BANGKOK, Feb 24 (TNA) – The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation signed a memorandum of cooperation with Siam Makro PCL to use food waste from the company to feed the wild animals that are under the care of the department.

 

Thanya Netithammakul, director-general of the department, said the number of animals under the department’s care was rising because it increasingly received wild animals rescued from trafficking and abuse while having limited budgets to provide the care.

 

The budget in fiscal 2022 was further reduced and would be enough for a few months of care for the wild animals only. Meanwhile, COVID-19 heavily decreased the income of the department from entry fees at national parks and wildlife sanctuaries from 2 billion baht to only 300 million baht a year, he said.

 

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That's it, feed the animals <deleted> food, is it helping the animals ,

or helping Makro get rid of their food waste ,if there was not

so much corruption here ,they could have the money to feed

all the animals in their care ...are veterinary services cut too ?

regards worgeordie

That's actually common practice in many places (or used to be), giving past date food away, or even unfinished restaurant scraps from the table for animal consumption.  

 

I / we did the same at restaurants I worked, and KP duty at US Army base, Ft Dix, NJ, USA and literally nothing, food wise, made it to the trash can.  All went to the slop can / dumpster, and sold or given to the pig farmers in the area.

 

Now at home, most scraps, go to the compose pile.  Nothing is wasted.

The world probably throws away more food than the starving could eat.  Getting it to them is the hard part ????

A very good idea

The food is more than likely suitable for human consumption. Still TIT. Govt does not care about the poor and starving. Mind you most goverments don't.

 

 

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

That's it, feed the animals <deleted> food, is it helping the animals ,

or helping Makro get rid of their food waste ,if there was not

so much corruption here ,they could have the money to feed

all the animals in their care ...are veterinary services cut too ?

regards worgeordie

Or supermarkets could give free handouts to starving  or unemployed.

14 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Or supermarkets could give free handouts to starving  or unemployed.

Did that in the UK many would refuse it saying it was not the food items that they wanted, or any donated clothing items were not designer

38 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Did that in the UK many would refuse it saying it was not the food items that they wanted, or any donated clothing items were not designer

See someone in uk begging using a sign saying 'Need money for food'.  Offer them a fresh burger and fries they will probably throw it at you.

6 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

A very good idea

There are no wild animals in my area, unless you call birds and snakes animals? The biggest customer of Makro must be the dogs as when they get big nobody feeds them and they end up in the Temples.

Good idea. There is simply too much waste - here and around the world. 

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Did that in the UK many would refuse it saying it was not the food items that they wanted, or any donated clothing items were not designer

There are food banks in the UK. Just basics. Bread milk fruit etc. 

 

2 hours ago, vandeventer said:

There are no wild animals in my area, unless you call birds and snakes animals? The biggest customer of Makro must be the dogs as when they get big nobody feeds them and they end up in the Temples.

Perhaps they use vehicles

12 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Did that in the UK many would refuse it saying it was not the food items that they wanted, or any donated clothing items were not designer

Which why I left England years ago... it was going down the pan then, now it looks like it's reached the bottom.

Do a free handout in Thailand they'll queue all night in readiness and won't even care what it is, but they'll be grateful.

i don't know what kind of food makro produces, but don't give animals tohm yam goong! It is too spicy!

Don't know why they are bothering to feed the animals some old fat bloke will come along and hunt it kill it and bbq it ????