Too late for these tigers!

At midnight August 11th, two tiger carcasses were discovered by police in a local restaurant in South Vietnam.

 

Aug13-tigers confiscated in Dong Nai province

 

 

The tigers had been trafficked from North to South Vietnam to make tiger bone medicine, a traditional treatment falsely believed to soothe numerous ailments including bone-related complaints.

 

Two traffickers were arrested and six other people involved are summoned for further investigation.

 

Photo courtesy of baodongnai.com.vn

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