The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has issued a deadline for the Tiger Temple abbot to hand over all its 146 tigers to the department by Friday or else they will be confiscated.

The last ultimatum came as the abbot of the Tiger Temple or Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua in Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi refused to cooperate with the park officials to hand over the beasts to the department for care.

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