Thailand: Graphic images of 40 dead tiger cubs found in freezer during Buddhist Tiger Temple raid
David Sim By David Sim
June 1, 2016 IBT
A dead tiger cub is held up by an official after authorities found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer during a raid on the controversial Tiger TempleDaily News/Reuters
The carcasses of 40 tiger cubs have been found in a freezer during a raid on Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi Province, west of Bangkok. The bodies of the baby tigers were discovered alongside that of a binturong, a protected species commonly known as a bearcat, and other animal parts.
There are fears that tiger body parts may have been sold for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The cubs were found in a freezer in a kitchen area, Adisorn Nuchdamrong, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, told Reuters. "They must be of some value for the temple to keep them. But for what is beyond me," he said.
Thai wildlife officers collect samples for DNA testing from the carcasses of 40 tiger cubs found undeclared at the Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Tiger TempleDario Pignatelli/Getty Images
Wildlife officials install a tunnel of cages to lure a tiger out of an enclosureChristophe Archambault/AFP
A Buddhist monk is pictured playing with tigers at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi Province in February 2015Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
A foreign tourist is pictured posing for a photo with a tiger in 2005Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP
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