A dog owner has been fined 10,000 baht for animal abuse after he was caught on a video clip dragging his pet while riding his motorcycle along the road in Nakhon Ratchasima on Tuesday. 

The Sikhiu Provincial Court initially fined Pannawit, 35, 20,000 baht for animal cruelty after public prosecutors filed the case against the dog owner on Wednesday. 

The amount of the fine was reduced to 10,000 baht due to his confession. 

Netizens were in uproar after a video clip showed him dragging the dog, tied to his bike, along the road in Pak Chong on Tuesday. 

Pannawit had had an argument with his boyfriend before he used a rope to tie his four-month-old dog to his motorcycle and dragged the animal along the road for over 600 metres. A female motorist who saw the incident asked him to stop his bike. 

Watchdog Thailand Foundation later filed a complaint with Pak Chong police against the dog owner for animal cruelty. 

Pannawit was summonsed to the police station and he admitted to having dragged the dog. He said he was enraged following the quarrel with his boyfriend.