SONG PI NONG, Thailand — Soldiers and prisoners were deployed Sunday to help slaughter millions of chickens hit by avian influenza as Thailand’s government sought to deflect criticism that it ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Thailand is home to more than 1,100 species of birds and is a crucial stopover location on global bird migration routes. However, the country’s ...
Birds being sold included nine species listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, as well as eight species that are Near Threatened, study found. The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), a ...
Thailand's government confirmed Friday that two boys and an undetermined number of chickens have contracted the bird flu virus, while the U.N. agriculture agency said that chickens in Cambodia also ...
Twenty-three tigers died and 30 more are sick from bird flu at a private zoo in Thailand after eating the carcasses of infected chickens, but health officials said Tuesday that there was little threat ...
The bird flu eruption in Asia, which the WHO says could set off an epidemic worse than SARS, has leapt into humans in Thailand and appeared in Cambodia, officials said on Friday. A chicken butcher, ...
Thailand's hopes of following Japan in declaring a swift end to its huge bird flu crisis were dashed Monday as the virus that has killed 20 Asians reappeared in eight areas where it had been thought ...
Still far from under control, bird flu is sweeping menacingly through south east Asia. Along with its neighbours, Thailand faces a crisis not just for its poultry industry but also for public health.
Growing up in northern Thailand, Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok would sketch and paint the birds he saw during family outings. These early artistic pursuits soon fledged into a lifelong passion for avian ...