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New zoo starting to take shape
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/08/2023
» PATHUM THANI: The new zoo in Thanya Buri district will have its soft launch by early 2026, says the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO).
Srisuwan wants well bids probed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/10/2022
» Political activist Srisuwan Janya filed a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday against executives of the Department of Groundwater Resources over alleged irregularities in the bidding for well-drilling projects.
Ambitious zoo plans unfold
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2022
» His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua has granted the deed for a 300-rai plot in the Rangsit Khlong Hok area of Pathum Thani's Thanya Buri district, to be used for the new zoo which will replace the 80-year-old Dusit Zoo in Bangkok.
Coral-damaging sunscreens banned in marine parks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/08/2021
» Sunscreen products with chemical compounds that are harmful to coral are now prohibited from being used in Thai marine national parks, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said on Wednesday.
Court urged to reaffirm Karen rights
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/03/2021
» A land rights advocacy group will submit a petition to the Administrative Court, demanding it reaffirm the rights of a Karen ethnic minority group in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi so they can go back to their home in Jai Paen Din.
Srisuwan pushes for Omkoi land probe
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2021
» Social activist and lawyer Srisuwan Janya yesterday asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to look into a suspected land encroachment case at the remote village of Ban Mae Kerb in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district.
Phu Kradueng fires 'under control'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2020
» A bushfire in Loei's famous Phu Kradueng National Park was finally brought under control yesterday morning, after destroying about 3,400 rai of forest.
Marine parks get Asean heritage nod
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/10/2019
» Two marine reserves in the South have been recognised as Asean Heritage Parks at the 15th Asean Ministerial Meeting on the Environment in Cambodia's Siem Reap, according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa.
Temple tigers died from prior diseases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/09/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said on Monday that 86 tigers confiscated from a Kanchanaburi temple three years ago had since died of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and a respiratory disease caused by inbreeding.
Half of tigers seized from temple have died
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/09/2019
» More than half of the 147 tigers seized from a Kanchanaburi temple three years ago have died of laryngeal paralysis, which causes upper airway obstruction in the animals.