Tuser Saesong, 63, is seen with police and national park rangers after he was arrested for hunting and grilling a civet in a national park in Phop Phra district, Tak, on Monday. (Photo by Assawin Pinitwong)TAK: Police arrested a hunter who was cooking the meat of a civet he had allegedly just killed in a national park in Phop Phra district Monday. A native of Phop Phra, Tuser Saesong, 63, was arrested while roasting a banded palm civet in the Nam Tok Pha Charoen National Park, according to police. Police also seized from Mr Tuser a homemade long-barrel gun, three bottles of lead bullets, a bottle of gunpowder and 400g of civet meat. Police quoted Mr Tuser as saying he hunted the civet just for food and that he did not sell the meat.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2018 19:07 UTC