Man prosecuted for illegally keeping 2 tigers in captivity in northern Vietnam
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 16:10 GMT+7
Police in Hai Duong Province, northern Vietnam said on Tuesday that they had initiated legal proceedings against a 44-year-old local man for raising two tigers in captivity.
In particular, Dong Xuan Cong, residing in Kim Thanh District, Hai Duong, was charged with violating regulations on the protection of endangered and rare animals.
On May 4, police and rangers in the province detected Cong raising the two tigers with each measuring some 70 kilograms in a steel cage.
They were in good health at the time.
Cong confessed that he bought the two tigers on social media.
According to the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the tigers, whose scientific name is Panthera tigris, are in the list of rare and endangered species that need to be preserved.
The two animals have been handed over to the Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Center under the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Hai Duong police are further investigating the case.
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