On 2017-6-8 at 5:34 AM, NCC1701A said:

i feel sorry for all the birds locked up at the Wat here in Hua Hin.

 

i told my ex girlfriend you are releasing a bird to make merit that was captured so you could release it to make merit. so where is the good in that? so why do it?

 

but besides from this lapse of logic she is a wonderful person.

I feel sorry for the two magnificent sea eagles, chained up in a tourist site in Phuket for 100baht a photo!

Surely these are a protected bird.

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Catch and release birds get jail term? What's wrong with this picture? Feed any ocean fish lately? Life imprisoned for catching and feeding birds to fish?

Caging birds for money = Thaines

Umm...I forgot what I was going to say.

Oh that's right.

 

A rude and off topic comment has been removed.

I was at a temple Laos where they were charging people to let the birds go. I could hear an awful lot of squawking coming from behind a wall. So I had a look ,there was a cage full of birds with a mountain of birdseed they were working on and about a dozen birds trying to get into the cage to get at the seed. They didn't have to catch then they came back .

Maybe they need to start capture and release of Hua Hin Monkeys.

 

Free Rabies shot for each monkey corraled, yee-haw

On 08/06/2017 at 11:08 PM, oldhippy said:

Yes.

Religious logic.

Can't argue with it, can we?

 

" Religious logic. "  Oxymoron.

Sending batteries through the mail can get a two year sentence, as well. Thailand seems obsessed with draconian sentences for non-offenses. They need more oil so the USA can justify an invasion/liberation.

On 6/10/2017 at 7:06 AM, masuk said:

Surely these are a protected bird.

Protected by whom? TIT.

 

BTW, there's nothing in Buddhism that says "you must cage up birds and sell them so some derp can release them".

This is superstition, pure and simple.

On 6/8/2017 at 5:34 AM, NCC1701A said:

i feel sorry for all the birds locked up at the Wat here in Hua Hin.

 

i told my ex girlfriend you are releasing a bird to make merit that was captured so you could release it to make merit. so where is the good in that? so why do it?

In myanmar you can pay to release a bird and once u turn your back it simply flies back in its cage ? no joke! If u stay long enough around the cage u can actually see it flying back in ? #naturerules

23 minutes ago, Ruffian Dick said:

Protected by whom? TIT.

 

BTW, there's nothing in Buddhism that says "you must cage up birds and sell them so some derp can release them".

This is superstition, pure and simple.

Superstition inherent to THERAVADA buddhism... here, myanmar, Cambodia, laos...

The behaviour is little different to examples of gross, if not bizarre, hypocrisy that substitute (defy?) for logic in most religions. Practitioners would not agree, I suppose, but I see parallels with the act of masturbation - totally pointless and it provides only momentary relief or pleasure.

3 hours ago, sandemara said:

The behaviour is little different to examples of gross, if not bizarre, hypocrisy that substitute (defy?) for logic in most religions. Practitioners would not agree, I suppose, but I see parallels with the act of masturbation - totally pointless and it provides only momentary relief or pleasure.

So you are likening religious practitioners to <deleted>? That's a bit strong isn't it?. I don't know though. But I can't recall any wars being started because of masterbation.

I am delighted by this piece of legislation and hope it will be rigorously enforced.  As I walk around the Thai countryside I always ask myself, where are all the birds?  Lush lowland wetlands but devoid of bird life. I have house sparrows nesting in my roof, much to the annoyance of mia yia but I say they have their place on earth.  I have had 2 humming birds  fly around 2 months ago and made special sugar water feeders for their benefit but they have not been back.  I wish average Thais would value wild bird diversity rather than see them as a commodity for traps or sling shots.

On 6/8/2017 at 4:07 AM, webfact said:

result in a two year term.

premier example of the punishment not matching the crime