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Buffalo population in Thailand is shrinking sharply

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
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May 15, 2019

Whoever sees pictures of the rice fields in the Isaan usually comes across an icon: the water buffalo. However, this will become less and less in the future. Now the country has only 800.000 buffalo, in 2009 there were 1,3 million, according to figures from the Department of Livestock Development.

This decline is mainly due to the mechanization of rice cultivation. Few farmers still use buffaloes to plow the land. The decline has meanwhile led to an increase in the value and price of buffalo, says chairman Sombat of the Association for Thai Buffalo Conservation and Development.

He said that yesterday on National Thai Buffalo Conservation Day. He himself keeps 120 giant buffalo, each weighing more than a ton and considered one of the most beautiful Thai buffalo breeds. They are now worth more than 20 million baht.

Chai Nat Phatthana Khwai Thai Farm owner Duangphon brought a 5-year-old bull weighing 1,1 tons to a competition in Phitsanulok yesterday to mark National Thai Buffalo Conservation Day. The animal has a price tag of 1,5 million baht.

Buffalo are not only kept for plowing the land, many Thai consider buffalo meat a delicacy.

Source: Bangkok Post

Number of times read: 296

2 responses to “Buffalo population in Thailand is shrinking sharply”

  1. boonma somchan says up
    15 May 2019 at 15: 32

    Kwai ting tong = mad cow

  2. l.low size says up
    17 May 2019 at 08: 56

    Then the bar ladies are right: "Buffalo is sick" or the farang wants to give money!


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