Video, Lek Chailert speaks about recent raid, Feb. 28th, 2012
February 29th, 2012
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Message from ‘Lek’ about another raid today at ENP, including an arrest warrant
February 28th, 2012
Dear Friends and supporters Elephant Nature would like to inform you again about the Department of National Parks (DNP) raideat Elephant Nature Park. On 06 February I asked the department why we had been raided and was told by the official that they had a hotline call reporting that Elephant Nature Park has 70 wild Read more…
Two baby elephants seized in Phuket
February 28th, 2012
PHUKET: — Two baby elephants seized in Phuket today will be sent to an elephant reserve in the Northern Thailand province of Lampang. Meanwhile, investigators are continuing their probe into whether three elephant camps near Phuket’s Big Buddha image are encroaching on protected forest land. The transfer of the two baby male elephants – Popeye Read more…
500 elephants killed in Cameroon park
February 27th, 2012
Bouba Ndjida, Cameroon - “As of today we estimate that 480 elephants have been slaughtered in our park,” said Mathieu Fometa of the Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Chad, where the animals roam freely. “Formally, we did count 458 carcasses,” he said, but he cautioned that “these figures may be Read more…
Scientists uncover oldest ever elephant tracks. . . perfectly preserved after seven million years
February 26th, 2012
Trudging across the desert, this is how an elephant herd would have looked seven million years ago. Scientists were able to recreate the scene in stunning detail after discovering the oldest ever set of footprints from when these animals roamed the Earth. And they have worked out that the ancient creatures – which were around Read more…
Three arrested for illegally possessing elephant meat and ivory
February 23rd, 2012
Three people have been arrested for purchasing elephant meat and ivory from poachers who allegedly hunted the pachyderms in Phetchaburi province’s Kaeng Krachan national park. Police arrested Manoon Ruengworraset, his son Withoon, and Panya Samranphis for possessing carcasses of protected animals without permission, after a raid at their homes turned up several organs of elephants, Read more…
Animal Activist: Intimidation won’t shut me up
February 19th, 2012
Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand director Edwin Wiek says his exposure of powerful figures involved in the illegal elephant trade led to him being harassed and his wife arrested, but he refuses to remain silent. I have been under pressure before, but _ well this is just incredible,” says Edwin Wiek, a Dutchman who has dedicated Read more…
Two held in killing of wild elephant in Phetchaburi; ivory buyer sought
February 19th, 2012
Phetchaburi police have asked the provincial court for permission to detain without bail two suspects accused of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park while they search for the person who hired them and the intended buyer of the elephant’s ivory and other parts. After a 9am press conference at police headquarters, suspected wild-elephant Read more…
Poachers Kill 200 Elephants During Six-Week Spree in Cameroon
February 18th, 2012
Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a “massacre” fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a “massacre” fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. A local government official said heavily armed poachers Read more…
Activist says 60-70 parks staff raided his house
February 17th, 2012
A wildlife activist has claimed dozens of national park officials raided his home for no proper reason and harassed his family. Edwin Wiek, founder and secretary-general of the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT), said 60 to 70 officials of the National Park, Wildlife and Plants Conservation Division raided his home at 11am on Monday. Mr Read more…
