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The ‘proof’ is in the Poo: Thai building tycoon pinched for animal poaching
Thai officials are testing human faeces found at a campsite in a wildlife sanctuary to try to prove their case against a tycoon accused of illegal poaching. Construction magnate Premchai Karnasuta has denied poaching charges against him and three others. They were arrested this month in Thungyai Naresuan national park, where rangers stumbled upon their camp and found illegal guns and animal carcasses. The slain animals at the campsite were a black leopard, a Kalij pheasant and a red muntjac or barking deer – protected species under Thai conservation law.
What next? A wildlife official said the discovery of the excrement was important because it was near the camp and he did not believe Premchai would wander deep into the woods to do his business. He said it was suspiciously close to used bullet casings and the place the panther was skinned.