webfact Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Caged tigers found on Thai apartment block roof Bangkok, Sept 10, 2012 (AFP) - Thai police said they had discovered six underfed tigers in specially-built cages on the roof of an apartment building on Monday, arresting a man who claimed he had been planning to open a zoo. Four adult cats and two cubs were found at the property on an industrial estate in Pathumthani province, north of Bangkok, in the raid by police from Thailand's Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division. A 28-year-old man, who lives in the building, was arrested at the scene and claimed to own the animals. "The man said that he was preparing to open a zoo in the province", said police Captain Montri Neepasee, who said the animals had not been given enough food and did not look "completely healthy". The tigers were fed with around 10,000 baht's worth ($322) of chicken bones a month. "They did not get enough nutrients for their growth," Montri said, adding that the cubs were "stressed" in the small cages. He said the owner of the building, a cousin of the arrested man, denied all knowledge of the caged tigers. Montri added that the other occupants of the flats had apparently ignored the presence of the big cats on the roof. "The renters are mostly factory workers and they do not seem to care about environmental issues," he said. Police said that the tigers will be sent to an animal sanctuary in a nearby province on Tuesday. A second officer involved in the case, Colonel Panpong Panklump, said the arrested man had been charged with illegal possession of wildlife, which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison. He added he believed the tigers would have been sent to Vietnam, where there is demand for "their meat and skins". Thailand, a hub of international smuggling, is one of just 13 countries hosting fragile tiger populations. Worldwide, numbers are estimated to have fallen to only 3,200 tigers from approximately 100,000 a century ago. In February police busted a grisly exotic wildlife slaughterhouse in Bangkok when officers caught four men in the act of chopping up a tiger in a residential home. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2012-09-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Police found six tigers kept in an apartment in Pathum Thani The Nation PATHUM THANI: -- Forest police on Monday seized six tigers that were kept on a roof top of an apartment in Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district. Police from Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division raided Ritbundit Apartment in Moo Ban Thai Tanee in Tambon Klong 1. At the roof top of the five-storey apartment had strong cage that kept five male and one female tigers there. The raid followed an arrest in Nonthaburi's Bangkruai district last week, police said, the suspects tipped police about the apartment. Police nabbed Surasark Boonthienthong, 20, who told police that the apartment and the tigers belonged to him. -- The Nation 2012-09-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephinebloggs Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) Shameful Human Being, but his punishment will sum up the view of Animal cruelty/welfare within the Asian continent. Edited September 10, 2012 by josephinebloggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunron13 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Another hub for Thailand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturatica Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Sickening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Another hub for Thailand! They seem to succeed in all the negative hubs but fail miserably in positive, constructive ones! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GentlemanJim Posted September 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) Can the Nation make it through one week of printing without mentioning the word 'Hub'. The irony is that for keeping 6 wild animals it is likely that the guy will serve 2-4 years in prison for sure, whilst a rich kid who killed a policeman (or even 9 in a mini-bus) walk free and will not do a day in jail. Thailand, hub of injustice Edited September 10, 2012 by GentlemanJim 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcutman Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 <deleted> is wrong with people in this country? Why are they so willing to destroy the environment and everything within it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beng Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Another prime example for the social disorder. Animals are at the bottom of the pecking order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot1988 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 just how on earth did they get the tigers and manage to send them up the roof?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Another prime example for the social disorder. Animals are at the bottom of the pecking order. Perhaps you might care to rethink that one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 So sad and it just goes on and on in this country (and in the other SE countries as well). Out of the 63.000.000 Thais, how many got an idea how to protect and save their beutiful and unique country? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huayrat Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 just how on earth did they get the tigers and manage to send them up the roof?! Easily they put a lead around its neck just like a dog... you never watched Hangover before lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post asiawatcher Posted September 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2012 Disgust would be too mild. This scumbag needs to be given a 20 year sentence and the idiots living in the apartment building about 10 for aiding abetting the crime by not reporting it. There just seems no compassion in Thai society for wild animals. You only have to look at the way they treat their domestic animals. Large dogs caged in small villas and multiple little yappie ones in small apartments. Thai's have no idea. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonarax Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Easy PETA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Tranquilisers and probably purchased from a "tiger sanctuary". Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 "The man said that he was preparing to open a zoo in the province" Who on earth could believe such a nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Six tigers found caged on rooftop The Nation PATHUM THANI: -- Police have arrested the landlord of an apartment building in Klong Luang district in Pathum Thani, where six tigers were kept caged. Police and environment officials found five males and one female tiger in three cages on the rooftop of the five-storey Ritthibundit Apartment block. They arrested Surasak Boonthienthong, 29, who presented himself as the landlord and owner of the tigers. Wildlife officials in Ratchaburi have been contacted to take the tigers and check their DNA to determine their origin. The arrest stems from a previous wildlife-trade case in Nonthaburi's Bang Kluay district. -- The Nation 2012-09-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) Disgust would be too mild. This scumbag needs to be given a 20 year sentence and the idiots living in the apartment building about 10 for aiding abetting the crime by not reporting it. There just seems no compassion in Thai society for wild animals. You only have to look at the way they treat their domestic animals. Large dogs caged in small villas and multiple little yappie ones in small apartments. Thai's have no idea. A little bit heavy on the punishments there old chap, or as the post is after midnight were they fueled by a glass or two of wine? By the way if the use of the term 'disgust' is too mild for you, what word would you use? "The man said that he was preparing to open a zoo in the province" Who on earth could believe such a nonsense On a good day the BiB ! Edited September 11, 2012 by GentlemanJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozfromoz Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 <deleted> is wrong with people in this country? Why are they so willing to destroy the environment and everything within it? Simple greed tis all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoDogz Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 <deleted> is wrong with people in this country? Why are they so willing to destroy the environment and everything within it? think of self first and foremost all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 The tigers were fed with around 10,000 baht's worth ($322) of chicken bones a month. A bit more nutritious than a KFC bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) Yesterday I was shocked when I discovered that a balcony in my condo building was converted into a cage for two grown up eagles.. Edited September 11, 2012 by kotsak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 just how on earth did they get the tigers and manage to send them up the roof?! Up the stairs. Lift was being repaired that day, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 <deleted> is wrong with people in this country? Why are they so willing to destroy the environment and everything within it? Its called money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Another prime example for the social disorder. Animals are at the bottom of the pecking order. Perhaps you might care to rethink that one..... more like x pats are at the bottem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how241 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Sickening. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowslip Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Sickening. +1 "was going to start a zoo"? THat's a bit like Mansion saying he was just practicing for a bigger kill later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkomoncents Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Wow, from the picture in post #18, the suspect looks like a real gentleman and scholar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangfroid Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 A news report on television a few minutes ago said that the tigers would bring from 600K to 1 million baht on the black market. Opening a zoo ?? garbage!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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