Thai marines have rescued five starving animals – two lions and three bears – abandoned in cages at a bombed-out Cambodian casino complex amid a deepening border fight between the neighbours.
Security forces were conducting a sweep of the seized building on Sunday in Trat province when they made the grim discovery, prompting them to send a veterinary team to the site the following day.
Officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) evaluated the condition...
Thai marines rescue starving lions, bears from Cambodian border casino
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Source: scmp.com

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