Wildlife officials at the Bangkok-based Suvarnabhumi Airport recently arrested two Indian women after discovering 109 live wild animals inside their luggage before boarding a plane headed for India.
As specified in a USA Today report via MSN, the chief of the wildlife checkpoint, Sathon Khong-ngern, at Suvarnabhumi Airport said the animals were discovered early this week in two suitcases following an X-ray inspection.
Specifically, a Bangkok Post report said that according to Khong-ngern, Wildlife officials found two white porcupines, a pair of armadillos, 35 turtles, 50 lizards, and 20 snakes inside the luggage.
The authorities apprehended 38-year-old Nithya Raja and 24-year-old Zakia Suthana Ebrahim, who were, at that time, preparing to board a flight to Chennai, India, Khong-ngern said.
The Indian nationals were charged with violations of the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act of 2019, the Customs Act of 2017, and the Animal Disease Act of 2015.
As of this writing, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation of Thailand could not be reached for comment immediately.
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More than 100 live animals were found in the luggage of two Indian nationals at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
Wildlife Protection
A report from The Green Corner specified that the world is presently experiencing a pandemic, a worldwide catastrophe that probably, has not been encountered in the last century.
COVID-19 is spreading, every part of the world is impacted, and each person is affected in one way or another. Everyone blames others, but one standout is the interference of man with the ecosystem.
Like most the past viral disease outbreaks, the present problem is claimed to have been an outcome of contact between animals and humans.
Animal-human contact is primarily because of the interference of men with nature, the attempt to control wildlife up to the point of hunting, merely for pleasure.
Probably, the epidemic is warming all of humanity. With this in mind, one can understand how wildlife conservation should not be underestimated. There are lots of benefits that can be derived through this.
Essentiality of Wildlife
The vitality of wildlife cannot be overemphasized, from ecological balances to sociocultural economic and medicinal values.
These aspects' appreciation not just emphasizes the need for their protection but the realization as well that, that their extinction will cause humans more danger than good. Despite these benefits, humans have continued to get involved in activities that put wildlife in danger.
Trophy hunting, environment reports have specified, is a billion-dollar business where humans are killing wildlife for a set of parts of their body, including horns, skin, and tusks, among others.
In certain regions, it is lawful; in others, it has been thriving underground for many years. Come animals like rhinos and elephants are decreasing in number at an alarming rate, and if no measures are taken, they may be wiped out of the Earth's face.
Hunting and gathering are possible activities that ancient human species were involved in primarily for subsistence purposes, although with evolution and advancement in technology, these livelihood means are not very effective in meeting the present-day needs.
A report about the recent discovery in Suvarnabhumi airport is shown on Animals Planet's YouTube video below:
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