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Cute posts, cruel trade
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2025
» For years, CITES -- the United Nations' multilateral treaty aimed at protecting endangered plants and animals from threats posed by international trade -- has focused on combating wildlife trafficking networks that smuggle exotic animals from forests and breeding centres to meet demand from private zoos and the traditional medicine trade.
Same wavelength
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/10/2022
» Re: "Transistor radio sales soar after PM's comment", (Online, Oct 5).
Shocking hypocrisy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/03/2021
» Re: "Free detainees, govt tells junta," (BP, March 12).
Cages are not for tigers
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2020
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Protection (DNP) deserves lavish praise for its actions taken against the illegal tiger trade. On Nov 30, DNP officials impounded five tiger cubs from Suan Sua Mukda in Mukdahan. The young tigers are believed to have been smuggled in as DNA tests showed that they are not related to any in captivity.