Tag: Wildlife and Plants Conservation
Department denies reopening of Tiger Temple
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation yesterday dismissed a claim by the World Animal Protection Thailand (WAPT) that it has granted...
World Animal Protection: No license for tiger farm please
The World Animal Protection’s branch office in Thailand has demanded the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation to withdraw license or suspend...
DNAs of ten stuffed dead tiger cubs do not match with...
Officials of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation are puzzled after findings from DNA tests show that the ten stuffed dead...
No compromise with illegal resort operators on Samet islands
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation will not compromise with 24 illegal resorts which are encroaching on the Khao Laemya-Samet Islands...
90 percent of tiger’s farms and private zoos are suspected to...
About 90 percent of tiger farms and private zoos in Thailand are suspected to be involved in illegal trade in wildlife, said Mr Edwin...
Tiger Temple denies all the charges
The Tiger Temple has denied all the charges filed against it and its abbot, Luangta Chan, by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and...
Court hands down heavy jailterms for Phuket illegal land grabbers
Two men who used fake land documents to apply for title deeds for land in a national park and forest reserves in Phuket were...
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Infant found in bathroom trashcan of Chonburi department store
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Squirrel sparks fire on electric pole in Sriracha industrial estate
SRIRACHA, Thailand - On the morning of May 12, a fire broke out on an electric pole in Sriracha District believed to have been...
Torrential rainstorm wreaks havoc in Sriracha district
SRIRACHA, Thailand - Sriracha District found itself in the grip of chaos as a relentless torrential rainstorm, accompanied by fierce winds, battered the region...