A BABY rhinoceros hornbill snatched from its nest and illegally sold before being returned to the nest by Budo-Sungai Padi National Park officials last Tuesday has been put in the care of a livestock centre after its parents refused to feed it.

A veterinarian found the two-month-old bird was having respiratory difficulty due to a build-up of air in its stomach as a result of not being fed for 12 hours, the head of the Narathiwat park Somchai Siri-umakul said.

He said the Khok Mai Ruea Wild Animals Livestock Centre would keep the bird and then try to return it to the nest.

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