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Butchered tigers, leopards seized on Thai-Lao border: navy

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Six slaughtered tigers and five leopards have been seized along with 275 live pangolins as traffickers tried to smuggle them across the Mekong River into Laos, the Thai navy said Wednesday.
The animals were being loaded off trucks and onto a boat when a navy patrol discovered them late Tuesday, Lieutenant Commander Teeranan Dangpun told AFP.
At least six people escaped into the forest, while others on the boat fled into Laos carrying four sacks believed to contain more animal remains, said Teeranan, who led the operation.
The six Bengal tigers discovered on the riverbank had been sliced in half, while the leopards had had their organs removed, he said.
“This is the second time we have intercepted wildlife being smuggled across the river to Laos. We suspect that the smugglers are all part of the same ring,” Teeranan said.
In the operation last month, Teeranan said his team arrested seven smugglers and rescued 30 live pangolins.
All trade in Asian pangolins has been illegal since 2000. Their meat is regarded as a delicacy in China and their scales are believed to cure a wide range of ailments.
“Information from those smugglers led us to this case. Otherwise, we would never have caught any of them,” he said.
The remains were sent to the conservation department for analysis to determine where they were taken from, he said.
The pangolins probably originated in Malaysia or Indonesia and were being trafficked through Thailand, he said.
According to Teeranan, a wild cat can be sold for 100,000 to 200,000 baht (3,000 to 6,000 dollars), while live pangolins are worth around 2,200 baht (66 dollars) per kilogram.
Each pangolin weighs about four kilograms (nine pounds).
Hannarong Yaowalers, a Thai wildlife activist, said the butchered felines were likely raised in captivity, because catching so many big cats in the wild was difficult.
Tiger hunting is illegal worldwide.
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