Tag: Wildlife
Loei Battles Wildfires and PM2.5: 33 People Arrested, Fined 500 Baht for Illegal Burning
LOEI, February 4th, 2025 – Firefighters and local volunteers in Loei battled a wildfire in Phu Huai Nangiew, Phu Hin Ngon, and Phu Ya Tha [Read More…]
Transnational Wildlife Trafficking Operation Busted in Satun
CHUMPHON, May 2 (TNA) – The police have apprehended a group involved in the illegal smuggling of protected wildlife from Indonesia into Thailand, seizing 48 [Read More…]
Thai Authorities Seize Over 500 Unregistered Wild Animal Carcasses in Pathum Thani
![Future Park, and Saraburi Road signs on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road (Highway 31), Pathum Thani](https://www.thailandnews.co/wp-content/uploads/Rangsit-Pathum-Thani-Road-Signs-Future-Park-Saraburi-.jpg)
On November 29th, 2023, Thai Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Units (NED) and U.S. Marine and Wildlife animal officials captured a wildlife trader and [Read More…]
Surging Wild Iguana Populations in Lopburi Cause Concern
On November 16th, 2023, Thai National Park officials, wildlife conservation agency officials, and relevant officials performed a field inspection to instruct locals and investigate the [Read More…]
Illegal Wildlife Trafficking at Suvarnabhumi Airport Uncovered
![Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, concourse building, section D, baggage screening prior to boarding](https://www.thailandnews.co/wp-content/uploads/Suvarnabhumi-Airport-Bangkok-concourse-D-PAX-X-ray-screening-scanner.jpg)
BANGKOK (NNT) – A report from officials at the wildlife inspection point at Suvarnabhumi Airport has raised concerns about illicit live wildlife trafficking. This followed [Read More…]
Indian man caught with 200kg of animal parts at Suvarnabhumi airport
An Indian national was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport on Tuesday morning for attempting to smuggle about 200kg of animal parts into Thailand. Indian [Read More…]
Wildlife trafficking gang arrested in Phetchaburi, macaques rescued
PHETCHABURI: Six members of a wildlife trafficking gang were arrested and more than 10 macaques rescued near a hill in the Muang district on Friday [Read More…]
47 smuggled monkeys intercepted in Nakhon Ratchasima on their way to China via Lao
Thai wildlife officials and police intercepted a shipment of 47 macaque monkeys on a pickup truck this morning (Monday), at a checkpoint on Friendship highway [Read More…]