Vietnam man arrested for storing dead
tiger in freezer
The dead
tiger found in Le Van Duc’s freezer being weighed by Vietnamese authorities.
Tuoi Tre
A Vietnamese suspect was on
Thursday caught red-handed storing a dead tiger and tiger skin inside a
freezer.
Police in
the north-central province of Nghe An on Thursday arrested 26-year-old Le Van
Duc, who lives in Dien Lam Commune, Dien Chau District.
Duc was
caught stuffing a dead tiger into his freezer at around 7:00 pm.
Police later
found a headless tiger skin stored underneath the frozen dead tiger.
The dead
tiger weighed 37 kilograms and the tiger skin weighed 21 kilograms, according
to police measurements.
The
headless tiger skin found in Le Van Duc’s freezer being weighed by Vietnamese
authorities. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Duc is being
questioned on the origin of the tiger and where he planned to sell the
endangered animal.
The
poaching, transportation, and trading of endangered wild animals are outlawed
in Vietnam, and transgressors are eligible for up to seven years behind bars,
according to the country’s Penal Code.
In Vietnam,
tigers are poached and traded for their skin, which can be processed into
household decorations, while their bones can be slow-cooked into a thick paste that
is rumored to cure a wide range of illnesses.
The dead tiger found inside Le
Van Duc’s freezer. Photo: Tuoi Tre
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Thứ Năm, 27 tháng 10, 2016
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