KANCHANABURI: Thai officials armed with a court order resumed the removal of tigers from a controversial temple which attracts tourists as a petting zoo, but stands accused of selling off the big cats for slaughter.
One tiger was tranquilised yesterday afternoon and carried away on a stretcher, while another was lured into a cage to be relocated from the Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua temple, said an AFP photographer at the scene.
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