Lions Roaring in Thailand: TikToker's Pets Spark Controversy

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A growing trend has turned Thailand into a country with a remarkable overpopulation of domesticated lions, housed not only in zoos or farms, but also in private homes and thematic cafes. In Chiang Mai, in the north of the country, a breeder named Tharnuwarht Plengkemratch keeps in his garage two white lions and a 200-pound lion and tiger hybrid called “Big George”. His publications in TikTok have attracted the attention of more than three millio…

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The phenomenon endangers lions and their human entourage, alerts specialists.

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Chiang Mai - Behind his garage on an anonymous street in a city in northern Thailand, Tharnuwarht Plengkemratch has installed his cherished pets: two white lions, and a 200-kilogram lion-tiger hybrid called "Big George." In Thailand, the law allows individuals to own the "king of animals" at home. Since Chiang Mai, Tharnuwarht shares on TikTok, where he has about three million subscribers, the daily life of his three great felines, who "like to …

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Behind his garage on an anonymous street in northern Thailand, Tharnuwarht Plengkemratch houses his unusual pets: two white lionesses and a 200-kilogram lion-tiger hybrid nicknamed "Big George." In Thailand, the law allows individuals to own the "king of animals" in their homes. From Chiang Mai, Tharnuwarht shares the daily life of his three big cats with his three million followers on TikTok. "They like to play and are affectionate, like dogs a…