Five frozen tigers were found in a Vietnamese man's freezer with their organs removed, according to official reports on
Tuesday.
The five tigers were discovered in the central province of Nghe An on Monday,
according to a report from the official provincial newspaper.
Tiger organs and bones are used for medicinal
purposes in the communist country, where a
thriving local market drives the illegal sale of
animal parts including ivory and rhino horn. But
Vietnam is also a key transit route for wildlife
parts destined for elsewhere in Asia , including neighbouring China.
"The authorities found inside a freezer five dead
tigers, with the skins intact but the internal
organs removed," it said.
The tigers were Indochinese, according to Vietnam News Agency, but officials said police
would investigate further.
Police refused to comment on this
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