Thai authorities found 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer during a raid on a Buddhist temple Wednesday. Authorities say they don't know why the cubs were kept but plan to investigate.

A Thai Buddhist monk plays with a tiger at the "Tiger Temple," in Saiyok district in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

Wildlife officials have begun removing some of the 137 tigers held at a Buddhist temple in Thailand. The monks in charge of the temple have been accused of illegal breeding and trafficking of animals.

F orty dead tiger cubs were found in the freezer at a Buddhist temple in Thailand two days after officials began work to relocate living tigers from the property. The temple, officially known as ...

The Tiger Temple's origin story is a bit murky. Buddhist monks founded it in 1994 as a forest sanctuary in Kanchanaburi Province a few hours west of Bangkok.

BANGKOK—A Buddhist temple west of Bangkok, once a staple on the Thailand’s tourist trail, is at the center of one of the country’s biggest-ever wildlife-trafficking investigations after ...

Tiger parts are used in traditional Chinese medicine. The 40 dead tiger cubs were found in a freezer in a kitchen area, said Adisorn Nuchdamrong, deputy director-general of the Department of ...

T wo temple devotees and three monks were charged Thursday after being busted for allegedly trying to smuggle tiger skins and other tiger parts out of a facility in Thailand known popularly as ...

Thai authorities found 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer during a raid on a Buddhist temple Wednesday. Authorities say they don't know why the cubs were kept but plan to investigate.

Forty dead tiger cub carcasses were found in a freezer at a Buddhist temple in Thailand, wildlife authorities said Wednesday. "They must be of some value for the temple to keep them," Adisorn ...