Yesterday Edwin Wiek, the director of the Center was confined to 8 months jail on probation and Baht 20.000 (around 400 Euro) for his “crime” to give Orangutans provisional shelter waiting to be sent back to Indonesia. He gave shelter because he was already long involved to finalize the scandal of 54 Orangutans being smuggled [...]
Archive for July 11th, 2008
Breaking news concerning the raid of Thai officials to confiscate Orangutans brought to the Rescue Center of the Wildlife Friends of Thailand (WFFT) in 2004.
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