Envirosea - Environemnt South East Asia - your source for information, news, opinion, forums, photogrpahs and articles about Thailand and South East Asia's underwater realms, environmental issues, marine pollution, and conservation issues., During September Pattaya gained another new artifical reef in the shape of the HTMS Kut at Koh Larn., Sadly, in Thailand bears (Asiatic Black bears and Sun bears) have been stolen from the wild to be sold as pets; some were taken for their body parts by what we now, internationally, understand to be scientifically false medical theories (totally)!