Following the public outcry over the cooking of what appeared to be spotted eagle rays during a Thai TV show on World Wildlife Day at the weekend, Marine and Coastal Resources Department chief Jatuporn Buruspat on Tuesday revealed a plan to soon propose eagle rays as protected wildlife under Thai animal-conservation law.

The cooking of what appeared to be spotted eagle rays during a TV show on World Wildlife Day on Sunday has sparked social media outrage over the appropriateness of normalising the consumption of endangered species on mainstream media.