Protected wild animals seized at Chonburi snake farm

CHON BURI, April 25 – Local authorities seized an undisclosed number of protected wild snakes today at a snake farm in Sattahip district after local residents reported to authorities that tourists from abroad came to consume the reptiles and their byproducts.

Four pythons and Burmese Pythons were also confiscated there, which were to be sent later to a wildlife rescue centre by the authorities, as the farm caretakers were unable to produce legal documents allowing them to possess the protected animals.

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