Raise a male lion in the house, the police confiscated

    A Chinese man who illegally adopted a lion in his home was confiscated by joint police forces. The incident took place on the morning of Sunday, June 27, 2021 in a villa located at 22 Street 306, Village 7, Sangkat Boeung Keng Kang 1, Khan Boeung Keng Kang. Sources said that "because a neighbor reported raising a lion in the back of the villa by a Chinese man, the authorities cooperated with the local authorities to investigate and confiscate the lion." One of the males was sent to be taken care of. ”In the cooperation to confiscate the lion, which is a rare species of wild animal, in collaboration with the Deputy Prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and with the participation of the Wildlife Alliance. Wildlife Alliance as well as local coalition forces. The director of Prey Chey Administration said that people do not have the right to raise wild animals, which is a rare species, which is contrary to the law and Article 49 of the Law on Forestry, paragraph 2 in point 3, which states that the use Owning, stocking or maintaining a zoo or family of endangered species is prohibited. In addition, the Chief of Prey Chey Administration District underlined that "a male lion will be handed over to the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Care and Rescue Center for further rearing. "For the Chinese owners, the authorities have been called in to stop raising such wildlife." The lion, which weighs more than 70 kilograms, has been raised by Chinese men since he was a child until he was about a year and a half old, eating about six kilograms of raw meat a day.