Pakistani authorities confiscated two African lions from a man arrested for parading them through the streets for a TikTok video, causing public panic. The man, armed with an automatic rifle, faces up to seven years in prison for illegal possession of wildlife and endangering public safety. The Punjab Wildlife Department emphasized that showing big cats is illegal under the Punjab Wildlife Act of 1974, which prohibits keeping them in urban areas. Recently, efforts have been made to regulate ownership through a registration app for exotic animals, amid concerns about safety and legality.
We have arrested the man involved in the TikTok stunt and confiscated two African lions from his possession.
No one is to be allowed to keep lions at homes and in densely populated residential neighborhoods.
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