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Police captain rapped over tycoon's animal cruelty charge
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/03/2018
» A police captain in Kanchanaburi province has been put on probation for accepting a complaint of cruelty to animals, later withdrawn, against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who is accused of illegally hunting endangered animals in a World Heritage forest last month.
Accused poacher Premchai's tusks 'from Africa'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/02/2018
» DNA collected from ivory tusks confiscated at construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta's residence came from African elephants, forensic tests have revealed.
Conservationists suspicious of new zoo near Tiger Temple
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/02/2018
» Conservationists are urging authorities to terminate a licence granted for a new zoo set to open near the controversial Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi.
Would Bangkokians tolerate a vehicle ban to ease toxic haze?
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/02/2018
» A vehicle ban is needed to tamp down Bangkok's growing haze problem as the health of city residents is being put at risk, a local expert on pollution said Tuesday.
Sanctuaries answer the call of the wild
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2018
» The golden-tinged sunlight was dimming. A group of 50 hog deer sauntered around a wide field, pausing to eat shoots of grass. Forest officials had recently burned the field, making way for new grass which will provide a source of food for the population of over 200 hog deer living in Phu Khiao-Thung Ka Mang Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum province.
Zoo chiefs confirm Pathum Thani move
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/12/2017
» The Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO) board confirmed on Tuesday that Dusit Zoo will be relocated out of the city to a new site in Pathum Thani.
Dept aims for dugong preservation
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/10/2017
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation plans to strengthen measures for preserving and conserving the dugong population with the local community's participation, saying the plan also includes increasing seagrass habitat which is the main food source for the seacow-like mammal.
New plant bill sows discontent
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/10/2017
» The BIOTHAI foundation, a leading campaigner on sustainable farming, and environmental activists are launching a campaign to derail the controversial plant species protection bill, saying the legislation will be detrimental to local farmers.
Ethanol wastewater floods 600 homes
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/10/2017
» An ethanol factory has been ordered to suspend operations after its untreated water allegedly combined with rainwater to flood over 600 homes in Suphan Buri.
New park law to save 2,700 communities
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/10/2017
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said over 2,700 communities living in forest areas will be allowed to stay where they are under the new national park law.