Tigers seized from Thailand temple popular with Australian tourists after mistreatment claims

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated May 31 2016 - 6:13pm, first published May 30 2016 - 10:54pm
Thai wildllife officials prepare to sedate tigers with traquiliser darts. Photo: Craig Skehan
Thai wildllife officials prepare to sedate tigers with traquiliser darts. Photo: Craig Skehan
Officials waiting in the temple complex to tranquillise the tigers. Photo: Craig Skehan
Officials waiting in the temple complex to tranquillise the tigers. Photo: Craig Skehan
The first tiger to be sedated, caged and loaded onto trucks to be taken away from Tiger Temple Thailand. Photo: Craig Skehan
The first tiger to be sedated, caged and loaded onto trucks to be taken away from Tiger Temple Thailand. Photo: Craig Skehan

Bangkok: Wildlife officials have begun relocating 137 tigers from Thailand's famous Tiger Temple after allegations of illegal trafficking in endangered species and animal mistreatment.

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