Thailand exerts efforts to protect rare red-whiskered bulbul
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) under the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is speeding up the registration of people breeding the red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), a protected bird popular, with unrfegistered breeders.
Bangkok (VNA) - The Department of NationalParks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) under the Thai Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment is speeding up the registration of people breedingthe red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), a protected bird popular, withunrfegistered breeders.
Athapol Charoenshunsa, acting director-general of DNP said the red-whiskeredbulbul is listed as protected wildlife species No 550 under the 2003ministerial regulation specifying which species are protected from poaching andwhich can be kept without a permit.
Even though the bird is considered a protectedspecies, many are being kept illegally by unregistered breeders, headded.
Statistics from a club of red-whiskered bulbul breedersin Thailand show that only 11,466 people have registered to date due to thestrict and lengthy process of applying for a permit.
The actual number of breeders is far higherthan the records show, he said.
So, the DNP has agreed to make the process lesscomplicated and more convenient, both for breeders and pet lovers, Athapol said,stressing that the decision would help protect the red-whiskered bulbul inthe wild from hunters.
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