8 Tigers Die In Vietnam After Being Rescued From Captivity

8 Tigers Die In Vietnam After Being Rescued From Captivity
8 Tigers Die In Vietnam After Being Rescued From Captivity
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No fewer than eight tigers out of 17 that police seized from two farms in a central province of Vietnam have reportedly died after being transported to an eco-tourist site, Africa Daily News, New York reports.

Speaking to newsmen on Friday, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Tran Phuc Thinh who is the chief of Nghe the province’s Environment Police Department confirmed that; ‘Eight tigers have died after being injected with anaesthetic, transported, and placed into care.’

It began on Wednesday, police entered two farms in Nghe An province and seized 17 tigers that had been bred in small metal cages.

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Nguyen Van Hien, one of the tigers’ owners, told police he bought them as cubs in Laos and raised them in his farm.

Local authorities sedated the tigers before transporting them on trucks to Muong Thanh Eco-tourism Site, where they later died.

For many years, both Nghe An province and neighbouring Ha Tinh province had been known as major hotspots for animal trafficking, especially in tigers.

On Sunday, Nghe An Province police also arrested two men from Ha Tinh province after catching them transporting seven live tiger cubs to Nghe An.

The suspect said an unidentified Laotian trafficker had paid them to transport the cubs to Nghe An province.

The cubs were handed over to Pu Mat National Park Rescue Centre.

Tiger-bone paste was a valued ingredient in Vietnamese and Chinese traditional medicine.

A kilogram of pure tiger-bone paste can sell for up to 5,000 dollars on the black market.

 

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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