Mr. Hun Chea posted a picture and wrote, “How big is your cage?” How many meters do you walk every day? Give it to me, I guarantee it will be well-fed and full and (will) take good care of it. Really good care, thin and cool shade. Ask them to raise it, it will be healthy and will last longer, yes! No skills, but want to do so.”
Despite this, the abuse against lions continues. On Sunday a video was uploaded to Khmer440's "Expats in Cambodia" group on Facebook showing a man stressing a lion in a cage at the Tada Waterfall Zoo in Kampot. The video was uploaded with the caption "please save the lions!"
"I was there yesterday evening, nothing changed", the uploader of the video wrote in a comment on Facebook.
In the video an abusive man can be seen shouting and roaring at a lion before picking up a rock to throw at the caged animal.
In other related news, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Sunday that the lion that had recently been confiscated from a Chinese man who kept it in his rented house in BKK1 with a bulldog and a goat would be returned to the owner. Hun Sen said that the lion could continue to live with the man in BKK1 under the condition that it is kept in a proper cage. A permit was granted after public backlash because the lion refused to eat after it was confiscated and brought to a zoo.
