Tigers die after Thai temple rescue

Updated September 15 2019 - 6:58pm, first published 6:56pm
Many tigers taken from a Thai temple have died because inbreeding weakened their immune systems.
Many tigers taken from a Thai temple have died because inbreeding weakened their immune systems.

More than half of the tigers that Thai authorities confiscated in 2016 from an infamous Tiger Temple tourist attraction have died from a viral disease because their immune systems were weakened by inbreeding, media reports say.

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