Better protection sought for Thailand’s helmeted hornbill

BANGKOK (AP) — Conservationists say time is running out for Thailand’s dwindling population of helmeted hornbills thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big yellow beaks.
Fewer than 100 of the birds are thought to be left in Thailand, and the species, known by the scientific name Rhinoplax vigil, is listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Worries over its survival intensified after the