Thai Wildlife Officials Raid Hua Hin Zoo Over 100 Unlicensed Animals Seized

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HUA HIN – National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP) raided the Hua Hin Zoo in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district yesterday, while investigations into the Tiger Temple and the case of stolen rare tortoises continue.

Phraya Sua Taskforce commander Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn told The Nation that more than 100 wild animals were seized from the Zoo claiming many of the animals in the zoo did not match the licences taken for them.

Chaiwat said the raid revealed that all the protected animals in the zoo had been acquired illegally.

“We inspected the zoo on May 28 and found a couple of suspicious mistakes on two of the elephant licences, so we looked further and found that all the licences for protected animals were fake,” he said.

“According to the licences issued in 2003, all the animals should be over the age of 13, but it turned out that all the animals in question were below the age of 10. This is proof that the zoo forged the official documents and obtained the wild animals unlawfully,” Chaiwat alleged.

http://www.chiangraitimes.com/thai-wildlife-officials-raid-hua-hin-zoo-over-100-unlicensed-animals-seized.html

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