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According to Edwin Wiek, founder of Wildlife Friends of Thailand, the temple's operations violate CITES, an international treaty on wildlife to which Thailand is a signatory, which bans commercial breeding of protected wild animals such as tigers. All previous attempts by authorities to remove the tigers from Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno ...
Thailand ratified the convention on 17 September 1987. [3] As of 2024, Thailand has eight sites on the list. The first three sites were listed in 1991: Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns, Historic City of Ayutthaya, and Thungyai–Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries.
Buntharik - Khao Yot Mon Wildlife Sanctuary; Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary; Doi Pha Chang Wildlife Sanctuary [8] Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary; Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary; Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary [9] Hua Tabtan Hadsamran Wildlife Sanctuary; Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary; Huai Sala Wildlife Sanctuary; Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife ...
Thungyai–Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries is the inscribed name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Thailand covering the areas of two adjacent wildlife sanctuaries: Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng. They cover areas in Kanchanaburi, Tak and Uthai Thani provinces, and form a large part of Thailand's Western Forest Complex. The site ...
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After the establishment of the wildlife sanctuary on 4 September 1972, it covered an area of 1,019,375 rai ~ 1,631 km 2 (630 sq mi). The wildlife sanctuary was then expanded twice, first on 21 May 1986 to 1,609,150 rai ~ 2,574 km 2 (994 sq mi), an increase of 589,775 rai ~ 943 km 2 (364 sq mi) and on 30 December 1992 to 1,737,587 rai ~ 2,780 km 2 (1,070 sq mi) an increase of 718,212 rai ...
As Global Tiger Day rolls around, there’s good news for the big cats in Thailand. The tiger population in the country’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) — an 18,000-square-kilometer (6,950 ...
Previous attempts to inspect the tigers have largely been blocked by the temple's abbots but in January and February wildlife officials removed 10 of the tigers. Thailand has long been a hub for ...