Shocking: Rare 200kg tiger found hidden in the roof compartment of a passenger bus

A tiger weighing about 200 kg and tiger bones were discovered by authorities in a homemade compartment on the roof of a passenger bus. Tigers are rare and precious animals.

On August 13, the Investigation Police Agency of Ha Tinh Police informed that the unit had issued a decision to prosecute the criminal case, prosecute the accused and issue a temporary detention order against Chu Van Lam (born in 1989), Ngo Sy Bac (born in 1988, both residing in Duc Chau commune) and Nguyen Trong Hung (born in 1979, residing in Nghi Loc commune, Nghe An) for the crime of "Violating regulations on the protection of endangered, precious and rare animals" under Clause 2, Article 244 of the Penal Code. Photo: CACC.

Previously, on July 26, on National Highway 8A, through Son Giang Commune (formerly Huong Son District), the Department of Investigation Police on Corruption, Economic Crimes , Smuggling and Environmental Crimes of Ha Tinh Police coordinated with border guards and customs forces to inspect a passenger bus with a Lao license plate of Sau Hoa bus company driven by Phan Duy Sinh (born in 1985, residing in Duc Chau Commune, Nghe An). Photo: Ha Tinh Newspaper.

Authorities discovered a whole tiger weighing about 200 kg and a tiger skeleton hidden in a homemade compartment on the roof of the car. According to the investigation results, Chu Van Lam, Ngo Sy Bac and Nguyen Trong Hung made the compartment and hid the tiger and its carcass inside to transport from Laos to Vietnam. Photo: Ha Tinh Newspaper.

The 200 kg tiger was identified as a rare, precious, and endangered animal, banned from hunting and trading. Photo: Vietnamnet.

According to the Vietnam Red List and the Vietnam Red Book version 2024, chaired and published by the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 26 years ago in Pu Mat National Park ( Nghe An province), conservationists took a rare and valuable photo of a tiger in the wild. Photo: Vietnamnet.

However, since 1998, authorities and experts have not taken any photos of tigers in the wild despite many years of searching. Photo: Vietnam+.

Logging, forest fires for agricultural development, mineral exploitation, illegal hunting... are the main reasons why tigers have lost their habitat and are gradually disappearing from the natural environment in Vietnam. Photo: Tien Phong.

Tigers are rare and precious animals, and hunting and trading are prohibited. Among the tiger species distributed in Vietnam, the Indochinese tiger is considered one of the rarest tiger species in the world. They are listed in the Red Book of Vietnam as well as the world, in the category of high risk of extinction. Photo: Tien Phong.

The Indochinese tiger is listed in Decree 32 on the management of endangered, precious, and rare forest plants and animals, prohibiting all hunting and trading activities. Photo: Tien Phong.

Readers are invited to watch the video: Many new species discovered in the Mekong River Region. Source: THĐT1.

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