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Myanmar Takes Action to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

Thursday, 04 April 2013 07:09

222 Rat Snakes confiscated at Tarpalan Bridge between the Northern and Southern Shan States
and Elephant Poacher Prosecuted in Kyauktagar Township

Officers release the snakes back to the wild

On 28 January 2013 - a team comprised of Forest Department officials and Myanmar National Police Force seized 222 Rat Snakes as an action to combat wildlife trafficking at Tarpalan bridge, located at the border between the Northern and Southern Shan States. In accordance with the Protection of Wildlife and Protected Areas Law (1994), Myanmar National Police Force (Naung Cho Township) took action against the owner-carrier of the snakes. The defendant was charged according to Article No. 35(a) of the Protection of Wildlife and Protected Areas Law (1994). All the Rat Snakes were released into Shwe-U-Daung Wildlife Sanctuary.

Enforcement activities in Thailand yield rescue of rare otters and various species of protected birds

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 08:58

On January 21, 2013 - CITES Thailand's Wildlife Checkpoint at Suvarnabhumi Airport and the Royal Thai Customs, after inspecting a suspicious luggage believed to carry illegal articles which resembled animals in the xray images, rescued 11 live otters, 6 of which are Smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) and the rest being Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus). The luggage was opened after no one claimed ownership over the luggage.

The otters are considered as rare wildlife and protected In Thailand, thus requiring government permit for export. They were seized following section 27 of Customs Act, B.E. 2469; sections 16 and 17 of Customs Act, B.E. 2482; section 23 of Thailand Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2535; and the Animal Epidemics Act, B.E. 2499.

Royal Thai Customs, DNP, and NED Seized 18M THB Worth of Rhino Horns

Monday, 07 January 2013 04:59

Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, January 6, 2013 - Royal Thai Customs, DNP CITES officials, and polices from Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division arrested a Vietnamese national for illegal possession of rhino horns. The suspect carried 4 rhino horns (6 pieces) weight 10.6 kg and worth around 18M THB from Ethiopia.

The suspect will face charges under the section 27 of Customs Act, B.E. 2469; the section 16,17 of Customs Act, B.E. 2482; and the section 23, 24 of Thailand Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2535.

80 Exotic Reptilian and Amphibia Animals Rescued at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Wednesday, 26 December 2012 08:00

Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, December 24, 2012 - CITES authorities, Royal Thai Customs arrested a japanese national who tried to smuggle 80 wild animals; 57 tortoises, 4 lizards, and 19 frogs. The suspect was stopped by the airport officials at X-Ray machine who then alerted the CITES authorities of the X-Ray images resembling live animals inside the suspect's luggage.

The suspect will face charges under the section 19, 23, 24 of Wildlife Reservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2535, the section 27, 27 bis of Customs Act, B.E. 2469, and Animal Epidemic Act, B.E. 2499.

Thai Authorities Stopped Ivory Smuggling at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Monday, 17 December 2012 04:37

Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, December 15, 2012 - CITES authorities, Royal Thai Customs, Immigration Police, and polices from Narcotics Suppression Bureau arrested one man, a Vietnamese national, for illegal possession of African ivory.

The suspect claimed he had been hired by another Vietnamese in Ethiopia to carry 11 pieces of raw African ivory from Ethiopia to Cambodia but was arrested while waiting for a transit flight in Thailand.

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