AI Incident Database: Purported AI-Generated Video Reportedly Depicts Illegal Tiger Sales in Bagerhat, Bangladesh
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.
AI Incident Database · Incident 1181Operator lens (medium): inspect D2 (output validation), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event summary
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.
Linked entities
- Google
vendor | 70%
- unknown-social-media-accounts
organisation | 70%
- general-public-of-bangladesh
organisation | 70%
- conservationists-in-bangladesh
organisation | 70%
- wildlife-authorities-in-bangladesh
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-vendor-google to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |