Is India becoming a new market for trafficked animal species from Thailand?

[snoop1130]

 

India has recently emerged as a potential market for several CITES-listed animal species being smuggled out of Thailand, with the interdiction of more than six trafficking cases in the past four months involving Indian smugglers.

 

According to Director of the Division of Wild Fauna and Flora Protection Prasert Sornsathapornkul, four trafficking cases were intercepted in August alone and the alleged perpetrators are Indian nationals, indicating that more Indian people want to raise rare animal species as pets.

 

He said, however, that all alleged traffickers arrested are thought to be couriers, hired by middlemen in India to smuggle the animals from Thailand, adding that some of the rare animals are not native and are being illegally bred here for export.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/is-india-becoming-a-new-market-for-trafficked-animal-species-from-thailand/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-17

 

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[jcmj]

Is anyone really surprised?

[Joseph98765]

To the gas chamber with them....

[RandiRona]

This just is not possible without active participation of corrupt Thai customs as any kind of animal would show as such in Xray scan. But corruption is core to India and Thailand's beliefs.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

India has recently emerged as a potential market for several CITES-listed animal species being smuggled out of Thailand, with the interdiction of more than six trafficking cases in the past four months involving Indian smugglers.

Indian tourists behaving badly.... oh what to do?

[PETERTHEEATER]

So that's where all the parrot fish go.......