Thread: Tak police make progress in clampdown on poachers

TAK, 16 August 2014 (NNT) — Police in northern Tak province have made progress in an investigation into the clashes between forest rangers and poachers, in which one officer was killed and another was injured.

A joint police-military team in Tak province has retrieved a number of carcasses while on a manhunt for poachers responsible for the gunning down of a forest ranger.

The operation, which was also participated in by officers from the Royal Forest Department in Tak, was launched after the deadly skirmishes in the Nam Tok Pacharoen National Park on August 13.

Three poachers, wanted by authorities, are said to be hill tribes' men constantly hunting in the areas.

So far, the manhunt operations have found the head of a gaur and carcasses of wild animals as well as firearms and ammunition that are believed to belong to the poachers who are still hiding in the woods.

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Ummm, dangerous off the beating path. Didn't realize there was any native species left to kill in Thailand. Thought they'd killed everything off by now.

Are they hunting to eat?

If eventually caught, perhaps they should be sent by one way ticket to west Africa where they can sample the bush meat and hopefully contract a particularly virulent virus while they're at it.

Originally Posted by Kurgen

Are they hunting to eat?

Some are, but most are looking to the "Chinese Market," for exotic animal flesh and phoney sexual elixirs.