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Smugglers busted sending tonnes of rosewood to China
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 25/01/2018
» Police launched a major investigation into a well organised gang smuggling large quantities of protected phayung wood (rosewood) from Thailand to China with a raid on two warehouses and seizure of 15 tonnes of timber in Samut Prakan on Thursday morning.
B30m poached timber seized, Chinese trader caught
Published on 25/01/2018
» Six men, one a Chinese timber trader, were caught and a large quantity of illegally cut phayung (rosewood) and pradu tree logs destined for China were seized during a raid on a warehouse in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district on Thursday.
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.
Better public facilities to greet visitors
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 24/01/2018
» The Tourism Department is launching improvements of public facilities for more than 26,000 sites nationwide, mostly in secondary provinces, aiming to draw tourists to local communities.
Attempts to save tiger with 2kg tumour
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/01/2018
» SONGKHLA: Veterinarians from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Prince of Songkla University are trying to save a 20-year-old tiger suffering from a two-kilogramme tumour that has already affected its organs.
Cops nab 'major broker' in ivory smuggling network
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/01/2018
» Police have arrested a major wildlife trafficker suspect believed to run illegal businesses with rhino smugglers in Africa.
The innocent isle
B Magazine, Published on 21/01/2018
» A country just beginning to realise its tourism potential can be a wonderful place to visit. You can enjoy its natural delights free of the scams and overcrowding associated with more famous destinations that have had their charms tainted by the very industry that first put them on the map.
Accused wildlife smuggling kingpin caught
Published on 20/01/2018
» Police have arrested a suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin said to be behind much of the illegal trade in Asia for over a decade, officials said Saturday.
Kui Buri fruit farmers adjust to life with wild jumbos
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 19/01/2018
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: It's a hard life for fruit farmers living close to a wildlife conservation area in Kui Buri district, where they have to adapt to the frequent raids by wild elephants, which can quickly strip their crop bare.
Police nab Pakistani passport forger with IS links
AFP, Published on 19/01/2018
» A Pakistani passport forger whose fakes may have been sold to Islamic State operatives has been arrested in Thailand, police said Friday, ending a career that helped people slip into Europe illegally.