June 29, 2021
published at 1:21 AMReuters
A handout photo. A pet lion is seen after being seized by Cambodian authorities from a Chinese man s home in Cambodia, after appearing on a TikTok video.
Reuters via Wildlife Alliance
PHNOM PENH - Authorities raided a house in a wealthy district of Phnom Penh to rescue an 18-month-old lion that had been defanged, declawed and illegally kept as a pet.
They said they had tracked down the animal in the Cambodian capital s Boeung Keng Kang district after videos of it went viral on TikTok.
The officers found the male lion padding placidly around a hallway with a collar around its neck on Sunday (June 27). One blew a tranquiliser dart into its side before the team moved in and carried the slumped 70 kg (154 lbs) animal into a metal crate.
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