Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 http://nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=5 & id=116629 & usrsess=1 Published on Jul 4, 2004 Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) are protesting against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's idea of bartering elephants for koalas. On his weekly radio spot the prime minister said that from July 4 to 7 he would go to Australia, where he wanted to barter Thai elephants for a koala. " Koalas and pandas could make Chiang Mai a more famous tourist attraction. Two kinds of bears will attract plenty of tourists, " said Thaksin, apparently unaware that neither species is in fact a bear. FAE Secretary-General Soraida Salwala said her foundation would certainly write asking the prime minister to drop the idea. She said elephants should live in forests and zoos were not suitable for them. " The prime minister should realise the importance of the Thai elephant, whose numbers are continually declining, " she said. She has already come out against Thaksin's proposal for an elephant park. ~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~*+*~~~ I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. ~Abraham Lincoln /\ /\ >' .' < Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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