CONSERVATION
Thailand should remove the sarus crane from its extinct wild animal list now that 10 of the birds bred in captivity have been released into the wild, Zoological Park Organisation director Pimook Simaroj said yesterday.
Thai-bred cranes are seen at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo. Sixty students living near the Hoei Chorakay Mak Reservoir Non-Hunting Area participated in a youth camp on Thai crane conservation organised by the zoo. The birds were released into nature in a no-kill zone in Buri Ram’s Muang district.
The sarus crane has been listed as extinct in the wild by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) since it disappeared from from its natural habitat in Thailand 50 years ago.
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- Writer: Apinya Wipatayotin
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