Find Out What Happened To This Buffalo And Get 100K Baht #Findboonrawd

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Find Out What Happened To This Buffalo And Get 100K Baht #Findboonrawd

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

At left, Rapeepak Taratornpitak poses for a selfie with Boonrawd, a buffalo he saved from a slaughterhouse and donated to a royal project. At right, Boonrawd before he went missing. Photos: Rapeepak Taratornpitak / Facebook

 

PHETCHABUN — A buffalo conservation foundation is offering a 100,000 baht bounty to combat what its president described Monday as corruption by livestock officials.

 

Nuthaya Polham, head of the New Life for Animals foundation, said a buffalo that went missing after being deposited into a buffalo-sharing royal project is the result of endemic corruption involving local livestock officials.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2017/07/24/find-happened-buffalo-get-100k-baht-findboonrawd/

 

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Court sentences cattle farmer one month in prison for selling buffalo borrowed from buffalo bank for breeding

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Lomsak Provincial Court has sentenced a cattle farmer one month in prison and a fine of 35,000 baht for selling out a buffalo, Boonrod” donated to a royally initiated buffalo bank project at Khao Kho district a livestock  office.

 

Boonrod was bought from a slaughter house by Mr Rapeepat Taratornpitak to save it from being slaughtered for its meat. It was later donated to the buffalo bank.

 

The cattle farmer Worapol Kaewdaeng was given a one month jail term without suspension and a fine of 35,000 baht last Friday after he was arrested by police and prosecuted in the court. But he was granted bail pending appeal.

 

Full story:   http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/court-sentences-cattle-farmer-one-month-prison-selling-buffalo-borrowed-buffalo-bank-breeding/

[Cadbury]

Corruption seems to find it's way into every tiny dark corner of Thai life. It is a major part of the economy which would collapse without it.

[connda]

[Denim]

If anybody thinks corruption will ever be stamped out in Thailand then I want some of whatever they are smoking.

[rdteth]

Guess the farmer will be at the buffalo-bank for a new one in 1 month. Must have made a fortune for him.