Deer found dead in Thailand with plastic bags and underwear in stomach

[nitpicker]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/deer-found-dead-in-thailand-with-plastic-bags-and-underwear-in-stomach


Deer found dead in Thailand with plastic bags and underwear in stomach

Agence France-Presse

Wed 27 Nov 2019 05.34 GMT

A deer has been found dead in Thailand after swallowing 7kg (15lb) of plastic bags and other rubbish, raising the alarm on littering in the country’s waters and forests.

The south-east Asian country is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic, with Thais using up to 3,000 single-use plastic bags each per year, whether for wrapping street food, takeaway coffee or packing groceries.

Marine animals like turtles and dugongs have died in its waste-choked waters, and autopsies have found that plastic in the stomach lining contributed to their deaths.

Officials said a 10-year-old deer was found dead in a national park in Nan province, around 630km (390 miles) north of capital Bangkok.

An autopsy discovered “plastic bags in the stomach, which is one of the causes of his death”, said Kriangsak Thanompun, director of the protected region in the Khun Sathan national park.

The bags contained coffee grounds, instant noodle packaging, garbage bags, towels and also underwear, according to photos provided by the national park.
(snip)

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Plastic grocery bags have killed a lot of livestock here in Texas.

But despite this, a lot of Republican legislators voted to prohibit bans of plastic bags by local governments.

Rather ironic, considering how Red most Texas rural districts are.