Wildlife dept struggling to feed 26,000 rescued wildlife

A leopard cub, about one month old, is seized from an Indian man at a petrol station in Bangkok's Bang Khunthian district in February last year. (File photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is struggling to feed some 26,000 rescued wild animals, as the government has cut the yearly budget for taking care of them by 50 million baht.

Ratchada Suriyakul na Ayutthaya, director-general of the department, said on Thursday that many wild animals seized from wildlife traffickers were kept at wildlife breeding centres.