According to The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Sawangjit Kosoongnern was legally allowed to keep the lion in Ratchaburi province, west of Bangkok. She had sought permission to transfer the pet to Chonburi province but had not received approval yet.
A woman in Thailand may face jail time after a video of her driving around Pattaya in a convertible Bentley along with her pet lion cub went viral. The viral cub: In a video shared online, the seemingly domesticated cub can be seen calmly sitting in the backseat of the luxury car as it drives past onlookers in Pattaya’s Bang Lamung district during the daytime. In another video taken during the evening, the lion is seen sticking its head out of the vehicle and climbing back and forth from the Bentley’s front and back seats.
The lion cub, named Moja is currently under the care of the zoo, who are monitoring its growth. Moja will make a public debut after he has grown. | Trending