Friday 1 March 2013

INQUIRER.net: Thai tourist industry ‘driving’ elephant smuggling

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
Thai tourist industry 'driving' elephant smuggling
Mar 2nd 2013, 04:58

BANGKOK—Smuggling the world's largest land animal across an international border sounds like a mammoth undertaking, but activists say that does not stop traffickers supplying Asian elephants to Thai tourist attractions.   Unlike their heavily-poached African cousins -- whose plight is set to dominate Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) talks in Bangkok next week -- Asian elephants do not often make the headlines.   But the species is also under threat, as networks operate a rapacious trade in wild elephants to meet the demands of Thailand's tourist industry.   Camps and zoos featuring elephants tightrope walking, playing foot...

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