Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand
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Nawee Changpirom has been saving wild animals that have been trafficked in Thailand for years, but sometimes surprises the species he finds: leopards, calaos, an anthill and even "living corals hidden in a ceiling".
Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand
"We even found living corals hidden in a ceiling," he told AFP. Nawee heads a raid unit in the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) that tries to stop the sale of everything from African elephant ivory to monkeys wanted as pets or for laboratory testing. Alongside weapons, drugs and human trafficking, the illegal wildlife trade is among the most widespread and profitable forms of organised crime globally, run by cr…
Thailand is the hub of wildlife trafficking, which remains one of the most lucrative illicit activities in the world. To combat this scourge, Thailand has set up a specialized unit within the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Flora.
From leopards to living corals hidden in a ceiling, a small Thai unit constantly tracks the networks that trade in species... Read more In Thailand, a handful of agents track global wildlife traffic appeared first on Le Singulier.
He heads a unit of the Department of National Parks, Fauna and Flora (DNP) responsible for combating widespread trafficking, from the ivory of African elephants to monkeys destined to become pets or to be the object of...
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