Thai customs officials show seized ivory during a press conference at the customs office of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on August 21, 2009. The ivory was seized from a shipment from Uganda and Kenya to Thailand and included 316 pieces of ivory weighing a total of 2000 kilos. The ivory is estimated to be worth more than 50 million baht. (Richard Barrow/Paknam.com)

Thai veterinarian Juthamas Sumanam (L) performs a vasectomy on a macaque monkey in the town of Lopburi, 155 km (96 miles) north of Bangkok, August 19, 2009. Thailand started a birth control programme to sterilise male monkeys with the aim of controlling their population in the famous monkey town of Lopburi. The programme took place after many villagers complained about the increasing numbers of monkeys and their aggressive attacks on people. Picture taken August 19, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

A Thai veterinarian prepares male macaque monkeys before their vasectomy procedures in the town of Lopburi, 155 km (96 miles) north of Bangkok, August 19, 2009.

Asian Elephant calf Luk Chai receives a traditional ecumenical Thai blessing for good health and success at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. To respect the Thai heritage of the elephant and herd, the blessing was performed by a senior Monk along with 8 other Monks from Canberra and Sydney temples, and the occasion was also attended by the former owners and mahout of the mother Thong Dee who travelled from Thailand to attend. (Getty Images)

Asian Elephant calf Luk Chai receives a traditional ecumenical Thai blessing for good health and success at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. (Getty Images)

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva strikes a pose with three celebrity presenters of the MO-SO (Moderation Society) project at the Praew magazine studio. The presenters are guitarist Add Carabao, far left, Pod Moderndog vocalist Thanachai Ucchin (in a checkered jacket), and vocalist Dan Worrawech Danuwong of former trio D2B. (DailyXpress)

Thaksin Shinawatra supporters carrying boxes of petition march through nearby streets to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. At least 20,000 Thaksin supporters gathered to seek a royal pardon for the deposed prime minister. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra carry boxes containing the details of five million signatures through the Grand Palace in Bangkok August 17, 2009. More than 20,000 supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin rallied in the historic heart of Bangkok on Monday, seeking a royal pardon for the fugitive billionaire and illustrating a deep political divide. (Reuters Pictures)

American John Yettaw (C) arrives in Thailand's military airbase in Bangkok August 16, 2009. A U.S. senator met Myanmar's top general and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while arranging the release of prisoner Yettaw on a weekend mission that offered a rare opening for better ties with the isolated nation. Yettaw's swim to Suu Kyi's home in May led to her renewed detention. (Reuters)

Elephant keepers help a staff member from Protheses Foundation, bottom right, to fit an artificial leg for Motola, a 48-year-old female elephant who lost part of her left leg after stepping on a land mine 10 years ago at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, northern Thailand Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. (AP)

Mosha, a 3-year-old elephant, is helped to walk by its keepers after putting on an artificial leg at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, northern Thailand Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. Mosha, also a land mine victim, became the world's first elephant with an artificial leg. (AP)

Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) sits down with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a courtesy call at the Malacanang grounds in Manila August 14, 2009. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES POLITICS)

Chutima Durongdej, Miss Thailand 2009, performs in a National Costume show in the Rainforest Theater at the Wyndham Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas. Thailand wins the 3rd place in Best National Costume at the Miss Universe Competition. (Hand Out, Miss Universe L.P., LLLP)