Reserved wild animals are the highest class of protection for animal species in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
's
wildlife conservation framework. There are currently nineteen designated species, defined b
The Wild Animal Conservation and Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) The 2019 act replace
the original law from 1992[ – unofficial translation] The law prohibits hunting, breeding, possessing, or trading any of such species, except when done for scientific research with permission from the Permanent Secretary of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, or breeding and possession by authorised public zoos.
The twenty conserved wild animals
are:
Of these twenty species, the Schomburgk's deer is already extinct, and the Javan and Sumatran rhinoceros are locally extinct in Thailand.
In 1992,
Indian hog deer
The Indian hog deer (''Axis porcinus'') is a small deer native to the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh to mainland Southeast Asia. It also occurs in western Thailand, and is possibly extirpated from China (in sou ...
(''Axis porcinus'') (เนื้อทราย), added in 1960, was removed from the list.
In the near future, Thailand will add
Irrawaddy dolphin (''Orcaella brevirostris'') (โลมาหัวบาตร) as a reserved species after only 14 of them were found in the latest survey of Songkhla Lake.
References
External links
*{{citation, title=Wildlife Conservation in Thailand, author=Wildlife Conservation Development and Extension Section, Wildlife Conservation Division, Royal Forest Department, url=http://web3.dnp.go.th/wildlifenew/downloads/Wildlife%20Conservation%20in%20Thailand.pdf.
Wildlife conservation in Thailand
Fauna of Thailand