PHUKET: Officers at Bophut Police Station on Samui arrested five photo touts and confiscated six gibbons and a white hawk yesterday. The animals are to be transferred to a rescue centre in Phang Nga. Police on Samui say they make arrests every month but small fines mean the touts keep reappearing with other gibbons.
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yes a bit of conumdrum they usually take the gibbons as juveniles and WWF reckon at least two gibbons are killed every time they take a baby, needs bigger sentences for sure Posted by Michael on October 15, 2015 21:13 
Ok, now go for the guy with the eagles at Karon Viewpoint. Posted by Beer Chang on October 16, 2015 10:43 |
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Thailand needs to make this a mandatory minimum 1 month jail plus up to 1 million Baht fine. Quality tourists don't want to see this and many will not come back it looks so cruel.
Posted by Update on October 15, 2015 19:23