webfact Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1,000 protected species birds seized from a Transport Company’s busBANGKOK: -- About 1,000 red-whiskered bulbul were seized from a public bus in Uttradit province by police on Friday.A police unit led by Pol Col Didsayadet Patcharapuwadon, superintendent of Uttradit’s Muang district police set up a roadblock in Tambon Ban Da Na Kham after a tip-off that a large number of red-whiskered bulbul, a protected species of bird, were to be delivered from Chiang Rai to Bangkok by a public bus.The police stopped a Transport Company’s bus from Mae Sai district and conducted a thorough search which uncovered the birds in ten plastic cages of 100 each.The driver, Mr Jaranai Kaewmark, told the police that he was paid to deliver the birds to a customer in Bangkok who will then sell them at the Chatuchak market.Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/1000-protected-species-birds-seized-from-a-transport-companys-bus -- Thai PBS 2015-12-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I think no one ever got the idea to check the Chatuchak park, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Put these guys in a zoo for a few weeks - let the public terrorize them and force them to sing for their food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I think no one ever got the idea to check the Chatuchak park, or? Or have the bus driver tell them who he was delivering the birds to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Don't think too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 They should also ban possession of these animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Yes, they are protected. The locals in my area keep them in cages for safe custody.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Amazing Thailand , always coming up with something to keep the tourist industry occupied .................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwpage3 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Anything for money. Thai greed is just appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farang99 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 They should also ban possession of these animals. You see them everywhere in wicker cages, being transported on motor bikes or hanging outside shops. Quite obviously, CITES laws are never enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I think no one ever got the idea to check the Chatuchak park, or? Or have the bus driver tell them who he was delivering the birds to? aeh yes.....I am too long in Thailand I also forget the obvious.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 A thorough search was required to find the 10 cages (shown in the photograph). Blind as well as corrupt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 In case you've never seen one, here's what they look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djlest Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 yep it seem Chatuchak must pay the BIB more... cos they care about what goes on there at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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