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Thailand sending four orangutans home to Indonesia
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/07/2025
» Thailand will repatriate four confiscated orangutans to Indonesia by the end of this year, as part of celebrations marking 75 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Las Vegas in Laos: the riverside city awash with crime
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» VAN PAK LEN, Laos - Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.
Man arrested at airport for smuggling snakes in underwear
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/07/2025
» A Sri Lankan man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear.
Sri Lankan man arrested at airport for smuggling pythons in underwear
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 04/07/2025
» A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear.
Snakes on a plane from Thailand bound for India, again
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/06/2025
» Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month.
Snakes on a plane from Thailand bound for India, again
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» NEW DELHI - Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month.
Three arrested for selling smuggled orangutans from Indonesia
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/06/2025
» Three suspects have been arrested for selling orangutans smuggled from Indonesia by speedboat, with expected prices up to 250,000 baht.
Thailand credits prey releases for 'extraordinary' tiger recovery
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» KAMPHAENG PHET - In the thick, steamy forests of western Thailand, 20 skittish sambar deer dart from an enclosure into the undergrowth -- unaware they may find themselves in the jaws of one of the habitat's 200 or so endangered tigers.
Mexican cartel war forces evacuation of exotic animals
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» CULIACAN, Mexico - Hundreds of animals including elephants, crocodiles, lions and tigers have been moved from a violence-torn Mexican cartel heartland to a new home in an operation described as a “21st-century Noah’s Ark”.
Hong Kong jails Thai parrot egg smuggler as customs cracks case amid rising trend
Published on 19/05/2025
» A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HK$1.4 million (6 million baht), with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species.