Almost 150 tigers were rescued from a Thai temple. Now, over half are dead

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Over half of the tigers rescued from a Thai temple three years ago have died due to infectious diseases and inbreeding-related illnesses.

In 2016, 147 tigers were removed from Thailand's controversial"Tiger Temple" in Kanchanaburi Province, west of the country's capital, Bangkok, that became a tourist attraction where visitors could pose with its resident large cats.

The department's deputy director-general Prakit Wongsriwattanakul said in a statement that most of the rescued tigers were inbred. "The authorities should have asked for help from outside, but instead insisted on doing all work themselves," he said."Hopefully lessons will be learned from this case, but we will have to wait and see."Some of the tigers were rescued after a grisly discovery.

 

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