Police arrange psychiatric assessment of foreign couple who abandoned baby
POLICE have asked psychiatrists to assess the mental condition of a foreign couple over the death of a baby girl they abandoned under a rain tree in Udon Thani province on Wednesday (June 10) as they refused to cooperate with investigators, denied the charges and were chanting prayers loudly at the police station, TV […]
Read MorePolice hunting for foreign couple for abandoning baby who died
POLICE have identified and are chasing a European man and an African American woman for abandoning a baby girl under a rain tree in Udon Thani found by three boys fishing in a drainage canal being bluish-green in colour and unresponsive with a policeman then attempting CPR before transporting her to Udon Thani Hospital […]
Read MoreNewborn baby found abandoned in a paper bag
POLICE and rescue workers rushed to an alley in Pattani City this morning (Sep. 23) after being alerted that a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a paper bag in front of a house, TV Channel 7 said. Upon arrival they found that the baby with the umbilical cord still attached was wrapped […]
Read MoreOwner of pit bull charged in death of baby
POLICE have slapped a charge of negligence against the owner of a pit bull that mauled a two-month-old baby girl to death as her parents were packing some second-hand goods they had purchased yesterday (Sep. 16), TV Channel 7 said this evening. Reporters of this TV station visited an an agricultural produce purchasing yard […]
Read MorePit bull mauls baby girl to death
A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby girl was mauled to death by a pit bull at a house in Uthai Thani province this afternoon (Sep. 16) where her parents, who are junk dealers, had come to buy some second-hand goods, Amarin TV said this evening. At 2.40 p.m. police at Khao Bang Kraek station, Nong Chang district, […]
Read MoreOver 20 baby macaques captured by wildlife traffickers rescued
A TOTAL of 25 pitiful baby macaques who had been captured by wildlife traffickers were rescued from a forest in Ratchaburi today (May 31) where they had been stuffed in blue net bags and hung from the base of a tree, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said. Mr. Sirikoon Sangktaku, chief of Khao […]
Read MoreMoo Deng krathongs a big hit in Pathum Thani
THE followers of a temple in Pathum Thani province have hit the bull’s eye by making krathongs, or small floating containers, in the shape of world-famous baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng for tomorrow’s Loy Krathong festival, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Nov. 14). At Wat Thanyaphon (Wang Matcha) in Lam Luk Ka district, […]
Read MoreHeavy traffic jam as crowds flock to see another cute baby pygmy hippo
NO less cute than world-famous baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi is Moo Duang at Khon Kaen Zoo with there being a seven-kilometre-long traffic jam on Mitraphab road as tourists flocked to see this little one’s playful antics today (Oct. 13), Amarin TV said. With today being His […]
Read MoreBaby found abandoned on Jomtien beach
A BABY boy was found abandoned on Jomtien Beach in Pattaya at dawn today (Oct. 5) by a beach umbrella operator and is now being well taken care of with police tracking down his parents, Naewna newspaper said. At 6.39 a.m. Mr. Suchart Khunjeng, a Pattaya City councillor, was notified that a baby had […]
Read MoreFamous baby pygmy hippo sparks cross-border row with Cambodia
WITH millions of social media fans and packing in visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, two-month-old pygmy hippopotamus “Moo Deng” (bouncy pig) has now triggered a row with Cambodia which claimed that she was born in Cambodia, Sanook.com and Amarin TV said last night (Sep. 16). This drama started after a Facebook […]
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