The government has slashed the yearly budget for taking care of rescued wild animals from 90 million baht to just 10 million baht, prompting the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to seek food donations from wholesale giant Siam Makro.

The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) has sacked another forest patrol officer, this time in Kamphaeng Phet province, after a teak log was found to have fallen from a pickup truck allegedly driven by him during a chase.