Archive For The “Wildlife” Category
Those of you who follow the Thai news may remember the flurry of stories about snakes that were told online throughout June last year. In fact as the rainy season started to bite so did the snakes! Chief of the worrying tales was the story of the man who spent several days in hospital after…
A woman was killed when she was attacked by a wild elephant in the Nong Yai district of Chon Buri province on Wednesday night, police said. The victim was identified as Saithong Khamphranang, 58. Her son, Rung-aroon Thanomklang, told police that his mother was lighting a fire behind their house in Moo 4 village in…
In a short but popular video clip, a very determined snake attempted to pull off an epic attack by darting at a speeding motorcyclist on the road. Luckily, the man dodged the bite as the serpent fell flat on the ground and was probably run over by an oncoming car. Karma’s a bitch. The man…
A Thai couple stupidly tried to provoke a wild elephant to chase their car causing cars coming the other way to reverse due to fear for their safety. The incident was shown on video footage posted online on Monday by a popular Thai-based page “Yak Dang Diew Jadhai V4” (https://www.facebook.com/togetherisone/). The page criticised the couple’s…
The discovery of at least six cubs in Thap Lan National Park, which connects to the Unesco World Heritage-listed Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, is giving conservationists hope that Thailand will be able to double its tiger population by 2022. The precise location of the discovery of the cubs has been kept secret to prevent…
National park officials said on Wednesday they are hunting for poachers who have been showing off their illegal kills and trading protecting species online. Wildlife officials are trying to find eight people after images they shared in a closed Facebook group of animals they killed – porcupines, monkeys, flying squirrels, leopard cats, rare birds and…
Thai customs have seized 21 rhino horns with an estimated value of 4.12 million GBP. It is the largest such seizure in Thailand for years . Thailand has become a major transit point for the trade in endangered species to other Asian countries. The seizure of the nearly 50 kg (110…
Officials on Tuesday confiscated more than 300kg of elephant tusks from Malawi at Suvarnabhumi airport and arrested a Gambian national on charges of ivory smuggling and violating customs laws. The seizure was announced Tuesday by the Customs Department, the Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation, and police. The tusks, 422 individual pieces worth…
A Buriram man was arrested on Monday with several dozen crocodile hides that had been smuggled into the country from Cambodia, police said. Patcharapol Chinram, 27, of Buriram’s Muang district, was apprehended after the Honda City car he was driving failed to stop when signalled to at a police-military checkpoint at Ban Huay Khrai intersection…
Following the deaths of over 50 giant freshwater stingrays in the Mae Klong River in October, the sole survivor of those rescued is to be returned to its natural habitat. The stingray, nicknamed “Mae Buaban”, is being kept at the Samut Songkhram Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre. Authorities say it will be released back…