Wild animal carcasses found at Nong Khai market

By The Nation

 

 

Nong Khai Wildlife Checkpoint officials intercepted scores of carcasses of wild animals, including squirrels, civets, mouse deers and a barking deer, in sacks at a Ban Peng Chan border market on Sunday morning.

 

They suspect that the six sacks containing the bodies of eight shrew-faced ground squirrels, 59 smoky flying squirrels, one barking deer, five mouse deers, three red giant flying squirrels, one spotted giant flying squirrel, and three civets were smuggled across the Mekong River into Thailand for sale.

 

 

It is believed that the vendor or vendors spotted state officials patrolling the market in Nong Khai’s Rattana Wapee district, so they left the goods in the sacks and ran away.

 

 Officials noticed the unattended sacks and opened them to find the carcasses.

 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30340139

 

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Wild animal carcasses found at Nong Khai market
By The Nation
 

 
Nong Khai Wildlife Checkpoint officials intercepted scores of carcasses of wild animals, including squirrels, civets, mouse deers and a barking deer, in sacks at a Ban Peng Chan border market on Sunday morning.
 
They suspect that the six sacks containing the bodies of eight shrew-faced ground squirrels, 59 smoky flying squirrels, one barking deer, five mouse deers, three red giant flying squirrels, one spotted giant flying squirrel, and three civets were smuggled across the Mekong River into Thailand for sale.
 

 
It is believed that the vendor or vendors spotted state officials patrolling the market in Nong Khai’s Rattana Wapee district, so they left the goods in the sacks and ran away.
 
 Officials noticed the unattended sacks and opened them to find the carcasses.
 

 
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30340139
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Nothing new here, go to any Sunday market along the Mekong river and these dead wild animals from the jungle just across the river are for sale under the noses of customs official's.

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So what's the issue?

We just recently were told that the charge of cruelty against animals by shooting dead a black panther by suspect Premchai Karnasutra didn't apply because the law doesn't apply to wildlife.

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/new-charge-may-filed-premchai-4-african-tusks/

Maybe the shooters of these six sacks of animals did so out of fear of attack - kill or be killed by flying squirrels?

Hmmm - maybe a food health issue.

Are all squirrels protected in Thailand?  Because I saw some similar looking white belly ones in a road side market 40 km out of Udon Thani.  They had rice rats and field rats too. 

Im trying to decide between 'wet road' or 'misunderstanding ' ...