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Campaigns against ivory trade gather pace
Online Reporters, Published on 19/02/2013
» Thai and foreign actors and activists are building up pressure on Thailand to its part in the world ivory trade which, they say, puts elephants in Africa in danger of extinction.
Ban ivory trade, DiCaprio tells Yingluck
Published on 19/02/2013
» Leonardo DiCaprio has called on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to implement a total ban on ivory trade in Thailand.
Govt says crocs out of danger
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/02/2013
» The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will push for Siamese and saltwater crocodiles to be removed from an international list of critically endangered species.
Vendors caught with illicit squirrel meat
Published on 07/02/2013
» MUKDAHAN : Two vendors in Muang district have been arrested for allegedly selling meat from protected animals, wildlife authorities say.
Zoo close to winning whale licence
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/02/2013
» The Fisheries Department is prepared to give Safari World permission to import six beluga whales from Russia if it improves its aquarium facilities, senior official Manop Chaengkit said.
Dept boosts illegal ivory fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/01/2013
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will invite ivory accessory shops for a briefing this month following complaints that Thailand is a trafficking hub for African ivory.
Yingluck pressed to ban ivory trade
Published on 15/01/2013
» WASHINGTON - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a global petition Monday that puts responsibility for African elephant poaching on Thailand.
Court to try Plodprasop in tiger export case
News, Published on 20/12/2012
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday accepted a case against Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi which accuses him of illegally approving the shipment of 100 Bengal tigers to China in 2002.
Tusks seized at Suvarnabhumi
Published on 17/12/2012
» Authorities have confiscated 11 African elephant tusks from Ethiopia at Suvarnabhumi Airport and arrested a Vietnamese trying to smuggle them out of the country.
Dems say China firm used as rice sale proxy
News, Published on 27/11/2012
» The opposition says it suspects that a Thai rice exporter has used a Chinese firm as a front company, in an attempt to benefit from the government's rice pledging scheme.