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Making his fourth appearance as a speaker at RCBS, wildlife saviour Edwin Weik described his pioneering activities to help save wildlife in Thailand, which has involved him in a number of dramatic confrontations with the authorities and vested interests. Originally from Holland, Edwin Weik left school at the age of 17, and joined the army, where he served in the Special Forces. Following his 3-year army career, he joined the family fashion business, which eventually brought him to Hong Kong and Thailand. In 1989 he moved to Thailand, and after a life-changing car accident in 1999, Edwin decided to devote his life to a worthwhile cause. Given a monkey as a gift, he found that there was nowhere in Thailand where he could place the animal for safe keeping, so in 2001 he decided to set up a foundation to look after animals which had suffered at the hands of humans or bred in captivity. The Wildlife Friends Foundation (WFF) now looks after more than 400 animals, including elephants, bears, gibbons, deer, snakes and exotic birds. Located near Hua Hin, the Foundation operates a veterinary clinic, an Elephant Rescue and Education Centre, and a Wildlife Rescue Centre. The Foundation is staffed mainly by volunteers, and has proven to be a popular attraction for visiting tourists. At last week’s luncheon, Edwin Weik focused on the recent events at the so-called “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi, where 137 large tigers where bred as a lucrative tourist attraction, and dead tiger cubs, animal parts and amulets were likely part of a thriving trade in trafficked species. The removal of the tigers from the temple by Thai authorities follows 13 years of campaigning by the WFF and other concerned individuals, to close down the breeding activities EDWIN WEIK WILDLIFE IN TOURISM SOUTH WIND THE ROTARY CLUB OF BANGKOK SOUTH President : Narain Suradejvibul • Immediate Past President : Mike Doyle • President Elect & Membership Director : Krin Charnmaytesakul • Vice President : Dana Caron • Vice President : Joop van Delden • Secretary : Finbarr O’Connor • Treasurer : John Casella • Administration Director : Alastair Timblick • Communications Director : Ravi Sehgal • Fundraising Director : Tim Cornwall • Rotary Foundation Director : Yod Tantianunanont • Service Projects Director : Dean Outerson • Sergeant at Arms : Songkran Grachangnetara Charter Granted 7 August 1961 facebook.com/RotaryBangkokSouth @RotaryBkkSouth No. 2621 10 th June 2016 Today’s Topic: “A NEW DAWN IN RURAL THAI EDUCATION” Mechai Viravaidya By RTN Roy Howard at Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua Temple. The fate of the tigers is now uncertain, as most animals bred in captivity are unable to fend for themselves when released into the wild. The recent events at the “Tiger Temple” highlight an ongoing problem regarding the welfare of wild animals in Thailand. Loss of habitat and the commercialisation of wild animals sees many more tiger farms in Thailand, plus the breeding and illegal export of birds and other small species. Elephants are also used as tourist attractions, and sometimes forced to work in conditions of extreme heat. The decision by circuses in Europe to end the use of large cats as part of their entertainment, is clearly a move in the right direction. World-wide zoos are also reconsidering their programmes for the breeding and display of animals. Hopefully schools will educate young children to recognise that the best place for wild animals is in their natural habitat and resources will be focused on protecting these habitats.
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Making his fourth appearance as a speaker at RCBS, wildlife saviour Edwin Weik described his pioneering activities to help save wildlife in Thailand, which has involved him in a number of dramatic confrontations with the authorities and vested interests. Originally from Holland, Edwin Weik left school at the age of 17, and joined the army, where he served in the Special Forces. Following his 3-year army career, he joined the family fashion business, which eventually brought him to Hong Kong and Thailand. In 1989 he moved to Thailand, and after a life-changing car accident in 1999, Edwin decided to devote his life to a worthwhile cause. Given a monkey as a gift, he found that there was nowhere in Thailand where he could place the animal for safe keeping, so in 2001 he decided to set up a foundation to look after animals which had suffered at the hands of humans or bred in captivity. The Wildlife Friends Foundation (WFF) now looks after more than 400 animals, including elephants, bears, gibbons, deer, snakes and exotic birds. Located near Hua Hin, the Foundation operates a veterinary clinic, an Elephant Rescue and Education Centre, and a Wildlife Rescue Centre. The Foundation is staffed mainly by volunteers, and has proven to be a popular attraction for visiting tourists. At last week’s luncheon, Edwin Weik focused on the recent events at the so-called “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi, where 137 large tigers where bred as a lucrative tourist attraction, and dead tiger cubs, animal parts and amulets were likely part of a thriving trade in trafficked species. The removal of the tigers from the temple by Thai authorities follows 13 years of campaigning by the WFF and other concerned individuals, to close down the breeding activities
EDWIN WEIKWILDLIFE IN TOURISM
SOUTH WINDTHE ROTARY CLUB OF BANGKOK SOUTH
President : Narain Suradejvibul • Immediate Past President : Mike Doyle • President Elect & Membership Director : Krin Charnmaytesakul • Vice President : Dana Caron • Vice President : Joop van Delden • Secretary : Finbarr O’Connor • Treasurer : John Casella • Administration Director : Alastair Timblick • Communications Director : Ravi Sehgal • Fundraising Director : Tim Cornwall • Rotary Foundation Director : Yod Tantianunanont • Service Projects Director : Dean Outerson • Sergeant at Arms : Songkran Grachangnetara
Charter Granted 7 August 1961
facebook.com/RotaryBangkokSouth @RotaryBkkSouth
No. 262110th June 2016
Today’s Topic:
“A NEW DAWN IN RURAL THAI EDUCATION”Mechai Viravaidya
By RTN Roy Howard
at Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua Temple. The fate of the tigers is now uncertain, as most animals bred in captivity are unable to fend for themselves when released into the wild. The recent events at the “Tiger Temple” highlight an ongoing problem regarding the welfare of wild animals in Thailand. Loss of habitat and the commercialisation of wild animals sees many more tiger farms in Thailand, plus the breeding and illegal export of birds and other small species. Elephants are also used as tourist attractions, and sometimes forced to work in conditions of extreme heat. The decision by circuses in Europe to end the use of large cats as part of their entertainment, is clearly a move in the right direction. World-wide zoos are also reconsidering their programmes for the breeding and display of animals. Hopefully schools will educate young children to recognise that the best place for wild animals is in their natural habitat and resources will be focused on protecting these habitats.
