Probe under way after illness kills 72 tigers in Thai tourist park

THAILAND: Authorities in Chiang Mai, a city in northern Thailand, are investigating the deaths of dozens of tigers at a popular tourist attraction this month.

Seventy-two tigers died in the span of less than two weeks across two facilities of Tiger Kingdom Chiang Mai, a park where visitors can touch and interact with tigers.

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The local livestock department said samples from the tigers showed canine distemper virus – though authorities have not confirmed how the outbreak happened.

Officials said on Monday that they had cremated and buried the remains of the tigers.