Thai authorities have seized a beheaded tiger and other dismembered animal corpses during a raid at a private Thai zoo.
While raiding the Mukda Tiger Park Farm in Mukdahan in Isaan province, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) seized multiple big cats being kept at the park.
Local Thai reports claimed some of the animals were dead, and photos of a severed tiger's head were shared by Thai news sites. Five tiger cubs, believed to have been illegally smuggled, were also seized in the operation.
Officials conducted DNA tests on three of the five cubs seized, and found they were not related to any of the tigers in the Mudka Tiger Park Farm. The results suggest the tigers had been smuggled into the park, according to DNP director general Prakit Wongsriwattanakul.