Pangolin Smuggling
Pangolin smuggling
2013
WDT co-ordinated this raid with the correct Government Departments
This young couple was caught smuggling Pangolins across the Mekong River, a well known route for smugglers of wildlife !
Pangolin Raid - WDT sent a report to the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (National Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division) which has a cooperation agreement with the foundation to follow up and investigate the matter. and prosecute until the end
The highway police arrested smuggled gang, the Pangolins illegal trade and SKG.4 Royal Thai Army Headquarters captures 102 pangolins in Khon Kaen
2016 Pangolin Raid
On 26 April 2022, the Wildlife Justice Commission’s successful operations in Thailand continued with the arrest of a man suspected of trafficking live pangolins and other protected wildlife in the Yala province, in south Thailand, and the seizure of a live pangolin.
Pangolins are considered the most trafficked mammal in the world driven by demand for pangolin meat and scales. All species of pangolins are threatened with extinction, but Asian pangolin populations have been particularly decimated during the past 20 years. It's an animal that can't help itself.
And it is the animal that is most often smuggled out for use in medicine to countries, especially China, Vietnam and Korean
Pangolins are therefore classified as "Organisms at critical risk of extinction"
Anyone who kills, hunts, sells, or possesses a pangolin is guilty of an offence under the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act of 1992,
punishable by a fine not exceeding 40,000 baht, imprisonment for 4 years, or both.
That is why the Royal Thai Police Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) , the Department of National Parks (DNP) and the Wildlife Justice Commission have undertaken a joint investigation into wildlife trafficking networks operating from the south of Thailand, which trade in pangolins and multiple other endangered species, across Thailand and the Greater Mekong region.
The arrested suspect, identified as Mr Decha, 35 years old, had been identified over the course of the investigation and was apprehended while trying to sell the live pangolin. The suspect subsequently confessed that he traded in protected wildlife by acting as a middleman between poachers and buyers.
The live pangolin was safely rescued and is now being cared for by DNP officers at a wildlife rescue centre in Ratchaburi Province.
WILD BIG CAT SMUGGLING
Earlier this month, a separate joint investigation conducted by WDT, officers of the Royal Thai Police Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) and the Wildlife Justice Commission resulted in the arrest of three men suspected of trafficking big cats in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Region.
Pangolin is a type of protected wild animal. It is one of the wild animals that the World Conservation Congress (IUCN) has classified as red on its red list. Because it is threatened so heavily that the sound is about to become extinct. Nim is a pitiful animal. It's an animal that can't help itself. And it is the animal that is most often smuggled out for food to neighboring countries, especially China. Vietnamese and Korean Pangolins are therefore classified as
"Creatures at critical risk of extinction" whoever kills, hunts, sells or possesses...
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