Some of the illegal
wildlife contraband found for sale at a Najomtien snake farm.
Patcharapol Panrak
Sattahip officials raided a snake farm where tourists were
caught drinking cobra blood to increase their sexual potency.
Permanent Secretary Krtisana Yusukh led wildlife, public-health and
animal-control officers to the Najomtien farm April 25 after reports
about the illegal snake-blood drinking.
Twenty South Korean tourists were found drinking cobra blood mixed with
alcohol on the two-rai homestead filled with hundreds of cobras and
reticulated India pythons. Dried snake brains and eggs were also
available for purchase.
Inthrapithak (surname unknown), 44, could not produce any licenses or
permits for the endangered snakes, which were taken from him and sent to
a nursery in Sriracha. If he cannot produce paperwork authorizing
possession, Inthrapithak faces up to four years in prison and a 40,000
baht fine.
