11 - 20 of 23 results for "wildlife"

  1. 11. learning | 07 Mar 2013

    Airport police charged with wildlife smuggling

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Police have filed criminal charges in connection with trafficking illegal rhinoceros horns into the country against three junior officers stationed at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

  2. 12. learning | 01 Mar 2012

    Protest: Elephants to block major roads

    About animals

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Wildlife officials seize 19 elephants from privately owned elephant parks in Kanchanaburi because info on elephant ID cards wrong.

  3. 13. learning | 15 Mar 2013

    PM orders speedy elephant death probe

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has told police and wildlife authorities to speed up an investigation into elephant poaching in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province.

  4. 14. learning | 28 Feb 2013

    WWF urges govt to get tough on ivory

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has gathered 500,000 signatures to back its latest demand for the government to take tougher action on the ivory trade.

  5. 15. learning | 24 Aug 2010

    Aliens among us

    THE CHINGCHOK Hunter

    By David Canavan, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » I have just returned from a visit to Chiang Mai, where I ventured into the forest looking for snakes, gibbons and other interesting wildlife. While there, a guide pointed out green tea plants, originally from India, plan...

  6. 16. learning | 12 Mar 2012

    Sold for their body parts

    About animals

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Tigers killed at 18 months old & sold for their body parts, caught in nationwide network of illegal traders & corrupt politicians along with other exotic wildlife.

  7. 17. news | 08 Apr 2013

    India uses drones to fight rhino poaching

    By AFP

    » India said Monday it is deploying drones over a reserve to safeguard the rare one-horned rhino from poachers, the first time the country has employed aerial technology to protect wildlife.

  8. 18. news | 16 Apr 2013

    Asia organised crime reaps $90bn/yr

    By AFP

    » Organised crime gangs dealing in fake goods, drugs, human trafficking, and the illicit wildlife trade earn nearly $90 billion annually in East Asia and the Pacific, a UN report showed Tuesday.

  9. 19. news | 08 May 2013

    High demand for 'phayung' threatens protected forests

    ILLEGAL LOGGING

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » Authorities are doing their best to combat the illegal logging of phayung trees in the Khao Yai-Dong Phayayen Forest Complex, but high demand for the wood has made it impossible to stamp out the activity, the Department ...

  10. 20. news | 23 Mar 2013

    Parks dept wants legal action taken against luxury resorts

    ENCROACHMENT

    By Apinya Wipatayotin, Newspaper section: News

    » The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation wants legal action taken against luxury resort operators accused of encroaching on Sirinart National Park in Phuket.

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