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Pheu Thai promotes ‘animal sports’

Somsak Thepsutin, a key Pheu Thai Party figure, has pledged to promote traditional animal sports to draw more foreign tourists and stimulate the local economy.

Speaking before thousands of people in a rally in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Chawang district on Tuesday, he said traditional animal fights should be widely promoted and turned into a soft power asset.

He said he and his staff had drafted a law on traditional animal races and fights which are recognised as local traditions and culture. If Pheu Thai wins the election by a landslide, it will incorporate bullfighting and cock fighting into a soft power development policy.

Mr Somsak said he personally enjoys bullfighting and cockfighting, which he finds more thrilling than football, adding these traditional animal fights can appeal to foreign…