Fah Sai was only a month old when veterinarians from the National Parks Department found her trapped in a snare set on the edge of the Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary in Rayong province in mid December.

Senior wildlife ranger Prawut Prempree’s face becomes serious when he stares at a map showing how fragmented the forests around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary have become due to the rapid expansion of human settlement and development and infrastructure projects.