Local police and an animal advocacy group vowed to find out what happened to a much-adored dog found dead under suspicious circumstances days after he went missing from Chiang Mai University.
After the death of unofficial campus mascot Tia was announced Thursday night on the dog’s fan page, animal rights group Watchdog Thailand said it join police in looking into the circumstances of his death.
“We’ll seek justice for you, Tia CMU,” wrote Watchdog Thailand on Thursday.
Last night, the Changpuak Police Station announced that Tia’s body had been found in an empty lot next to a road a couple kilometers away from the campus near another university, the Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna.
“The body was bloated, creating a bad smell. There were no visible wounds, but the person who alerted us said they were afraid that the dog’s death was caused by someone, so we brought Tia in for a forensic investigation at the Veterinary Faculty,” the department said.
It added that officers would review CCTV footage to find out how Tia’s body ended up there: “We will find the perpetrator and persecute them.”
Watchdog Thailand said it was awaiting the results of the exam and security cameras.
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After helping organize a search for the male pup with a reward of THB10,000, Waraphon Insom, admin of the Tia CMU fan page, announced last night that his body had been found beside a road, and a microchip scan confirmed it was Tia. It was unknown if the dog was killed accidentally or intentionally,
The news broke the hearts of animal lovers nationwide.
“I won’t get to take you to the faculty anymore,” Twitter user @FF_tsk posted along with a video of her giving Tia a motorcycle ride. “If there is a next life, I hope you don’t meet a mean human again.”
https://twitter.com/FF_Tsk/status/1258379804207992832?s=20
Waraphon told Coconuts Bangkok that Tia (“Shorty”) first appeared on campus in 2014 when he was about 2. Tia became famous as he became a fixture on student trips, such as annual outings to ascend Doi Suthep with incoming freshmen.
More details will be announced via the Facebook page, which now has more than 220,000 followers.
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