A two-month-old tiger cub has been found sedated and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in a woman’s luggage at Bangkok’s airport, the wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic has said.
The Thai national was trying to board a flight to Iran but had difficulty with a large bag at check-in.
X-rays aroused suspicions among airport staff who believed they had seen an image resembling a real animal.
Wildlife officers were then called in and discovered the tranquilised cub.
