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4 orangutans set to return home on Tuesday
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2025
» Thailand and Indonesia have finalised preparations to return four orangutans to their native habitat, following joint work under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites).
Three arrested for selling smuggled orangutans from Indonesia
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/06/2025
» Three suspects have been arrested for selling orangutans smuggled from Indonesia by speedboat, with expected prices up to 250,000 baht.
Researchers find ancient fossils in Krabi cave
News, Published on 11/02/2025
» Krabi: A team of researchers and geologists discovered a number of animal fossils from the Late Pleistocene epoch during a recent excavation of To Chong cave in Tambon Ao Nang.
Police seize orangutans, exotic animals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/01/2025
» Three orangutans were seized in Chumphon's Muang district on Wednesday while being delivered to Bangkok.
Three orangutans heading back to Indonesia
News, Oraphin Phangyang, Published on 12/12/2023
» National parks staff will return three smuggled orangutans to Indonesia under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (Cites) next Thursday.
Rare cat spotted at Phu Khieo sanctuary
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/11/2022
» An Asiatic golden cat was photographed at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary on Nov 6, officials at the sanctuary revealed on Tuesday.
An unforgettable taste of romance
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/02/2022
» In Thailand the silly season is never far away and things usually get even more daft around Valentine's Day, which happens to be tomorrow. However, the festival has taken bit of a hit in recent years courtesy of Covid. With kissing, canoodling, caressing, cuddling, snogging and hugging generally frowned upon by authorities the occasion has inevitably lost a lot of its romance.
Thailand a smuggling transit hub
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/05/2021
» Police on Saturday revealed wildlife trafficking gangs are smuggling monkeys out of the country to be served as exotic dishes abroad by using Thailand as a transit point.
Orangutans return home
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2020
» Two orangutans were sent back to Indonesia yesterday, three years after they were smuggled into Thailand.
2 orangutans going home to Indonesia next month
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/11/2019
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will repatriate two orangutans to Indonesia under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) treaty by the end of December.