14 DAY TRIAL // An illegal zoo has been discovered by Indonesian police officers investigating a murder at a luxury villa on the island of Java.
Information shared with the public says that this illegal zoo was home to an endangered Sumatran tiger, a Java gibbon, a langur monkey, a dusky leaf monkey, two siamang apes and three Java peacocks, Daily Mail reports.
A liger, i.e. a cross between a lion and a tiger, was also discovered at this location, the same source tells us.
Since keeping and breeding such wild animals in captivity without having a permit explicitly allowing you to do so is illegal, it need not come as a surprise that authorities are planning to carry out a thorough investigation and get to the bottom of this.
More so given the fact that Sumatran tigers are currently listed as a critically endangered species, and people have no business keeping them captive for their own entertainment.
Police officers have not yet managed to locate the villa's owner and question him. Hopefully, it will not be long until they do.