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Minister to allow farming of water monitors, bird nests
Post Reporters, Published on 05/11/2024
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Chalermchai Sri-on plans to legalise the commercial farming of Asian water monitors and swiflets, whose nests are used for bird-nest soup.
Monitor lizards, carcasses not destined for meatball factory, say police
Published on 02/03/2023
» Many live monitor lizards and turtles as well as wildlife carcasses seized during a recent raid in Suphan Buri province were not used for making meatballs or fish balls, but the meat was destined for eateries along a border area in Trat, police said on Thursday.
Marvellous Markets
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 08/04/2018
» When it comes to travelling, everybody has his or her own specific purpose. Some might just want to stay trendy and go to popular places. Some travel to escape their hectic, fast-moving daily routine and probably to take a real break. Some travel just because they are curious about the unknown territory and maybe because they love challenges. Those who go on business trips usually don't have much time to explore.
Komodo Dragon attacks Singaporean in Indonesia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/05/2017
» Staying with locals outside of safe area, tourist ignored warnings, got close to take photos & was bitten on his leg.
Tipping the scales
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/10/2016
» 'They are disgusting, they scare me, they hurt with their deadly saliva, and they destroy the trees." These are among the seemingly endless complaints made against water monitor lizards by the many people who use Lumpini Park for workouts and recreation. After extensive complaints, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration decided to remove the "uneasy on the eyes" animal from the park last month.
The animal instinct of insults
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/09/2016
» Last week saw the rounding up and hauling away of unsavoury animals from the middle of Bangkok and no, that doesn't mean a coup nor a police raid on Nana Plaza. Lizards, dear reader … lizards.
Wild at heart
Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 23/09/2016
» The scene at Lumpini Park on Tuesday was chaotic. Twelve park officers were on duty to catch monitor lizards following a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration directive to improve the landscape of Bangkok's biggest park and to control the reptiles' population.
Breaking down taboos
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/09/2012
» Kasetsart University (KU) is well known for its agricultural programmes and already home to enclosures of chickens, pigs and fish, so it should have come as no surprise when it decided to set up a facility for water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) almost a year ago.
Most hated lizard to become handbags
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/06/2012
» Sign of bad luck in Thailand, with 3 million living, monitor lizard no longer endangered so soon to be used for leather in handbags & wallets.
Monitors: Pprotected, Then Hunted
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/06/2012
» Who would have thought that the reptile most hated in Thai society, taken as a jinx bringing us bad luck, might end up as something useful in people's daily lives?Leather made from water monitor lizards is expected to be commercially manufactured over the next two years after the reptile is taken off the list of preserved species, according to the chairman of the Thai Leather Association.