Thai animal protection group protests German's killing of dog
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A Thai animal protection group on Friday protested outside the German embassy in Bangkok against the stabbing death of a dog last month allegedly by a German national.
About 50 members of the Call for Animal Rights Thailand and Animal Lovers in Thailand gathered outside the embassy to pass a warning letter to Gert Alfred Grewe, 65, a resident of Thailand who was accused of killing a golden retriever last month after it attacked his pet Rottweiler.
Veena Jitassa, a spokeswoman for the group, charged that Grewe had stabbed the dog 17 times and said the organisation wants him to have a mental examination.
The embassy and Grewe were not immediately available for comment.
According to Thai media reports, Grewe stabbed the retriever, named QQ, November 12 while walking his Rottweiler in Sattahip, Chonburi province, about 100 kilometres south-east of Bangkok.
Grewe was fined 1,000 baht (30 dollars) for destroying another person's property. He has reportedly threatened a lawsuit against the retriever's owner, seeking 300,000 baht (9,674 dollars) in compensation for injuries he allegedly sustained from QQ.
