Thai Zoo to Be Charged Over Illegal Orangutan
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The owners of a Bangkok amusement park will be charged with importing endangered animals illegally after DNA tests confirmed a group of orangutan had not been born in Thailand, forestry police said Thursday.
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FORT WORTH, Texas - Overseas tsunami victims will be getting help from an elephant born in Thailand but now living at the Fort Worth Zoo.  An original work of art -painted- by "Rasha" will be auctioned off on e-Bay -- beginning tomorrow.
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Warrant issued for deposed Thai prime minister over alleged share sale violations.
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A surge in demand for exotic freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia is fuelling rampant illegal trade in the animals in Indonesia, wildlife experts warned Tuesday.
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An orang-utan chewed through her cage and went on a three-hour rampage at a Taiwan entertainment park until authorities subdued it with a stun gun, a park employee said on Thursday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ordered the release of at least 900 men, but officials plan to prosecute about 300 for their part in a violent demonstration on Monday.
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Thai state prosecutors formally charged ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with "official misconduct" on Thursday relating to his wife's purchase of a prime piece of Bangkok real estate, a court official said.
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[World News]: Bangkok, Oct 19 : Suspected avian influenza virus claimed 23 tigers in a private zoo in Thailand, officials said here Tuesday.
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Thailand's parks and wildlife reserves could hold up to 2,000 wild tigers, about three times their current level, but only if the government steps up efforts to control poaching, researchers said Monday.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 21--A new law prohibiting the intentional feeding of wildlife goes into effect today and running afoul of the measurecould result in a $300 fine.   The purpose of the law, which was sponsored by state Sen.
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The world&#39;s &#39;flagship species&#39; on land and sea, whales and elephants, won a reprieve on Tuesday from commercial exploitation at a major conservation conference in Thailand&#39;s capital.
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Wildlife conservationists are expected to push for new trade restrictions to protect fast-disappearing animals and plants, while lobbyists try to free up commerce in some species at international talks starting yesterday in Bangkok.
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The ongoing 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress will seek for an ambitious balance between human existence and natural conservation, the official Thai News Agency reported here on Thursday.
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BANGKOK : The trade in some of the world&#39;s rarest species from the fearsome great white shark to the delicate orchid will be scrutinised here from Saturday accompanied by demands for tougher action against smugglers.
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The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle is auctioning two paintings on eBay that were created by an orangutan named Towan. Keepers say painting is one of Towan's favorite activities. He uses chalk and pens filled with nontoxic paint, favoring primary colors.
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Thai scientists began an investigation Monday into what some conservationists believe could be the world's biggest case of ape smuggling -- nearly 100 orangutan found in a Bangkok amusement park.
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That exquisite little carved-ivory elephant for sale on eBay could be an illegal piece of African elephant tusk.