The skinned tigers could have been obtained from one of the zoos. The inspection, when done, would reveal a head count and other details of animals at all premises and likely evidence of any that had gone missing.
DNA checks of tigers was not viable as an inspection measure as only a few had been collected to date under a DNP project at Huay Kha Khaeng wildlife reserve in Kanchanaburi.
Tiger skins and carcasses along with meat from elephants, zebras and lions were found at the house. Seven suspects implicated a man known as Od Bang Kruay as the trader and smuggler behind the slaughter. They allege that he took orders from foreign buyers to provide them with the meat and skins.
A blanket inspection of tigers in zoos and other captive animals has been ordered in the wake of a fresh seizure of tiger skins and carcasses and other protected wildlife from a major smuggler at a home from Bangkok.
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