In Thailand you could be forgiven for thinking that dogs have all the rights.

The mangy mutts seem to rule the sois annoying anyone walking or on a bicycle.

They lounge outside 7/11s for the air-con taking a chunk out of customers on a regular basis.

They present a significant health hazard for rabies and other infections.

Children are mauled and disfigured. Our cities and towns are filthy and dangerous

They enjoy the protection of the law and the protection of misguided animal lovers and religious do-gooders. So much so that if any human fights back they are named and shamed on social media and threatened with jail by the police.

Beat someone up, drive like a lunatic or steal – but you won’t face the kind of penalties likely for being unkind to a rabid mongrel. Just ask the man who took a knife to a vicious dog that attacked his son in Bangkok last year – two years jail.

It’s incredible.

Then this week comes the ultimate – and a sure sign of an even worse future for Thailand and it’s dog problem. Not just decrepit flea ridden dogs – but killer breeds designed by dog engineers to kill and maim.

A poor man out doing nothing but trapping a few rats to eat is mauled to death by three Rottweiler dogs. His clothes are ripped from him and he is left almost unrecognizable.

The completely irresponsible dog owner buys his way out of trouble for a paltry sum and the dogs remain in their cages.

While the family of the dead man have to pick up the pieces.

Dog apologists crawl out from every available woodwork – they are both Thai and western. They all seem to have a Rottweiler or a pit bull who is gentle and licks babies affectionately

It’s sickening.

The dogs are in charge in society and the humans have to suck it up.

How has it come to this disgraceful state of affairs?

Dog lovers are in denial and at the root cause of the danger for the rest of us. They mistreat their animals then then claim they know best.

Why do you need to keep a dog – isn’t it just a form of slavery. Does it make you feel all masterful?

Buddhist attitudes need adjustment. Dogs should not be above the law, allowed to hurt our children and kill our friends and family. People should not hide behind the religion – many just go along with it because they are worried about looking bad.

Try looking at your kid with twenty stitches across their face or on their deathbed from rabies.

Do you think that looks bad?

So what needs to be done to claim back our towns and villages from canine catastrophe?

Step One: Round up dogs that do not have an owner. Put them to death and incinerate the remains.

Step Two: Round up the people who claim to own a dog. Make them pay a serious license fee. Warn them that any infractions will result in their dog being taken away. And possibly euthanized.

And make it known that sanctions exist not just for permitting their dogs to bit or maul people. Serious sanctions should exists for animals that bark and annoy neighbors.

No dog should be out on public streets without a lead. If they are report the owners and have the animal taken away. Dogs should only be exercised where there is no possibility of them being in contact with people.

Don’t assume other people like dogs – many hate them with a vengeance and feel threatened. We don’t even want your uncontrolled beasts nuzzling our genitals. It’s repulsive.

Dog owners like the Rottweiler owner in Bung Karn must be jailed. They were his dogs – just doing what comes naturally if they are chained in cages all day. Some caring dog lover.

Jail on manslaughter charges – five to ten years will start to make people think.

The public should be allowed to clear up their neighborhoods and be encouraged to do so. Do away with the namby-pamby laws that protect dogs. Dogs in the street – fair game.

Encourage people to round up soi dogs. Put some incentives in place – bounty hunters for dogs. That’ll soon end the problem.

I’ll donate money and volunteer my services in a heartbeat. It shouldn’t take long if we work together to combat the menace.

If people want to be responsible with dogs – and that includes picking up their revolting waste that sullies every city in the country – then regulate them.

Control them with an iron fist and keep them away from the rest of us who want to live in peace, and cleanliness and safety from attack.

Start thinking about the rights of people again.

And put dogs and their owners squarely in their place.