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Cause of 72 Chiang Mai tiger deaths in question

A regal resident of the Tiger Kingdom tourist attraction in Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai, where visitors were allowed to touch and take photos with the big cats. (Photo: Tiger Kingdom Chiang Mai Facebook)

The deaths of 72 tigers at a tourist attraction in Chiang Mai last week have been called into question, with the source of the virus and bacteria blamed for the fatalities yet to be clearly identified.

The main suspect is the raw chicken meat supplied by a private farm and fed to all tigers kept at the two Tiger Kingdom facilities in the northern province, in Mae Rim and Mae Taeng districts.

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