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Anant Ambani Receives Global Humanitarian Award 

Published on 09/12/2025

» Washington DC: Global Humane Society, the international brand of American Humane Society, the oldest national humane organisation in the United States and the largest certifier of animal welfare, has presented Mr Anant Ambani, founder of the wildlife conservation centre Vantara, with the Global Humanitarian Award for Animal Welfare. Mr Ambani is the youngest ever and the first Asian to receive this prestigious recognition. The award was conferred on him at an international event that brought together leaders committed to wildlife protection and animal welfare. 

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Anant Ambani’s Vantara Reintroduces Spix’s Macaws to Brazil

Published on 31/01/2025

» The renowned billionaire Anant Ambani, along with his animal rescue foundation, Vantara, has taken a major step in global wildlife conservation by partnering with the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) to reintroduce 41 Spix’s Macaws from Germany into the wild in Brazil. This initiative marks a crucial effort to revive a species declared extinct in the wild in 2000.

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Thailand to return rare animals to Madagascar

Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/11/2024

» Thailand will return over 900 lemurs and rare turtles seized from the illegal wildlife trade to Madagascar this month, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).

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Chicago art institute to return Khmer ruin relic

News, Published on 20/06/2024

» The Art Institute of Chicago will return a 900-year-old artefact collected from the Phanom Rung Historical Park in Buri Ram to the Fine Arts Department (FAD).

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Rice-shaped objects in Sukhothai rock identified as fossils

News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 27/05/2024

» Rice-shaped objects found in a rock regarded as sacred by many villagers in Sukhothai were recently identified as fossils of single-celled organisms dating back 359–252 million years.

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Nation marks Thai Elephant Day

Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2024

» Thailand's Western Forest Complex is regarded as the largest wildlife hub in the country. It contains an abundant food chain system for predators and prey alike and is also home to several protected species, including the elephant, an enduring symbol of the nation.

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Srettha nixes Children's Day dinosaur display

News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 09/01/2024

» Dinosaur statues will not be on display at the Government House lawn on this year's Children's Day, a departure from the tradition observed over the past nine years under former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's tenure.

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Charter expert: Rejecting Pita's renomination unconstitutional

Online Reporters, Published on 20/07/2023

» Former charter drafting chairman Borwornsak Uwanno says parliament’s resolution on Wednesday to reject the renomination of Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat for prime minister was unconstitutional.

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When 312 can equal zero

News, Published on 03/06/2023

» Mathematics can be tricky, especially when 312 could equate to zero in the world of politics, according to veteran politician and political critic Jatuporn Prompan.

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Hatching leatherback turtles get helping hand

AFP, Published on 04/03/2023

» PHANGNGA: It is past midnight on a beach in southern Thailand and 12-year-old Prin Uthaisangchai is anxiously staring at a leatherback turtle nest, waiting for scores of the endangered hatchlings to scrabble out from the sand.