Yesterday, rangers at Khao Laem national park in Kanchanaburi ordered the elimination of four houses, belonging to 5 folks suspected of looking and killing two endangered Bengal tigers final week. The suspects and their families, or anyone else at present residing in the properties, should leave within 30 days. Itemized who don’t comply will be charged with violating the National Park Act by illegally occupying land inside a park. They risk a penalty of 4 to 20 years and a fine between four hundred,000 baht to 2,000,000 baht.
Rangers had obtained reports of hunters killing wild animals in the national park. They search the park and found a camp the place tiger pelts had been hung as a lot as dry and tiger meat was nonetheless cooking on a grill. Four suspects later turned themselves in to police. More current reports say there are actually a total of 5 suspects. The suspects reportedly claimed the tigers had killed and eaten 20 cows belonging to themselves and local farmers. They said they then used the corpse of one of many cows to lure the tigers to them so they could kill it.
The head of the park said park officers discovered the two lifeless female tigers, one shotgun, 5 shotgun cartridges, two home-made rifles, 176 rounds of ammunition, two bottles containing gunpowder, one bag of gunpowder, one loaded shotgun, a parcel envelop, a pack of blood pressure tablets, and 22 ping-pong bombs..