The Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand released 11 sarus cranes in the Huai Chorakhe Mak reservoir in Buri Ram to mark Valentine’s Day. Thana Boonlert
‘We teach them humans are not friends, but foes,” said Tanet Uttaraviset, an animal scientist at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo, while opening the door of the nursery for young sarus cranes. Inside this leafy circular enclosure is a green puddle where his words echo the conflict between humans and tall waterbirds under threat of extinction.
“Outsiders are dangerous,” he added.
In the old days, there was an abundance of cranes in fields and swamps. HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab visited cities in Nakhon Ratchasima between December 1905 and February 1906 and in his record Lan Nokkrarian (Crane Field), tens of thousands of cranes were building…
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