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Pork glut still hurting farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2023
» The smuggling of pork has caused prices to collapse in the domestic market, hurting the incomes of pig farmers all across the country.
Tourists give thumbs-up to new rules
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/05/2022
» Tourists have given positive feedback after the government's decision to scrap the Test & Go scheme, a rescinding that took effect on Sunday.
How high will the cost of pork soar?
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/01/2022
» The outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has put a strain not just on the meat industry, but also consumers, who have had to spend more money to buy pork products, whose prices have soared to record highs. Authorities have resorted to culling pigs in an effort to stem the spread of the disease, which has caused the population of breeding pigs to decline.
Fishermen in Pattani seek help from EU
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/10/2020
» A group of commercial trawler operators from Pattani has asked for European Union (EU) assistance in relieving impacts caused by the government's policies to control Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU).
Trawlermen threaten to rally over new catch quotas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2020
» A group of trawler owners on Tuesday vowed to stage a big rally in Bangkok if the Department of Fisheries is adamant about imposing new fishing quotas, a move to appease the European Union after it called on the kingdom to follow sustainable measures in the seafood industry last year.
Delighted to be free of quarantine
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/02/2020
» CHON BURI: After being quarantined for 14 days at Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri, Yui -- aged 32, newly-wed and two months pregnant, was allowed to return home. Yui was among 137 "Wuhan returnees", whom the government airlifted from Wuhan in China, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.
Advert ban sought on toxic agriculture chemicals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2018
» The Department of Agriculture is looking to impose an advertising ban on three controversial hazardous chemicals.
Dusit Zoo begins its long goodbye
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/08/2018
» The next two weeks will be the last for Dusit Zoo, the country's first, and still most popular, zoo.
DSI wildlife efforts bag big game
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2018
» The arrest of wildlife trafficking kingpin Boonchai Bach in Nakhon Phanom last Friday received international media attention. Mr Boonchai was a member of a notorious Southeast Asian trafficking syndicate known as "Hydra", which was a major trader of illegal ivory, pangolin, tiger, prayoon wood, and tiger and rhino horns.
Public donations of B20m save elephant foundation from closure
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2017
» Only five days after Soraida Salwala announced she may need to close her Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation (FAE) due to financial difficulties, FAE unexpectedly received over 20 million baht in donations, allowing the organisation to continue saving elephants.