By Georgia Boatman | Individual Giving Fundraiser
Aswell as funding professional development and training of anti-poaching techniques for park rangers enabling them to build their capacity to protect wildlife populations, especially tigers, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation has also been funding critical wildlife protection and wildlife trade investigations, since 2010.
So therefore we were really excited to learn of the arrest of Boonchai Bach for his alleged involvement in trafficking 14 rhino horns from Thailand to Africa in December.
Boonchai Bach, is known to the police, who claim he is "the ringleader of a major smuggling syndicate" who has been trading in illicit animal parts for over 10 years, he and his family are suspected of selling poached animal parts from tigers, elephants, rhinos, pangolins and lions, to dealers in Laos, Vietnam and China. One of Boonchai's clients is believed to be Southeast Asia's biggest wildlife dealer and this illicit network of regional traffickers has been dubbed 'Hydra'.
In a statement picked up by the press nationwide, Freeland's Steve Galster said "This arrest spells hope for wildlife. We hope Thailand, its neighbouring countries and counterparts in Africa will build on this arrest and tear Hydra apart."
Thank you for helping us to fund undercover investigations that help keep tigers safe!
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