Police have launched an investigation into the video, which has been viewed more than 2.6 million times online
Charges were leveled at one Thai woman for unlawful possession of a minor lionits police announced today of Thailandafter view video on the internet that went viral.
It looked like one lion inside a white Bentley that circulated in the streets of the popular city with travelers Pattayaover 2.6 million views on the internet.
The police launched an investigation into the video and eventually arrested Sawangit Kosugnernunder the Wildlife Protection Act.
The woman is accused of violating the law on the environment and natural resources “being in possession without a permit of an animal of a protected species,” the police state on their official Facebook account.
Based on the law, the Thai woman can be fined up to 100,000 baht (about 2,600 euros) and one year’s imprisonment.
Sawangit told police she bought the lion cub from another woman for 250,000 bahtbut was unable to secure an official document for his purchase in the absence of information on the sex of the animal.
She said that he kept it in a house he rented from a Sri Lankan national. He who he is seen in the video driving the Bentleydeported to his country, according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Source :Skai
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