Thread: Eight suspected hunters who boast about their hunting exploits in social media face a

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation has lodged a complaint eight individuals who posted in the social media, boasting about their illegal hunting feats and the wildlife they killed.

The department chief, Mr Tunya Netithammakul, said that the acts of the eight alleged hunters were illegal as they went against the wildlife protection law. The violators are liable to four years imprisonment and/or a fine of 40,000 baht if found guilty by the court.

He identified the eight alleged offenders who were known by their Facebook names as Pairat Boonmakham, Tik Koonjae Thai Key Service, Iew Sanphan, Chavalit Srithit, Traipark Sakulmahasingh, Nid Kiattisak, Art Rodkiew and Than Noi Than Noi.

Eight suspected hunters who boast about their hunting exploits in social media face arrest - Thai PBS English News

Sure, the pangolin (actually, I thinks it's a porcupine), but pigs and monkeys aren't protected, are they?
Wife had curried wild pork yesterday. I've bought curried monkey at the market before (and I believe it was the type of monkey in the OP pic).
Whatever, glad they will be caught if they have shot endangered or protected species.

Both a porcupine and pangolin are pictured above. The monkey in the photo is a gibbon and is very much an endangered species.

Four years ain't clearly enough a punishment for such an egregious activity....

40 000 baht fine , lucky they didn't feed them bread first otherwise 100 000 would have been added...but there's some kind of coherence as you risk 3 more years in jail for killing endangered species than for bread feeding the fishes...

Originally Posted by Maanaam

I've bought curried monkey at the market before (and I believe it was the type of monkey in the OP pic)

Isn't that a lot like eating a relative?

Originally Posted by misskit

The monkey in the photo is a gibbon

Gibbons are apes.

^ Indeed, and have no tails, whereas a monkey does.