wife Jenjira Khongchon, 23, were waiting in an adjacent house of a neighbor.

Rescuers first tried to use a noose to catch it but it was too strong and angry. Finally, they had to fire three tranquilizer shots to overcome it. The injured owners cried upon seeing their wounded pet put into a cage.

Ms Jenjira said they had bought the dog when it was a puppy. They were close until Sunday when the pit bull suddenly bit her neck and wrist while she was walking inside her house. The wounds required three stitches.

SECOND ATTACK

As she later opened the door to go out for wound cleaning Sunday evening, the dog attacked her in the neck again. Fortunately, her husband came to her rescue but he was bitten badly in the legs, Ms Jenjira said.

As the couple returned from a hospital, the dog remained anxious and they could not enter their house and had to call for professional help.

Ms Jenjira said they had never maltreated or abused their pet. She assumed the summer heat might have caused it to lose temper.

The rescue team said it would find a local adoptive owner with experiences and the couple could later take the dog back when everything was ready. Many pit bull owners already volunteered to adopt it, the team said.

This dog needs to be euthanized! Clearly you can't fix stupid.

(Travelwire News - April 17, 2017)

Woman mauled by four 'hungry' pit bull dogs

THAILAND -- A 47-year-old woman was attacked by four pit bull dogs of her neighbour while she was entering her house in Prachuap Khirikhan Friday, Thai Rath Online reported.

Suwin Boonthiam suffered cuts at her abdomen, neck, face, head and right thigh and was recovering at the Prachuap Khirikhan Hospital.

She said the four dogs climbed over the fence to attack her while she was walking into the home with her niece. Her brother-in-law helped free her from the dogs and she ran inside the house before rescue officials of a foundation came to take her to the hospital.

The dogs also mauled her dog in the house's compound to death.

The dogs were raised by her neighbour, a policeman, who was admitted to a hospital since Wednesday and the dogs have not been fed since then, Suwin told police.

(The Nation - July 31, 2014)

Victim of vicious Phuket pit bull attack in fight to save leg

THAILAND -- The Phuket resident savaged by a neighbor’s pit bull terriers in February – after he ran out of his house to help a woman who was being attacked by the dogs – is still in hospital fighting to save his right leg, which sustained a deep wound in the attack.

Tiensak Aikpaiboon, 33, underwent another operation on his leg Wednesday morning, Tiensak’s mother, Benjarat, told the Phuket Gazette.

 

“He had an operation Wednesday, but went into shock and was taken into the intensive care unit [ICU]. He was released from the ICU Wednesday evening,” she said.

“The doctor operated on his right leg, which has a deep hole that is close to the bone. We are doing our best to keep his leg,” Mrs Benjarat said.

Mr Tiensak’s condition stabilized overnight.

“He is okay now, resting in the hospital. However, he still needs at least two more operations,” Mrs Benjarat said yesterday.

Mr Tiensak is now receiving treatment at Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok, as per his mother’s request. Medical bills to save her son have spiralled to over one million baht.

“On March 12, he had a skin graft to repair his leg wounds at Phuket International Hospital, but he went into shock the next day. He was in the ICU for four days,” Mrs Benjarat explained.

“Then we moved him to Bangkok on March 20,” she added.

“So far, I have paid over one million baht for medical treatment, and there will be more bills for future treatments and surgeries, such as the two operations he will need in the next two to three weeks,” Mrs Benjarat said.

Mr Tiensak, speaking briefly to the Gazette by phone, said in a weak voice, “My wounds still hurt.”

Seeking justice is likely to take time as police confirmed they have not taken any action against the owners of the pit bulls that carried out the vicious attack on a public street.

“The dog owners have yet to be charged. We are still investigating the case,” Lt Col Sanich Nookong of the Wichit Police told the Gazette yesterday.

He explained that progress in the case was taking time “because both parties must come in together to settle the problem at the police station.”

“We cannot make any progress in the case until both parties are free to enter negotiations at the station,” Col Sanich said.

Mrs Benjarat’s lawyer said the family will be seeking damages by civil suit against the dogs’ owners, named as Prasert and Jantra Kulweeraaree, 69 and 65 years old.

“We will file for compensation, but it will be after the medical treatment has concluded because Mrs Benjarat is busy with her son at the hospital,” her lawyer said.

(Phuket Gazette - April 5, 2013)

Pit bull terrier mauls 71-year-old owner to death

THAILAND -- Police said Somsakul Suanphairin, suffered severe wounds on her head, face and throat. Her skull was also broken. She has already died when rescuers and livestock officials arrived at her house on Soi Sukhapibal 5 in Bang Khen district at 12:30 pm.

Somsakul was living with her maid, Taengon Anusri, 65, at the time of attack. Taengon said the dog attacked her employer at 11 am inside the living room. She tried but failed to save Somsakul.

She said the dog stopped the attack only after Somsakul stopped calling for help.

Taengon said the dog, called Khaitoon, usually liked to play with Somsakul but that morning it appeared moody.

Livestock officials had to give the dog an anaesthetic shot before rescuers could enter the house.

Officials took the dog to an animal detention centre in Sa Kaeo's Ta Phraya district.

(The Nation - Dec 14, 2011)

Thailand: Family's Pit Bulls turn on them, killing woman and mauling three other people including a toddler

THAILAND -- A woman was mauled to death and three other people, including a toddler, were injured by her family's three pit bulls in Thailand, officials said Sunday.

Authorities said Raksina Tejwattanabamrungkij, 37, was found dead at a rice mill her family owned in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, Friday, her bloodied body covered in dog bites, the Bangkok Post reported.

Family members said she was killed and the others injured by dogs raised to guard the family's mill.

A Thai dog, one of eight of that breed reportedly also raised to guard the mill, was found injured with serious wounds after an apparent attempt to save Raksina, the newspaper said.

The victim's mother-in-law, Charoensri Lorlertrat, told police she went looking for Raksina when she didn't return from releasing the dogs from their compound, and found the three pit bulls attacking her.

Mrs Charoensri suffered serious wounds to the head, left ear and arms, while the toddler was only slightly injured on the head.

Raksina's younger brother was also bitten on his left arm and ankles. They were rushed to Tha Tako hospital.

Charoensri's husband shot two of the pit bulls dead with a .38 caliber pistol, while the third dog ran away, the Star reported.

(UPI - April 5, 2009)