A Russian man has been arrested for the July 9 killing of a Pattaya woman’s pitbull terrier.
Alexander Ponomarev, 30, was arrested Oct. 7 after Pac-Pattaya, an animal rights organization, filed a complaint with police about the slaughter of Rot Thang, a seven-month-old male pitbull owned by 58-year-old Duangporn Sabua.
Duangporn had been walking her dog near a restaurant by the Welcome Jomtien Hotel at Jomtien Beach July 9 when she saw Ponomarev walking with two knives in his hands. Seeing the Russian, the pitbull barked and the Russian allegedly then attack the dog, stabbing it until it died.
Alexander Ponomarev and charged with stabbing to death a Pattaya woman’s seven-month-old male pitbull terrier.
The pup has been kept in cold storage since the crime as evidence for when police ever caught the attacker. Seeing the bloody corpse of her pooch, Duangporn broke down in tears again.
The Russian now faces charges under Thailand’s new animal-welfare law.
