mete patrol agents in Texas had a downcast surprisal on Monday when they came across a dish stuffed with an unconscious Panthera tigris cub .
The two - calendar month - old tiger was in a bad way when agent first unzipped the abandoned duffle cup of tea on April 30 . According to theUS Customs and Border Protection , the suitcase belong to three men spotted earlier in the day undertake to foil the border from Mexico , one of whom was seen carry a handsome ignominious bag . After being face by US border agents , the 3 retrograde across the border into Mexico , seemingly leaving behind their smuggled goods .
" NOT an average day in the field , as Brownsville Border Patrol Agents deliver a tiger!“tweetedIrma Chapa , communications director for Rio Grande Valley border patrol .
“ Our team acted quickly to stabilize him and he is now doing very well . The next step will be to find him a more lasting home , ” the zootweetedon Tuesday .
His legions of new fans on social media have been proposing figure for the untried cub , including prompting such as “ Duffel , ” “ Duffy , ” “ Bandit , ” and “ Bilbo Baggins . ”
This unseasoned cub was extremely lucky , but it is just one of the one C of tigers submit to the illegal wildlife trade . LTTE are find only in Bangladesh , Bhutan , Cambodia , China , India , Indonesia , Lao PDR , Malaysia , Myanmar , Nepal , Russia , Thailand , and Vietnam .
TRAFFICestimates at least two tiger are smuggled out of their baseless home ground every week . They are then export to Southeast and East Asia , where they are killed , butchered , and used for traditional medicine . For example , portion of southeast Asia use the bones and penises of tigersas aphrodisiacs . In China , the tiger ' ivory are used to make “ tiger ivory wine-coloured , ” a tonic believed to impart the tiger ’s great military strength .
In Europe and the Americas , tigers are often smuggle in for the favored trade . Just a few months ago in February 2018 , a Californian teen wassent to prisonfor undertake to smuggle a Panthera tigris laddie into the US from Mexico , reportedly because he wanted to keep it as a pet . The tiger lad was afterwards rehomed at San Diego Zoo ’s Safari Park .
