FWD: Bangkok plans strict rules to keep pet dogs under tight leash

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Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Bangkok plans strict rules to keep pet dogs under tight leash

 

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Pet dogs in Bangkok will be implanted with microchips,

issued ID cards and muzzled if deemed aggressive under new rules aimed at

keeping the capital's mutts under a tight leash, The Nation newspaper reported

Wednesday.

 

Bangkok Gov. Samak Sundaravej has approved the regulations, which are to come

into force in December, the newspaper said.

 

Municipal officials were not immediately available to confirm the report.

 

The rules aim to bring order to the pet dog population and make owners

responsible for their animals.

 

" The regulations will require owners to feed their dogs, clean up their

droppings and ensure their pets neither offend neighbors nor adversely affect

their local environment,'' the Nation quoted Bangkok Deputy Gov. Praphan Kitsin

as saying.

 

The rules also will serve to distinguish pets from stray dogs, which have become

a major nuisance and danger to the public with their incessant barking at night

and frequently violent behavior.

 

Bangkok municipal authorities launched a program in June to sterilize stray dogs

and hope to neuter all of the estimated 120,000 strays in Bangkok by September

2003.

 

The Nation said that pets would be implanted with microchips containing their

information before being registered and issued ID cards. It gave no other

details about the microchips.

 

It said all dog owners will be required to carry their pet's identity cards when

taking them out. Owners will have one year to register the dogs after which they

face a fine of up to 5,000 baht ($120) for violating the rules.

 

Certain breeds of dogs that show aggressive behavior would have to wear muzzles

and be kept on a leash no longer than 50 centimeters (20 inches), Praphan was

quoted as saying.

 

The new rules will also require vaccinating the dogs, and prohibit children

younger than 15 from buying pet dogs without their parents' permission, the

Nation said. - AP

 

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