Authorities have been ordered to step up patrols in Kanchanaburi in order to prevent wildlife poaching in the province’s protected areas.
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Varawut Silpa-archa said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered the move after officers at Khao Laem National Park found a tiger’s paw in a snare near Pilokki village.
Local authorities have been told to speed up their search for the poacher, as well as the injured tiger — which they believed was responsible for mauling a local man to death last month.
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