Thai-Cambodian border villagers reluctantly selling their cattle
AFTER suffering a prolonged spell of loss of income villagers living along the border with Cambodia in Siriket’s Kantharalak district are now reluctantly selling their cattle at very low prices amid fears of a new round of clashes breaking out, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 19). Reporters from this TV station visited the cattle […]
Read MoreFirst batch of 2,000 cattle being exported to Vietnam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FIRST BATCH of 2,000 cattle is scheduled for export from Thailand to Vietnam next month, a government official confirmed today (Jan.19). The 2,000 cattle are currently being groomed for next month’s shipment on seagoing liners from Petchaburi to Quy Nhon in Vietnam, according to the official of the Ministry […]
Read MoreGovt pressed to bust Myanmar cattle smuggling in Tak
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE GOVERNMENT WAS PRESSED today (Jan.18) to take action against bribe-taking government officials and black-marketing smugglers of Myanmar cattle in northwestern border areas of Tak. Democrat leader/former agriculture & cooperatives minister Chalermchai Sri-on called on the Pheu Thai-led government to promptly stop the Thai-Myanmar cattle smuggling rackets in collusion with […]
Read MoreChiang Rai farmers call for crackdown on smuggling of Myanmar cattle
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMERS IN CHIANG RAI have called for a stepped-up crackdown on the smuggling of cattle from Myanmar resulting in a sharp decline in the selling prices of their domestic livestock. The cattle-raising villagers of Doi Larn area in the capital district of the northern province confirmed today (Dec.19) herds of […]
Read MoreDozens of cattle smuggled from Myanmar seized
A BORDER Patrol Police unit seized a herd of 84 cattle smuggled to Prachuab Khiri Khan province from Myanmar but three men driving them across the border managed to escape in the dark, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 7), Pol. Lt. Col. Tawee Phanoi, commander of company 146 manning Singkhon checkpoint, took a team […]
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