APINYA WIPATAYOTIN Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on Thais to stop eating wildlife in a bid to help protect animal populations. Gen Prayut said he was unhappy with Thais who liked to eat exotic foods where the main ingredients come from wildlife. He said those people believed that eating such foods would help improve their health and make them stronger. Yet if the concern really was health, he said, people should opt for taking vitamins that can yield better results. Gen Prayut was speaking yesterday at a forum to celebrate World Environment Day which falls on June 5 every year The theme this year was "Go Wild for Life" with the aim of encouraging the public not to participate in activities linked to the illegal wildlife trade and wildlife poaching, to preserve animal species in forests. "Thai people eat tigers, pangolins and birds. They eat all types of wildlife. It is so cruel to do so," Gen Prayut said. "Look at their eyes, please, they look like us. I want Thais to show more mercy towards those animals. "As for myself I admit] I eat shark's fin.