Jail terms for dog smugglers

The Nakhon Phanom Provincial Court Monday sentenced each of four dogsmuggling gang members to an eight month, 10day jail term plus the fines ranging from Bt12,000 to Bt22,400 before reducing the punishments by half on the grounds of their confessions. The court also seized the four sixwheel trucks and 200 cages used in the crime.

Following the seizure of 2,000 dogs while being transported to Vietnam by the four defendants in Nakhon Phanom on August 11, many of the canines, currently kept at the Nakhon Phanom Animal Quarantine Centre, have died as a result of injuries, disease and being kept in crowded conditions. There are only 770 dogs left.

The Nation