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Three Taiwanese arrested with 52 rare animals at Don Mueang airport
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/10/2025
» Authorities have arrested three Taiwanese nationals after discovering dozens of rare animals stuffed into nylon stockings and hidden on their bodies as they attempted to leave the country through Don Mueang Airport.
Korat Zoo has Thailand's first Aldabra giant tortoise hatchlings
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/05/2025
» Korat Zoo has welcomed the arrival of 11 hatchlings of the Aldabra giant tortoise, the first zoo in Thailand to successfully breed the species.
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).
Man nabbed in animal smuggling ring probe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/05/2024
» A 68-year-old man was yesterday arrested in Prachin Buri for his alleged involvement in an international animal smuggling syndicate busted earlier in Chumphon, the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division (NED) said yesterday.
Seizure halts wildlife smuggling operation
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/05/2024
» Police arrested six suspects with more than 1,000 radiated tortoises and lemurs in the southern province of Chumphon. The seized animals were destined for Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan.
Three sites recognised as Asean Heritage Parks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/08/2023
» Phu Kradueng National Park, Phu Khieo Wildlife Forest Reserve and Nam Nao National Park have been listed as Asean Heritage Parks (AHPs), according to deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.
Sick kids prompt 'urgent' tube probe
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/03/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the national police chief to urgently investigate how a power plant in Prachin Buri province lost a 25-kilogramme tube containing radioactive caesium-137 after local children reportedly developed symptoms related to respiratory diseases.
Radiation 'poses no threat' to local food produce
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/03/2023
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on on Wednesday assured that produce from Prachin Buri is 100% safe for consumption, following health fears sparked by a missing tube of caesium-137 in the province.
Endangered tortoises lay 91 eggs at southern zoo
News, Published on 03/07/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three endangered Asian forest tortoises have laid a total of 91 eggs at Songkhla Zoo.
Rare tortoises lay eggs in southern Thailand
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/07/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three endangered Asian forest tortoises have laid a total of 91 eggs at Songkhla Zoo in this southern province.