News Forum - Unemployed Bangkok chef arrested after allegedly trying to sell rare butterflies to undercover agents

[Thaiger]

An out of work Thai chef was arrested for allegedly trying to sell 8 preserved butterflies, all of which are rare species, to undercover officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation at a shopping centre in Bangkok. The unidentified 29 year old unemployed chef, who previously worked at a Japanese restaurant in a Sukhumvit hotel, allegedly told officials that the butterflies belonged to him and used to reside on the walls of the Japanese restaurant. Navee Changphirom, chief of the 1362 special operations unit of the wildlife department says that his officers had found an advertisement […]

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[Nobodysfriend]

24 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

sell 8 preserved butterflies, all of which are rare species

Nearly extinct already , they then attract even more hunters who believe that they can make some fast money by catching and selling them . How many die because of this ?

Every day , about 130 species on this planet disappear forever . Extinct , they will never come back .

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17826898

 

Everything is connected .

Time is running out for the dominant species as well ...

You do not believe it ? Wait and see ...

Edited September 19, 2021 by Nobodysfriend

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

34 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

An out of work Thai chef was arrested for allegedly trying to sell 8 preserved butterflies, all of which are rare species, to undercover officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation at a ……..

Beach.
The sting was made from their Van? An investigation is ongoing to find out if the officers went for a swim before or after the arrest

[Jason]

I think this is symptomatic of the unemployment this pandemic has caused. That someone goes to these lengths to make money is telling. I don't think that when he was gainfull employed as a chef he would have even contemplated this. 

[AlexPTY]

it ok to hang it on the wall, but god forbid if you try to sell