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Mexico seizes 10 tigers, 5 lions in cartel-dominated area

Apr. 22, 2023 16:30 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico said Saturday they have seized a huge collection of exotic animals including 10 tigers, six jaguars, five lions and other species in a cartel-dominated town. The announcement came just a week after U.S. prosecutors revealed that a boss of...

As tiger count grows, India's Indigenous demand land rights

Apr. 09, 2023 08:07 AM EDT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India's major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday to much applause that the country's tiger population has steadily grown...

Police search for tiger stolen from home in northern Mexico

Mar. 28, 2023 23:51 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Northern Mexico has developed such a habit of exotic animals and violence, that people not only keep tigers as pets, they steal them. Prosecutors in the violent northern state of Sonora said Tuesday they are searching for a full-grown Bengal tiger named Baluma....