Starving lions, bears found caged in abandoned Cambodian border casino
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Starving lions, bears found caged in abandoned Cambodian border casino

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One of the two lions found in cages inside the now-abandoned Cambodian casino opposite the Thai Trat border. (Photo: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation)
One of the two lions found in cages inside the now-abandoned Cambodian casino opposite the Thai Trat border. (Photo: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation)

Five emaciated animals, two lions and three bears, were found abandoned in cages when Thai marines inspected a captured casino building immediately across the border from Trat province. 

.slamina eht rof erac dna eucser ot noitarepo na gnitnuom erew slaiciffo efildliw iahT

.tcirtsid gnauM ni talK meaL nobmat fo neS ahT naB etisoppo ,redrob eht fo edis naidobmaC eht no gnidliub onisac detresed won eht detcepsni sreidlos sti retfa yadnuS no dnif eht detroper ecroF ksaT eniraM tarT ehT

)woleb seunitnoc(.detroper ecrof ksat eht ,emit gnol a rof doof fo kcal ot eud ,elbisiv sbir rieht ,detaicame ylereves erew dna segac ni dekcol erew llA .raeb nus eno dna sraeb kcalb citaisA owt ,snoil fo riap a erew erehT

Two black bears caged at a Cambodian casino site opposite Thai Trat border.

)noitavresnoC tnalP dna efildliW ,skraP lanoitaN fo tnemtrapeD :otohP( .ecnivorp tarT s'dnaliahT morf redrob eht ssorca tsuj ,onisac naidobmaC detresed eht edisni degac dnuof sraeb eht fo owT

.sretrauq retteb ot noitacoler etaidemmi rieht rof egnarra dna noitidnoc ’slamina eht ssessa ot yadnoM no etis eht ot maet yraniretev a tnes noitavresnoC tnalP dna efildliW ,skraP lanoitaN fo tnemtrapeD ehT

.dias asnahcneorahC lopahttA lareneg-rotcerid ,eruliaf traeh fo ksir hgih a esop dluow sresiliuqnart gnisU .noitidnoc kaew 'slamina eht yb tluciffid edam saw evom ehT

.yadseuT no gniunitnoc saw noitarepo eucser ehT

.dias lopahttA rM ,irubahctaR ni ertneC gnideerB efildliW noZ oahK ot snoil eht dna iruB nohC ni ertneC gnideerB efildliW gnumaL gnaB ot sraeb eht evom ot saw nalp ehT

Thai wildlife officials inspect the area at the casino site, where they found five wild animals stranded in cages.

)noitavresnoC tnalP dna efildliW ,skraP lanoitaN fo tnemtrapeD :otohP(  .segac ni denodnaba dnuof erew ,sraeb dna snoil ,slamina egral evif erehw etis onisac eht tcepsni slaiciffo efildliw iahT

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