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Thailand: NGO blocks shipment of elephants to Australia.

Thai Press Reports

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(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: General News - A Kanchanaburi wildlife conservation group announced that it won't negotiate with the government and waits for the result of DNA testing to verify whether the Australia-bound elephants are home-bred or from the wild.

The Kan Conservation Group has blocked the shipment of eight elephants to Australia on the grounds that the elephants may have been captured from the wild and may have difficulties adjusting to life in captivity.

Mrs. Pinan Chotirosseranee, head of the group, said Kan is not prepared to negotiate a concession with Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon.

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