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Pet????not mine...where is mine....?

My broken heart day...my mournful day...
where re my pet??
i never do as that...
Sad Sugar...



Date: 05 Sep 2012
By: Rhishja Cota-Larson
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Although the Indian star tortoise is a protected species across its range countries of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the illegal trade in this reptile is rampant, due to its popularity as an exotic pet.

An Indian national was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport after Thai authorities found 890 Indian star tortoises stuffed inside pillowcases and a suitcase.

Tourist Police and Royal Thai Customs officers acted on a tip off and arrested the suspect, who had smuggled the baby tortoises into the country on a Thai Airways flight from Calcutta to Bangkok.

890 Indian star tortoises were stuffed into pillowcases and smuggled into Thailand from India. © Royal Thai Customs
The suspect is expected to face charges under Thailand’s Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, Customs Act and the Animals Epidemics Act. Dr William Schaedla, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia’s Regional Director, recommends publicizing the outcome.
TRAFFIC also wants to see authorities publicize the outcome of the prosecution in this case. Actual information on what happens to smugglers in the region is sparse. People must know that there is a heavy price to pay for trafficking animals if we are ultimately to win the battle against wildlife crime.
Although the Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a protected species across its range countries of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the illegal trade in this reptile is rampant, due to its popularity as an exotic pet. For example, over 100 Indian star tortoises were seen “openly for sale” at Bangkok’s Chatuchak market just a few days prior to the airport incident.
The Times of India reported that 192 Indian star tortoises were released over the weekend into Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary. The tortoises were returned to their homeland last year after being rescued from a wildlife trafficker in Malaysia.
Source: TRAFFIC

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Thai Customs Seize Consignment of Tortoises from Africa


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Thai Customs Officers on Sunday seized a consignment of some 218 radiated tortoises brought into the Kingdom by a Malagasy man. The man had been attempting to smuggle the endangered reptile into Thailand for sale in Bangkok.

Bangkok, the 11th of October 2010: Customs arrested the Malagasy man, Mr. Basoiry Djamaldine, after the endangered radiated tortoises were discovered concealed in his baggage. The reptile is native to southern Madagascar and is currently placed on the International Union for Conservation of Natures (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
The man was apprehended after a random search of his luggage by Customs officers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport uncovered the consignment. Originally smuggled out of Madagascar, the tortoises had been packed into two pieces of luggage on a Kenyan Airways flight from Nairobi.
Four of the 218 reptiles were found deceased, while all 214 of the living tortoise were found to be in a weak and severely dehydrated condition, due to the long flight. Animal welfare officers have since administered saline drops and food to the reptiles, which are said to be recovering well.
Director-General of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Sunun Arunnopparat informed a packed press conference of the arrest which was in part instigated after Thai Customs were tipped off by an unnamed worldwide wildlife organisation regarding the smuggling.
Authorities are currently investigating the intended destination for the endangered species, believed to be one or several vendors at Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak Market. Initial reports estimate the black market value of the reptiles at approximately Bt1.2 million.
Sunday’s confiscation of radiated tortoises represents the second such seizure of endangered species at Suvarnabhumi Airport in the past month, after 1,140 endangered star tortoises were confiscated on an inbound flight from Bangladesh in September.

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