Wildlife authorities have found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand’s infamous Tiger Temple during a raid to remove live animals. The 40 dead tiger cubs were found in a freezer in a kitchen area, said Adisorn Nuchdamrong, the deputy director general of the Department of National Parks. Adisorn said officials had moved 52 live tigers from the temple since Monday, leaving 85 still there. The temple promotes itself as a wildlife sanctuary, but in recent years it has been investigated for suspected links to wildlife trafficking and animal abuse. The Buddhist temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, had become a tourist destination where visitors snapped selfies with bottle-fed cubs.

Source: The Guardian June 01, 2016 07:40 UTC