BANGKOK, April 11 (TNA) – The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation invites people to donate to its “Foster Parents” project to help the wild animals that were rescued and those which it keeps for breeding.

 

Phadet Laithong, director of the department's Wildlife Conservation Office, said the department kept more than 26,000 wild animals that were stray, injured, rescued, handed by former owners or their closed zoos or kept for breeding.

 

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He said that the number of wild animals rescued from traffickers was rising because of serious suppression and the department had to keep parts of them because they were too weak to be rehabilitated for their return to the wild.

 

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"What happened to the wild animal we gave you to care for"

 

"It died"

 

"What did you do with it then?

 

"We ate it and sold the skin and bones for Chinese medicine...can we get another one?"

Misleading use of "foster".

 

They want donations of our money, they don't want us.

Edited April 11, 20224 yr by JimmyJ

As much as I love and appreciate animals & nature, I think any extra funds available, if to go anywhere, should be directed to maybe the Khlong Toei slums, to provide a bit of relief for the folks there, from their daily hell.

Edited April 11, 20224 yr by KhunLA

Do sick buffalo count?

People Invited to Foster Wild Animals

Oh really!!!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK, April 11 (TNA) – The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation invites people to donate to its “Foster Parents” project to help the wild animals that were rescued and those which it keeps for breeding

????

47 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Do sick buffalo count?

Top of the list

This is a good initiative despite the bemoaning of some which will undoubtedly start on here.
As already pointed out, it's not actually "fostering".
It is rather "sponsoring" the upkeep and care of animals being rehabilitated or used for breeding. Similar projects in many countries around the world with good success.

"People Invited to Foster Wild Animals"

 

Most Thais can barely take care of there own animals.

 

Hopefully none of the fostered animals are on the endangered list.

Our village will take a herd of at least ten elephants providing someone else pays for the feed and upkeep.  Like removing the dung, to put on our gardens naturally.

Oh, Thought this was a thread about Thai male drivers. 

 

20 hours ago, webfact said:

the department had to keep parts of them

Which parts? The ones prized by old Chinese men who've never heard of Viagra?

20 hours ago, KhunLA said:

As much as I love and appreciate animals & nature, I think any extra funds available, if to go anywhere, should be directed to maybe the Khlong Toei slums, to provide a bit of relief for the folks there, from their daily hell.

I guess that with such a ridiculous opinion you also think that thailand should not spend any money to improve tourism.

 

5 minutes ago, salsajapan said:

I guess that with such a ridiculous opinion you also think that thailand should not spend any money to improve tourism.

 

That's a silly statement as tourism adds to the GDP/tax base/gov't budget, which funds social programs.

 

Spending money taking care of a disabled / hungry animal vs a disabled / hungry child ...

.... hmm, let me think which one I would prioritize with the little funding available.

 

Donate to improve the life of an animal or a child ?

 

Oh wait, I don't even have to think about that .... do you ???