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Purported AI-Generated Video Reportedly Depicts Illegal Tiger Sales in Bagerhat, Bangladesh

AI Incident Database · article · Jul 1, 2025 · UTC

A purportedly AI-generated video circulating online in summer 2025 reportedly claimed to depict a "tiger market" in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, where Bengal tigers were allegedly being sold. The footage was reportedly generated using Google's Veo AI tool. The reported viral spread of this video allegedly misled viewers about the existence of illegal wildlife trafficking in Bangladesh.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2025-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z

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