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Her Majesty the Queen has always taken a keen interest in the complex relationship that exists among living organisms in Nature and her awareness of the ecosystem has led to initiation and implementation of a number of environment conservation and wildlife protection projects when she accompanied His Majesty the King to visit the people in different regions of the kingdom.

Her Majesty has been concerned about the fact that several animal species are being destroyed and that animal off-spring are often taken away from their parents and their habitats, to be kept in captivity. This has led to her resolution to fine fertile land in different parts of the country to be used as open zoos where animals can live freely in natural surroundings.

To this end, Her Majesty the Queen has dedicated herself to hard work, doing everything possible to find solutions for problems involving wildlife. Determined to conserve animal species, whenever the villagers present to her as gifts, wild animals or ornaments made of animal's organs, she tells them that she would rather see these animals alive.

With her dedication and with support from the public, together with technical advice from experts, wildlife conservation projects have been implemented in different parts of the country.

Bird Sanctuaries is another project under the royal initiation. At present two aviaries have been established, one at the Bangsai SUPPORT Center in Ayutthaya Province and the other at Khao Khiew in Chonburi Province. At these aviaries, an emphasis is given on natural settings where birds are raised properly and propagated.

The aviaries also serve as resource centers where information on rare species of birds that are near extinction can be obtained. More over, the lovely ornithological creatures there have also become an inspiration for men to love and care for Nature enough to want to take care of natural resources and leave them as legacies to their posterity.

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