Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2562 (2019).

This Act is enacted to efficiently facilitate the conservation, protection, care, and restoration of wild lives and their habitats, ensure the maintenance and administration of wildlife sanctuaries and non-hunting areas, manage wildlife and other natural resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity in these areas in a balanced and sustainable manner.
The Act created five categories of wildlife: preserved wildlife, protected wildlife, controlled wildlife, dangerous wildlife, and wildlife carcasses. Preserved wildlife are rare or endangered wild animals. Protected wildlife means wild animals that are important to the ecosystem or species whose population tends to decrease, which may affect the ecosystem. Controlled wildlife means wild animals that are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and other wild animals that require appropriate control measures as specified in this Act.
The Act prohibits hunting of preserved or protected wild animals. The Act also prohibits possession of preserved wild animals, protected wild animals, or the carcass of these wild animals except as otherwise permitted by the Act. A person may breed protected wild animals if the government specifies the species to be allowed for breeding and the person obtains a license. A license is also required when a person keeps protected wildlife that can be propagated. The Act also requires a person who transports a preserved wild animal, protected wild animal, controlled wild animal, carcasses of these animals, or products derived from such carcasses to notify the authority for inspection. Trading in preserved wild animals, protected wild animals, their carcasses or products derived from such carcasses is prohibited. Any person who wishes to establish and operate a zoo business must obtain a license from the Director-General. Determination of a wild animal of any kind, category to be a dangerous wildlife shall be In accordance with the announcement of the Minister. Anyone who has possession of such dangerous wild animal or carcass need to notify the competent official and follow the control measures for dangerous wildlife or carcasses in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Director-General.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: offences and penalties in trafficking of CITES species, illegal possession of CITES species, preserved species, etc.