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Hidden Tigers At bangkok Airport

Thailand Flight Delayed - Tigers Found in luggage

A two-month-old tiger cub was found hidden among stuffed toy tigers in a woman’s luggage at a Bangkok airport.

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Found tiger cubs in luggage on flight from Bangkok

The Thai woman, who was about to board a flight from Bangkok to Iran, was stopped at security after an X-ray machine spotted the animal’s beating heart. Wildlife officers took the tiger to a National Parks Department rescue centre where it is now recuperating. The anti-smuggling organisation Traffic warned the incident showed the need for constant monitoring of Thailand flights and tougher sentencing for smugglers.

Big cat smuggling is prevalent in Thailand and the Far East, where black market demand for tiger products for use in Chinese medicine is pushing the species to extinction.

This year is the Chinese Year of the Tiger, and a World Bank fund has been set up to save the estimated 4,000 tigers left in the wild.

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