Thai forest rangers train to tackle wildlife crime 4 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseCamo-clad rangers ambush a camp in a lush Thai national park, kicking away a machete and a firearm and pinning two suspected poachers to the ground — part of a training exercise to counter a lucrative wildlife trade. Among the participants in the event at Khao Yai National Park, which culminated in Friday’s mock scenario, were four officials from neighboring Cambodia and Laos. Transnational gangsThe training, funded by the British embassy in Bangkok, comes the same week a Thai court dismissed charges against a suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin. My boss is Premchai!” shouted one of the “poachers” during the exercise, as the rangers laughed in a moment of levity.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 02, 2019 06:11 UTC