Famous Thai YouTuber under fire for collecting hermit crabs

A famous YouTuber ‘OauJun Hi-End‘ with 4.5 million subscribers, posted a video of himself collecting a bunch of hermit crabs and bringing them home. He posted a video yesterday apologising for catching them, as he didn’t know he would attract so much attention.

Varawut Silpa-archa, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, says he will investigate him for his actions. A lot of people demanded the YouTuber free the hermit crabs where he had caught them.

The Minister asked sponsors and viewers to boycott OauJun Hi-End, saying that his actions could have a negative impact on the younger audience, and create a poor example for them.

“Most of his followers are youths. Imagine if each one of them collected a hermit crab and took it home from a trip to the sea, up to 700,000 crabs might end up dying or being taken away from their natural habitat.”