By The Associated PressPublished: Monday, June 10, 2013, 9:24 pm
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police found 14 albino lions imported from Africa and hundreds of other protected animals in a warehouse near Bangkok and have arrested a pet shop owner.
Birds, meerkats, tortoises, peafowls, capuchin monkeys and other species from overseas and Thailand were found at the warehouse, police Col. Ek Ekasart said.
They said Montri Boonprom-on, 41, faces charges of possessing wildlife and carcasses and could face up to four years in jail and a fine of 40,000 baht ($1,300).
Ek said Montri owns an exotic pet shop at Bangkok’s renowned Chatuchak weekend market and was previously convicted of wildlife trading.
Montri told reporters the lions were shipped legally and were to be transferred to a zoo in Thailand’s northeast. He did not explain why only 14 lions remained at his warehouse, while the documents showed he had imported 16.
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