PP Stanley MacDonald is welcomed as a new member of RCBS
RTN Marcel and P Narain present a Certificate of Appreciation to Edwin Weik
RTN Frank and P Narain present a Certificate of Appreciation to RTN Stuart Baker
RTN Adrian, RTN Mark, RTN Marcel and visiting Rotarian Udaya Gartaulaenjoy fellowship
RTN Frank wins the Cosmos whisky
Volunteers from Kids Day Out
SNAPSHOTS FROM RCBS LUNCH, 3rd June, 2016
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By RTN Frank Timmons
SISTER RITA HOME,BETONG
KVIK35/21 Petchakasem Rd.Tel. 03 25 30 211
KVIK 992, Sukhumvit 55Tel. 02 71 23 418
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A group of Bangkok South Rotarians visited last April 26 and 27 the St. Joseph’s Orphanage, known to our Club as the Sister Rita Home located at Betong in the province of Yala in Southern Thailand. RCBS started to provide financial support to the Orphanage during the RY 88-89 during PDG Xanxai Visitkul’s District term as District Governor. The Orphanage was started by Sister Rita a Catholic nun from Sri Lanka to be the home of orphans and abandoned children and later to care also of the aged lacking family support. An Endowment Fund was set with contributions from Rotary Clubs outside Thailand in the amount of over Baht 2.0 million and since then the Fund has been administered by the Foundation Committee of RCBS with the logistic support of the Rotary Club of Betong
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Happy Birthdays:PE Krin Charnmaytesakul June 11PP Niti Meyer June 14Joop van Delden June 15
Wedding Anniversary Greetings:Roy Howard June 12
Attendance for 3rd June 2016: 67%Present 38, Make-up 11, Absent 24, Exemption 29, Total 102
Visiting for 3rd June 2016From Local:PP Kriangsak P. RC of Bangkapi
From Abroad:PP Stanley MacDonald RC of Barbados, BarbadosUdaya Gartaula RC of Kathmandu West
Invited Guests: Introduced by:Chokchai Pipatnapaporn Frank TimmonsChris Childs Frank TimmonsChristopher Simcox Frank TimmonsGerard McNeill Frank Timmons
Khun Khob’s Club Almanac #262110 June 2016
The Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park Hotel, 952 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10500 [email protected] | 02632 9160 | www.rotarybangkoksouth.org
Ittipol Witjitsomboon Frank TimmonsJenjira Boonyarat Frank TimmonsJohn Underwood Frank TimmonsKidsada Amatasawasdee Frank TimmonsNatasha Stewart IPP Mike DoyleNattamon Boonsai Frank TimmonsNatnaree Klibmanee Frank TimmonsNarumon Santutheekul Frank TimmonsSasinee Pintapakang Frank TimmonsShane Schneider Frank TimmonsStuart Baker Frank TimmonsStuart Flavell Frank TimmonsYada Tangchaiprasopchok Frank Timmons
Recent Makeups:RC Bangkapi, 31st May 2016: PP Andrew MacPherson, Chip Bowness, PP Philip BaechtoldRC Bangkok, 2nd June 2016: Doug Riach
Makeups:Ban Bang Boon Visit, 11th May 2016: Chip Bowness, Prasert Mangkornkarn
CLUB CALENDAR
Tuesday, 14th June 2016 - RC Pranarai Lopburi Installation Dinner at 6 PM at Lopburi Municipal Hall. Please register with Khun Khob.
Friday, 17th June 2016 – Rang Mahal Fellowship at Rembrandt Hotel, with Indian Buffet – LADIES DAY
Friday, 24th June 2016 – NO MEETING – Installation Dinner onSaturday, 25th June 2016
Saturday, 25th June 2016 – Installation Dinner at Anantara Hotel , Rajdamri Road, details “TBC”
Friday, 1st July 2016 – President Krin Charnmaytesakul “President’s Day”
Friday, 8th July 2016 – Pichai Chuensuksawadi, topic “TCB”
Friday, 15th July 2016 – Bruno Biondi “Origins of Languages”
Friday, 22nd July 2016 – Peace Fellows from the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University
Friday, 29th July 2016 – Professor Ian Fenwick “Fool, I’m Thirsty. May I Drink Your Cool-Aid“
Friday, 5th August 2016 – CLUB BIRTHDAY : Internal Program - “Myths, Legends and Old Tales of RCBS “
Friday 12th August 2016 – NO MEETING : Public Holiday ; HM The Queen’s Birthday Friday 19th August 2016 – Panel of RCBS Members “What’s Your Business? “
For more information about Bangkok South events contact: rotarybangkoksouth.org/calendar-of-events
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