Thai man kills neighbour’s dog for alleged chicken attack (video)
The owner of a light brown Siberian Husky in the southern province of Songkhla is seeking justice after the dog was beaten to death by a neighbour, who claimed it attacked his chickens.
Rachan, the owner of the female Siberian Husky named Lucky shared the tragic story on social media, along with a video of the violent attack captured on CCTV. The footage reportedly showed that Lucky did not approach the chickens as she was accused.
In the video, the neighbour, later identified as Boonlert, is seen repeatedly beating Lucky with a wooden stick. The dog did not resist and lay motionless on the road. Boonlert briefly left the scene but returned with a larger stick and struck Lucky more than 20 times before dragging the dog’s body away.
Rachan was later seen leaving his house in the rain to search for his dog. Despite noticing a pool of blood on the road, he did not initially suspect anything tragic. It was only after learning from locals that someone killed his dog and reviewing the CCTV footage.
In an interview with Channel 7, Rachan revealed that he adopted Lucky, previously named Whisky, from its former owner three months earlier. The previous owner could no longer care for the dog due to personal reasons.
Rachan renamed the dog Lucky, hoping it would bring better fortune. Tragically, the dog’s fate was far from fortunate.
Permission to kill claimed
On the day of the incident, Lucky chewed through a nylon rope Rachan used to secure her and wandered into the neighbourhood. The dog went outside Boonlert’s home and was later killed as seen in the video.
Channel 7 reporters also interviewed Boonlert, who admitted to the attack. He claimed that the dog attacked his chickens multiple times, killing three of them on the day of the incident.
Boonlert further alleged that Rachan’s sister permitted him to beat the dog. However, Rachan and his family firmly denied this, leading Boonlert to abruptly end the interview and retreat into his home.
Rachan insisted that this was the first time that Lucky escaped from home, so it was impossible that Lucky would attack Boonlert’s chickens three times as he claimed.
The owner added that he still could not find the body of Lucky and believed that Boonlert already abandoned it in the sea.
Rachan filed a complaint against Boonlert at Singha Nakhon Police Station. Boonlert is initially facing two charges, including:
- Section 20 and Section 31 of the Animal Protection Act: cruelty of an animal. The penalty is imprisonment of up to two years, a fine of up to 40,000 baht, or both.
- Section 358 of the Criminal Law: damaging property of another person. The penalty is six months to 10 years in prison and a fine of between 10,000 and 200,000 baht.
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