The photo released by Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment shows the male lion being confiscated. Photo: AFP
Cambodian police confiscate pet lion after Chinese owner shared TikTok video
- The 18-month-old male, which weighed 70kg, had been imported from overseas by the owner to be raised in his Phnom Penh villa
- ‘The lion’s canine teeth had been removed, along with its claws, which drastically reduces a lion’s quality of life,’ conservation group said
The photo released by Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment shows the male lion being confiscated. Photo: AFP