cdnvic Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 A beautiful animal.As Huey stated, its just doing what comes naturally So are the villagers with shotguns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 After running back to the village in fear, he and other villagers returned to the area armed with shotguns and machetes to try and catch the beast, To catch the beast?? Yeah right!! Lost in translation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 There are some tiger experts at Wat Luangta Maha Bua http://www.tigertemple.org/Eng/index.php - Perhaps they might have some interest here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poldebol Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The Thai army participated in the American war in Vietnam under the name of "The Royal Thai Black Panther Division". http://www.history.army.mil/books/vietnam/allied/ch02.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Maybe round up a few truckloads of street dogs from the cities and release them in the park. It would solve two problems and they wouldn't have to kill the rare cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 It seems the only wild life the Thais want to have in this country are the countless billions or rats that the street vendors keep feeding by dumping the food into the sewer system. Very sad if such a beautiful animal (and very rare I am sure) is destroyed senselessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Someone with a big truck could start a new business... stray dogs to Chumphon followed by a bus 'watch stray dogs eaten by Panther Tours' in Chumphon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom samui Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 It's in Chumporn so :Why just don't call some Isaan people, as they are well known to easy catch and eat everthing with four legs (except tables and chairs) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) BTW, how does one delete a duplicate post? Click "report" in the bottom left of your post and type "duplicate" in the report field and a mod will delete it. It does say "report" is for reporting objectionable material, but I think this is ok. I never had a mod complain to me, in fact one just thanked me. Edited January 11, 2010 by ScubaBuddha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Unbelievable! A Black Panther in Thailand! Where can this poor kitten go?!? I hope (s)he finds his (her?) way back to the peaceful mountain and live in peace... Maybe Burma??? For the panther's sake, I hope they don't see him again (meaning he is safe!) I am on your side, Big Cat Run, and don't stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Hey huey, is your avatar on topic or what? lol ----> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Fantastic!! I really hope they capture it alive. Be such a shame to kill such a wonderful animal. Agreed. It's a bit like the shark scares of the 50's in the US. Solution? Kill all the sharks. If the panther doesn't threaten humans, it should not be killed. From blackpantheranimal.com: Although black panthers can adapt well to different environments and habitats, they are in danger. Their population is shrinking along with their habitats. Human beings are the biggest threat to the survival of black panthers. The environmental changes, which cause the loss and deterioration of natural habitats for black panthers, are also a big threat to black panthers. The U.S. Endangered Species Act has listed leopards on the African continent as “Threatened” (South Africa) and “Endangered” (the rest of Africa and Middle East & Asia). CITES, the agency that classifies species internationally, has listed the leopard as “vulnerable”. In the 1970s, all leopards were listed as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and international trade in leopard was prohibited. Threat from Human Beings Black panthers, like all members of the big cat family, have no greater enemy in nature than human beings. Farmers have killed them with poison and traps to protect livestock or people. Hunters have killed them for adventure and for their beautiful and precious furs. Threat from the Environment Human beings are moving into areas traditionally natural habitat and communities for wildlife animals. Habitat loss and deterioration is threatening the survival of black panthers. Environmental contamination such as mercury and other chemicals is also a cause of death of wild animals including black panthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Just reminded me: Did they ever find the escaped hippo in Chiang Mai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 My Mother-in-Law lives in Chumpohn - as the man said, run panther run..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Just reminded me: Did they ever find the escaped hippo in Chiang Mai? I think it was found dead in a storm sewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Just reminded me: Did they ever find the escaped hippo in Chiang Mai? Yes, after much speculation and searching I believe they found it not far from where it went missing, dead in a drain - so what chance would the zoo people have of ever finding a highly mobile panther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincsong Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Fantastic!! I really hope they capture it alive. Be such a shame to kill such a wonderful animal. I say give the farmer 1.5 times the value of whatever the cat eats (once verified by an expert), that way they can think of this as a lucky attack, and not hunt it down and kill it, which is what they will do until there are absolutely none left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecropper Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I didn't even know they HAD panthers living in the wild in Thailand. Is that correct, or can this only be an escapee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jirapa Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Maybe round up a few truckloads of street dogs from the cities and release them in the park. It would solve two problems and they wouldn't have to kill the rare cat. Yeh good idea in theory, and I like the part about keeping this awesome big cat alive. Thing is I dont think the dogs would need to worry too much, these cats like healthy lean meat, once it claps it's eyes on one of yer average soi mongrel's it'd probably take pity and share it's kill with them Actually wild cats and animals in general always seek out the weakest and easiest kill which is usually the sick one in the pack. You might not like the thought of eating a maingy old dog but to a big cat it see's a big fat steaming roast turkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I didn't even know they HAD panthers living in the wild in Thailand. Is that correct, or can this only be an escapee. That province is close to Burma. IIRC Burma has these animals living in the wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwalker1973 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Pretty its not pink, then it could probably help the police catch all the crooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I thought black panthers are indigenous to South America only. I hope they do not kill him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorensen Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) They can go hunting together............. Edited January 11, 2010 by sorensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsundave Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Just reminded me: Did they ever find the escaped hippo in Chiang Mai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythBuster Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Poor animal, it will soon be eaten by the villagers, in the rare case that it gets even with them for mistreating animals in local zoo's it is really a matter of som nam naa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Somebody in the press appears to have posted a South American jaguar according to the caption not an Asian leopard as one would expect to find in Chumporn not the Amazonian rainforest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peecee Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Worried that the panther might attack village children, Mr Thawee called in the livestock department to hunt it down. I wonder why experts from the zoo aren't called in Bad move as they'll just feed it bird flu infected chicken's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEGALITHIC Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Poor animal, it will soon be eaten by the villagers, in the rare case that it gets even with them for mistreating animals in local zoo's it is really a matter of som nam naa. No doubt because of the absurd notion that eating wild animals makes you strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecropper Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Just reminded me: Did they ever find the escaped hippo in Chiang Mai? They did find it But it was dead and stuck in a storm drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uts Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Pretty its not pink, then it could probably help the police catch all the crooks Like wise! I was going to suggest stalking the cat, by saying ' here pussy' and then produce a spray can, quickly spray it a pink colour, henceforth be known as the pink panther! and clean up all the local crime and corruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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