<p>The Thai police arrested a man accused of harming a dog under the 2014 Animal Welfare Act, the first arrest since the law was enacted last month. </p>
<p>According to Voice TV, police officers in northeastern Nong Khai Province on Monday charged Kamdee Kotata, a 50-years-old villager, under the <a href="http://www.lrct.go.th/en/?p=276">2014 Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act</a> for throwing a knife at a dog, which ended up cutting the dog’s face, after the dog bit his chicken.</p>
