Government wildlife officials visited the undisclosed captive tiger facility on December 16 following legal action over alleged illegal wildlife trading.

Salamas was too weak to be sedated. Credit: Amy
Jones/WFFT
An emaciated, twenty-year-old tiger is among twelve elderly tigers
and three leopards who have been rescued from an infamous tiger farm
in northern Thailand.
Government wildlife officials visited the undisclosed captive tiger
facility on December 16 following legal action over alleged illegal
wildlife trading.
A team of vets and rescuers from wildlife rescue group were on hand to rescue the seized animals, in the first part of the largest tiger rescue operation by an NGO in Thailand’s history. It is expected that 35 tigers in total will eventually be rescued from the farm.
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