"poaching"

Police and forestry officials have found the remains of an elephant, which was apparently shot dead for its tusks in a forest reserve in Yala.

Two Thai men and a Myanmar man were arrested on Tuesday in Kanchanaburi province for allegedly poaching tigers and wild cats.

A total of 451 rhinoceroses were killed for their horns in 2021, down 24 per cent as compared to the pre-COVID-19 period in 2019, said South Africa's Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Barbara Creecy Tuesday.

Authorities say loss of livelihoods and diverted attention led to a surge in illegal activities during the lockdown.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta and his three accomplices, the Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in Kanchanaburi province announced at 4.30pm on Friday (December 13).

Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in Kanchanaburi province on Thursday (December 12) read the appeal court's ruling in the criminal case filed by Thong Pha Phum district attorney against Italian Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta and 3 accomplices for trespassing and poaching in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary on February 4-6, 2018.

A Karen National Union soldier has been arrested and charged with allegedly poaching in a national park in Kanchanaburi.

Prosecutors would submit a request to see the details of the ruling on the black leopard poaching case involving construction tycoon Premchai Karnnasuta of Italian-Thai Development Plc.

A Kanchanaburi court jailed construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta for 16 months on Tuesday but acquitted him of poaching a black leopard in a local nature reserve.

Kanchanaburi -A Thai tycoon accused of poaching a black leopard at a wildlife sanctuary arrived in court Tuesday for the highly anticipated verdict -- a case that has fuelled outrage in a country fed up with impunity and corruption.

The verdict in the “black leopard” alleged poaching case against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta and three associates is set to be given March 19, after final arguments were heard on Friday.