Teenage girl admits trying to sell illegal tiger skins on FACEBOOK
A TEENAGE girl has been arrested after trying to sell illegal tiger skins - on Facebook.
A teenage girl has been arrested for trying to sell illegal skins on social media
Tamonwan Prombut, 18, got hold of the banned furs and posted them on her page with joking messages and the asking price.
But a users tipped off police who raided her home in Phrae province, Thailand, and found four tiger pelts, two tiger teeth and a set of deer antlers.
Cops found the tiger skins between 134 and 160 centimeters long hanging on a wall in her room.
Police said the girl was not at home when they arrived but her parents admitted the goods belonged to their daughter.
Tamonwan Prombut got hold of the banned furs and posted them on her page
She confessed to the illegal possession of wildlife carcasses and illegal sale of them and now faces up to four years in prison and a a fine of 4,000THB - the equivalent to around £80.
Earlier this year it was revealed British travellers are helping accelerate the extinction of tigers by visiting farms to take big cat selfies.
She confessed to the illegal possession of wildlife carcasses and illegal sale of them
WWF says 86 per cent of people in its poll said tiger farms should be closed once they had been told how they operate.
It now wants China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to carry out investigations of all tiger breeding facilities.