Court to try Plodprasop in tiger export case

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Court to try Plodprasop in tiger export case

Published: 20 Dec 2012 at 00.00
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The Criminal Court on Wednesday accepted a case against Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi which accuses him of illegally approving the shipment of 100 Bengal tigers to China in 2002.

According to prosecutors, Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi authorised the export of 100 tigers from Si Racha Zoo to China in a strictly commercial venture. (File Photo)

Mr Plodprasop was chief of the Royal Forest Department at the time. The court set April 22 next year for the first hearing.

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taz
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Discussion 18 : 20 Dec 2012 at 19.1618
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I see the Sriracha Tiger zoo as more of a farm. While they are waiting for butcher to be used mostly as traditional Chinese medicine they open to the public as a tourist attraction. Best to maximise your earnings in any business!
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Discussion 17 : 20 Dec 2012 at 18.3717
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I went to a 'tiger farm' north of Chiang Mai due to insistance from my Thai g.f. I didn't like it. I saw cubs being 'trained' to be docile. They would get teased, and when they growled, they were hit hard on the nose with a chopstick by grinning Thai 'trainers.'
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Discussion 16 : 20 Dec 2012 at 13.4716
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I wonder how many tigers have been trafficked since then .Hundreds ?thousands ? I shutter to think about the inbreeding that has surely already happened .Tigers are not commodities like peoples votes .Speed breeding tigers is inhumane and disgusting behavior .Look at the tiger temple and the tiger farms .They arent hard to find .Ask them for paperwork for all tigers .Take the pones that are registered and start a sanctuary .It can be funded by tourists who dont want to see tiger treated terribly .
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Discussion 15 : 20 Dec 2012 at 12.5815
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This will just be another exercise in futility conducted by the DSI, ostensibly to give an impression that they are an “independent” agency. The usual arguments to be forwarded to dismiss the case are due to lack of concrete evidences, another honest mistakes, statutory time limit, the animals was returned to the Chinese or some creative excuses; your guess is as good as mine. Debatable issues like wild animals kept in zoo or free in the forests / jungles are never conclusive; just like politicians involved in high profile / controversial court cases are open-ended.
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Discussion 14 : 20 Dec 2012 at 11.2014
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The floodgates have opened on what politicians fear the most? All their illegal dirty dealings that were let go in the past will be flung onto the criminal courts. As the PT seek to persecute Abhisit, the Democrats will dig up every case they can find against the powerful leaders of the PT in retaliation for Thaksin's actions. Expect the criminal courts to be full of cases.
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Discussion 13 : 20 Dec 2012 at 09.1213
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JOHN D49: yes, I did specify "zoo" and not "game reserve".

Zoos are zoos though, whether in Thailand, Russia or most other places.

If the only tigers and elephants we have left will be in zoos, that would be a sad thing indeed.

Stopping poachers and destruction of land where wildlife thrives are two steps among others.

This idea from Biblical time of "man go forth and conquer the earth" needs to be re-evaluated.
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Discussion 12 : 20 Dec 2012 at 09.0212
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"Animals do not belong in zoos in the first place." Agreed, but tigers, Asian Rhinos and crocodiles have almost been exterminated in Thailand in the wild. Even wild elephants are in danger these days in the national parks.
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Discussion 11 : 20 Dec 2012 at 08.3511
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Absolutely right, animals don't belong in zoos but what is the alternative to extinction of species like tigers and rhinos. Not all zoos are like the ones in Thailand and game reserves give the animals a lot more space and a natural environment. It depends on what country they are located in. If a corrupt country, the animals will just be sold off to Chinese 'medicine' by the greedy people who are supposed to be looking them.
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Discussion 10 : 20 Dec 2012 at 07.4710
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Animals do not belong in zoos in the first place. This os one of the most disgusting practices human seems unable to understand the cruelty of. All for the amusement of people eating snacks as they pass by and gawk at wildlife robbed of its soul.
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Discussion 9 : 20 Dec 2012 at 07.029
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nitnoi d4, there ARE tigers in the wild in Thailand. Every now and then there is a warning form park officials from Chiang Dao nat'l park in Chiang Mai that there has been a tiger killing cattle or pigs across the Ping River from our house.
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