Wildlife officials arrest slow loris tout at Bang Tao Beach

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Naret Saengarkat, 32, from Nakhon Sawan, was charged with illegal possession of a protected animal. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Wildlife officials with local police arrested a man at Bang Tao Beach yesterday (Nov 11) for using a slow loris to lure tourists to pay to have their photo taken the nocturnal animal.

 

Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area Conservation Centre Chief Piyawat Sukon confirmed that he and his wildlife officers, accompanied by officers from Cherng Talay Police, arrested the man in front of a Family Mart convenience store near the beach at 4:30pm.

The man was identified as Naret Saengarkat, 32, from Nakhon Sawan.

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18 minutes ago, webfact said:

Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area Conservation Centre Chief Piyawat Sukon confirmed that he and his wildlife officers

Can I join? I'm all for a wild life.

He should be put on a leash and dragged around town for a week.  Then whipped with a cane pole until he suffers the pains of hell.