Thursday, 22 February 2018

Tiger-smuggling US teenager jailed

Tiger-smuggling US teenager jailed

A US teenager has been sentenced to six months in prison after he was found guilty of trying to smuggle a Bengal tiger cub across the US-Mexico border. The six-week-old cub was found in a box on the floor of the teenager's car as he was crossing from Mexico into the US near the city of San Diego. His lawyer argued that his client had had "a lapse of judgement" and that he wanted to keep the tiger as a pet.

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