Three arrested in Phetchaburi for illegally possessing elephant meat, ivory

Thai elephant
Thai elephant. Photo: Love Krittaya.

Three people have been arrested for purchasing elephant meat and ivory from poachers who allegedly hunted the pachyderms in Phetchaburi province’s Kaeng Krachan national park. [Read More…]

Two held in killing of wild elephant in Phetchaburi: ivory buyer sought

Thailand News Breaking News
Thailand News Breaking News. Image: TN.

Phetchaburi police have asked the provincial court for permission to detain without bail two suspects accused of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park [Read More…]

Thai army helicopter crashes in park, third this month

Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Sikorsky S-76B helicopter
A Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Sikorsky S-76B helicopter. Photo: PH1 KEVIN H. TIERNEY, USN - DOD.

Bangkok – An army helicopter crashed early Sunday in a national park in western Thailand, news reports said, the third chopper to go down in [Read More…]

All Thai Black Hawk helicopter passengers confirmed dead

Thai UH-1H helicopter
Thai UH-1H helicopter in Korat. Photo: TSgt. James E. Lotz, USAF.

PHETCHABURI, 22 July 2011 (NNT) – All nine passengers, including pilots of the missing army Black Hawk helicopter are confirmed dead after the chopper crashed [Read More…]