Real tiger cub found in luggage with stuffed toys

[joeybee12]

A live tiger cub was found drugged and hidden among stuffed-tiger toys in the luggage of a woman at Bangkok's airport, a wildlife smuggling watchdog group reported Thursday.

The Thai woman, whose name was not released, was trying to board a flight to Iran on Sunday when she had trouble checking in her oversized bag, the monitoring network TRAFFIC said in a statement.

Airport staff "suspected something amiss when they scanned the bag and X-ray images showed an item resembling a real cat," the group stated.

Thai officials are investigating whether the two-month-old cub was caught in the wild or bred in captivity, as well as where it came from and the suspect's intended final destination.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38869100/ns/world_news-asiapacific/




Poor little guy looks out of it...hopefully it's just a little disoriented.

As for this woman? Stick her in the same cell as that stupid dumpster stuffing brit!

[FSogol]

1. Just great. Not only do I have to take off my shoes, but now they will search my bags for Tigers?

:shrug:

[Warpy]

2. Poor little kitty.

I'm sure some rich asshole was paying a fortune for him.

Let's hope he now has a shot at a better life than being stuck in a cage at some tacky overdone villa for the amusement of rich brats with sticks.

He's a cute little bugger, isn't he?

[closeupready]

5. Adorable. :-) Looks like a Siberian cub, no?

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[another saigon]

7. if it is

and it was found in the wild that would be the first time in decades. Thank god he survived. It makes you wonder where his mum and siblings are.

:(

[valerief]

8. My thought exactly. Some rich asshole. nt

[joeybee12]

9. he is adorable...I want to pick him up and hug him and never let him go!

:loveya:

[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. Poor little tigger

Someone probably paid this witch a lot of money to get them a tiger cub. I hope she is fully prosecuted for this. At least. And the buyer, too.

[drmeow]

6. There is a good chance

she's not the one getting the really big bucks for this - she's a courier. If that's true, I hope she sings like a bird ... it would be nice to track it back to the real players at both ends and nail those guys, too!

[joeybee12]

10. Good point...it'd be nice to bring some big traffickers down..n/t

[xchrom]

4. poor baby.

well at least he won't be killed for some natural health remedy.