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Malaysia seizes smuggled animals
April 28 2009 06:53:38
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian authorities seized 814 tortoises and 160 king cobras as they were being smuggled out of the country on its northern border, according to a report Sunday.
illegal dugong trade
March 23 2009 11:26:11
Trang's fishermen have asked the government to strictly control the illegal dugong trade after they found many foreign mariners hunting the animals and smuggling them out to Singapore for Bt50,000 each, villager leader IsmaAnn Ben SaArd said.
Elephants on the loose in Bangkok
March 16 2009 14:29:36
After receiving many complaints about elephants and their mahouts in the Rama IX area earlier this month, Prayote Promsuwan, a senior official for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) law enforcement and inspection division, sometimes known as the thetsakit, mobilised his subordinates and Livestock Department officials to arrest the mahouts.
Thailand urges greater ASEAN cooperation on wildlife trafficking
March 15 2009 03:49:36
Thailand is looking for broader regional support in the fight against the multi-million dollar illegal trade in wildlife.
Strong economic growth in Asia prior to the global downturn has fuelled a steady growth in the illegal wildlife trade, which is worth around $US20 billion annually, with wealthy buyers lining up from China, Europe and the United States.
Elephants' future truncated
March 15 2009 03:48:24
The plight of Thailand's elephants has reached a crisis point with the current herd of captive beasts expected to disappear in the next 14 years...
Thais wants help to fight wildlife trade
March 12 2009 11:08:51
Thailand's authorities are calling on Australia to provide greater financial support and training in the regional fight against the multi-billion dollar illegal wildlife trade.
Airport staff take on traffickers
March 10 2009 08:19:06
Hundreds of Suvarnabhumi airport staff will undergo intensive training in an effort to halt illegal wildlife trafficking under the "Wildlife Trafficking Stops Here" campaign.
Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans
March 10 2009 02:04:28
A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday.
DNA tests underway to identify origin of smuggled orang-utans
March 09 2009 07:30:32
The primates are seven times stronger than humans and more than five people were required to overpower just one orang-utan. Chloroform was needed for the bigger apes to reduce their pain and stress.
Dugong population under threat from commercial fishing
March 06 2009 00:50:50
Thailand’s dugong population is now under threat. Trawling and fishing by push net has caused a dramatic and continuous decline in the marine animal’s population.
A bad week for dwindling dugong population
February 24 2009 03:29:13
CAPE PANWA, PHUKET: A top marine mammal researcher is drawing up a national action plan for conserving the country’s dwindling population of dugong, three of which were found dead this week.
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