CHARNCHAI BACKS JAPANESE REQUEST TO RAISE TWO JUMBOS AT OSAKA ZOO

Animal rights groups and environmentalists say sending the elephants to Japan would send a wrong signal that Thailand supports trade in endangered wildlife.

Soraida Salwala, founder of the Bangkok-based Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation, urged the minister to scrap the planned jumbo export.

"The government should keep the elephants here, while Tokyo should stop asking for the jumbos," said Ms Soraida.


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