Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 http://www.pretorianews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3453734 Kenyans cheer Thai coup September 26, 2006 *Edition 1* ** Wildlife activists in Kenya heaved a sigh of relief yesterday as experts said this week's coup d'etat in Thailand had dealt a final blow to a controversial plan to export animals to a Thai zoo. The ouster of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has effectively killed the proposal to send hundreds of wild African animals to a safari park in the ex-premier's hometown in the South-east Asian nation, they said. " The deal is as good as dead, " said a senior official in Kenya's tourism ministry, which had promoted the deal despite a huge outcry. " Ironically, it's a bit of a relief, since the government had come under intense pressure left, right and centre to stop it, " the official said. Elizabeth Wamba, the east African spokesperson for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, has urged the Kenyan government to rip up the transfer agreement. " It was a bad deal from the onset, " she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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