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Blacktip reef sharks get protected status as Environment Minister blasts video cruelty


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Thailand’s Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment has blasted a TikTok video that shows Krabi boatmen shooting at blacktip reef sharks. Varawut Silpa-archa has slammed what he describes as an act of gratuitous violence and says the sharks will be added to the list of protected marine species. According to the Bangkok Post, the video surfaced on Monday and shows 5 men using a gun to kill the sharks, around 90 kilometres from the protected area of Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park, in the southern province of Krabi. In the clip, the men can be seen […]

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