Safari World raided for illegal wildlife - One year later

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

 

Most of us remember this topic exactly a year ago today on various

discussion groups.

 

It has been a year since the raid took place, the CITES meeting was held in

Bangkok in the meantime and the IUCN congress yesterday had it last day in

Bangkok as well.

 

Where do we stand now a year later?

 

101 orangutans are still left at Safari world (yes, 14 died or disappeared)

and it seems that the Department of National Parks is not willing to

confiscate the apes even though Safari world already confessed in writing

that half of them were illegally obtained.

 

Can anyone please explain this to me?

 

Edwin Wiek

 

Edwin.wiek

 

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BANGKOK POST November 23, 2003:

 

Safari World raided for illegal wildlife

 

Safari World and Marine Park, a private zoo in Bangkok, has been raided

after complaints it illegally possessed wildlife.

 

About 200 police from the Central Investigation Bureau spent three hours

searching the park in Khlong Sam Wa district after handing a search warrant

to owner Pin Khiewpaisarn, 59.

 

Pol Maj-Gen Sawek Pinsinchai, forestry police chief, said police found 115

orangutans.

 

Police sources said the zoo held a licence to keep 44 orangutans, 97 Bengal

tigers, two cheetahs, eight black bears, two white bears, 14 rhinos, 23

hippos, 23 lions, 143 deer and six red pandas.

 

Pol Maj-Gen Sawek said the owner insisted he held the animals legally and

would provide documents to back his claim. ``We found from an initial

examination that some of the orangutans may not be legal,'' he said. This

was the first raid at Safari World since it opened 20 years ago. Pol Maj-Gen

Sawek said police also found the zoo owned electronic game machines which

were banned under the gambling law.

 

ex Bangkok Post November 23, 2003

 

Edwin Wiek

- Wildlife Friends of Thailand

 

www.wfft.org

 

Thailand Representative - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

 

www.savetheorangutans.info

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

If you can/do explain this one, explain the Taiping 4 Gorilla Case and why

that's on-going and unresolved too.

 

Jane Dewar

 

-

" Edwin Wiek " <edwin.wiek

<aapn >

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Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:49 AM

Safari World raided for illegal wildlife - One year later

 

 

>

> Hello all,

>

> Most of us remember this topic exactly a year ago today on various

> discussion groups.

>

> It has been a year since the raid took place, the CITES meeting was held

> in

> Bangkok in the meantime and the IUCN congress yesterday had it last day in

> Bangkok as well.

>

> Where do we stand now a year later?

>

> 101 orangutans are still left at Safari world (yes, 14 died or

> disappeared)

> and it seems that the Department of National Parks is not willing to

> confiscate the apes even though Safari world already confessed in writing

> that half of them were illegally obtained.

>

> Can anyone please explain this to me?

>

> Edwin Wiek

>

> Edwin.wiek

>

> =============================================

>

> BANGKOK POST November 23, 2003:

>

> Safari World raided for illegal wildlife

>

> Safari World and Marine Park, a private zoo in Bangkok, has been raided

> after complaints it illegally possessed wildlife.

>

> About 200 police from the Central Investigation Bureau spent three hours

> searching the park in Khlong Sam Wa district after handing a search

> warrant

> to owner Pin Khiewpaisarn, 59.

>

> Pol Maj-Gen Sawek Pinsinchai, forestry police chief, said police found 115

> orangutans.

>

> Police sources said the zoo held a licence to keep 44 orangutans, 97

> Bengal

> tigers, two cheetahs, eight black bears, two white bears, 14 rhinos, 23

> hippos, 23 lions, 143 deer and six red pandas.

>

> Pol Maj-Gen Sawek said the owner insisted he held the animals legally and

> would provide documents to back his claim. ``We found from an initial

> examination that some of the orangutans may not be legal,'' he said. This

> was the first raid at Safari World since it opened 20 years ago. Pol

> Maj-Gen

> Sawek said police also found the zoo owned electronic game machines which

> were banned under the gambling law.

>

> ex Bangkok Post November 23, 2003

>

> Edwin Wiek

- Wildlife Friends of Thailand

>

> www.wfft.org

>

> Thailand Representative - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

>

> www.savetheorangutans.info

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We are dissapointed with the IUCN in Sri lanka .Most of the

Conservationists think that IUCN is wasting paying the Sri lankan officers

such a large amount of money .It would be better if that money could be

directly used for wild life conservation.

IUCN Sri lanka provided me with the wrong information .

They told me that Leopards which were confiscated from the Ahungalle Zoo

were released to the wild and one politician called Uru Somi has shot them.

That was wrong .These animals were not released to the wild.

 

They had a project proposal for breeding of small cats in the zoo and I told

them to not to make that mistake .

 

They don`t even seem to know that breeding of Begal tigers by private

individuals who keep them as exotic pets is a big burden to the animal

shelters abroad and some of these people are using them for wild animal

parts trade.There has to be another Association to help the animals

Kala Santha

vet surgeon

 

 

>If you can/do explain this one, explain the Taiping 4 Gorilla Case and why

>that's on-going and unresolved too.

>

>Jane Dewar

>

>-

> " Edwin Wiek " <edwin.wiek

><aapn >

>Cc: <alloprimate >

>Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:49 AM

> Safari World raided for illegal wildlife - One year later

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