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Thai netizens call out sentence for tiger killers as too lenient

PHOTO: Rangers find a poacher camp, photo via Bangkok Post.

Thai netizens are calling out the recent sentencing for five hunters who killed a tiger mother and her cub last year as too lenient. Comments on a Facebook post by the Thai news outlet Story This Morning unleashed a wrath of anger from Thais.

The over 100 comments included, “That’s it. Very little blame,” “Thai law is so weak,” and “Should be punished according to the condition of the tiger encountered to be the most fair.”

Meanwhile, a Thai national park chief says that justice is happy with the sentence. Thong Pha Phum National Park Chief Charoen Jaichon told CNN…

“I’m happy that justice has been delivered. This is a strong warning to any illegal hunters in Thailand’s national parks.”

A provincial court sentenced the group of hunters who killed a mother and baby tiger last year in Thailand’s…

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