Wildlife Rescues In Trouble

[Allyt]

If you haven't already caught the breaking news, the DNP are taking action... but in what direction ?

Check out

http://twitter.com/#!/EdwinWiek

http://www.wfft.org/facebook-stream

http://www.facebook.com/WildlifeFriendsFoundation/posts/10150534371132657

Ally

[weka]

This concerns all of us animal lovers.

I urge you to visit this website to learn more - there's a petition there too if you're inclined.

http://www.wfft.org/

(Mods, this ain't lobbying, it's promoting a discussion specifically for the people who read this forum)

[wolf5370]

เพิ่งได้ข้อความจากเพื่อนเรื่อง Elephant Nature Parkศูนย์ช่วยช้างเจ็บป่วยที่แม่ตะมาน (เชียงใหม่) ว่าพรุ่งนี้คนทางราชการจะเข้าไปจับพี่เล็ก (คนก่อตั้งและช่วยเหลือช้าง) และจะเอาช้างจากที่นี่ไปด้วย.... ไม่น่าเชื่อว่าประเทศไทยจะมีคนพวกเห็นแก่เงิน เห็นแก่ตัวขนาดนี้้ ทำลายป่า ทำร้ายสัตว์ ไม่ช่วยแล้วยังมาข่มขู่ รุกรานคนที่เค้าสละตัวเองเพื่อช่วยช้างขนาดนี้ ไม่รู้จะทำไงดี เรามันไม่ใช่คนมีอิทธิพล ไม่มีอำนาจจะสั่งใคร พี่น้องคนไทย ได้โปรดเห็นแก่สัตว์ป่าบ้างนะคะ แซดดดดดดดมากกกกกก _*_

Insider info has it that ENP is going to be raided in the morning and Lek arrested.

[BookMan]

There needs to be some international attention focused on what's happening to gain some meaningful action.

Also a warning for all rescue organisations to be very careful about politics and who you criticise in Thailand.

[wolf5370]

There is more than one way to skin a cat (excuse the expression) - I would think they are rethinking (strategy wise) now; that criticism should be moved to their offshore counterparts in their home countries - one may find tourism is a soft enough target in the nature loving west, expose after expose may get boring, but it also becomes "common knowledge". Will terrorism warnings and civil disorder alerts, as well as floods, murders and beating and other such things, looks like a likely "man" to hit while it's down.

[Allyt]

There needs to be some international attention focused on what's happening to gain some meaningful action.

Also a warning for all rescue organisations to be very careful about politics and who you criticise in Thailand.

You are spot on, raising awareness and humiliating government officials from within Thailand let alone a vulnerable and easy target of an NGO is nai on suicide. But times are desperate & real.

There are some big & influencial people involved in this and there are 1,000's employed within the industry that assist it's continuation.

Any actions taken now to increase awareness outside Thailand must be seen as having long term impact. Sadly the current situation will prevail until those table turn.

I too have it on good authority that ENP will be raided tomorrow.

Ally