Bangkok - the Red Cross Snake Farm

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Each week we post a link (or two) to an article in Bangkok 101 - and this week we point you to an article about the Red Cross Snake Farm.
 
The building was opened in 1913 and was known as the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute. following this the Royal Family became involved because the daughter of a Prince in Thailand died from rabies – the king supported a government institution researching into creating a vaccine for rabies and venomous snake study.
 
 
In 1917 it became the Pasteur Institute and the Red Cross Society taking over the administrative duties.  Following the death of Queen Saovabha the King built a permanent memory to her and for it to be used for research in the field of research into medical science….
 
And today it does the same thing - http://www.saovabha.com/th/default.asp. The closest BTS is Sala Daeng.
 
 
It is certainly worth visiting if you are in Bangkok and have an interest in this sort of thing – for more information please click here. 

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