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Vulture's egg brings hope
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 05/02/2021
» Red-headed vultures haven't been seen in the wild in Thailand for nearly three decades. However, there are five vultures at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Breeding Research Station. To breed red-headed vultures and return them to their natural habitat, four organisations -- the Department of National Parks Wildlife Plant Conservation, Zoological Park Organization, Kasetsart University and Seub Nakhasathien Foundation -- have been working on the Thailand Red-Headed Vulture Project.
Taking on an ocean of waste
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/07/2019
» Debris, plastic bags, plastic bottles, straws. These are things that should never end up in the stomach of a sea creature. Yet this is a depressingly common occurrence, as veterinarian Weerapong Laovechprasit has discovered in his work at the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. The autopsies he has conducted have turned up rope, Styrofoam, coins and worse. The huge quantities of waste in the oceans is proving fatal to creatures both great and small: sea turtles, dolphins, even whales.