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Tiger Temple- Illegal Trade, Animal Cruelty & Visitor Safety Risks

Following the worldwide broadcast of the two-part documentaries by Animal Planet, the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, has become a popular tourist destination that attracts hundreds of tourists daily

The Tiger Temple's success is based around claims that its tigers were rescued from poachers, and live and move freely and peacefully amongst the temple's monks, who are actively engaged in conservation and rescue work.

Prompted by concerns raised by tourists and Tiger Temple volunteer workers, Care for the Wild International's (CWI) investigation uncovered disturbing evidence of serious conservation and animal welfare concerns, including
- illegal tiger trafficking
- systematic physical abuse of the tigers held at the temple, and
- high risk interactions between tigers and tourists.

For more information visit,
www.careforthewild.org
or download CWI's report at
http://www.careforthewild.com/projects.asp?detail=true&I_ID=580&mypag...

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• Tiger
• Temple
• Thailand
• Kanchanaburi
• Bangkok
• illegal
• Monk
• Abbot
• animal
• cruelty
• abuse
• wildlife
• conservation

[hellybelly6]

They should at least have some kind of bedding and water available at all times. The tiger pacing is showing signs of stereotypical behaviour which is displaced in caged or restrained animals who do not have access to enrichment or freedom to express natural behaviour.

[ldom1000]

Thats disgusting...its not about leaving the country and turning a blind eye...if you were being abused you would hope that someone would try to help you...I respect all these people trying to get these tigers out of this disgusting misery and cruel treatment. And for the monks to be profiting - making money on this is just disturbing - Thailand is so corrupt.

[MrPesh2010]

thailand is full of nothin but SICK UGLY ROTTIN BASTARDS

[MrPesh2010]

sick horrible bastards doing dat to da poor animals they should all be tied up and leave the tigers eat them alive,, i hope they all die a horrible death they deserve nothin less

[dafdyl]

TRUE BUDDIST MONKS WOULD NOT TREAT ANY ANIMAL LIKE THIS. THESE ARE CON MEN

[Lentalsoup333]

what?!

[sonofthedestroyer]

There was a vegetarian lion in Germany once

[pnidi]

to outragedfrombangkok

just leave the country then, we don't want your attitude!!

you are not even Buddhist, you don't understand monk way of life. If insects bite monks, monks will let them bite and not hurting all living life.

[katenmark]

They eat chicken mixed with a bit of cat food, Thay do not spend to much time in these just to really sleep or time out bit like you would for a child, do really think if these tigers were not happy they would put up with tourist and the buddhas.

[pinkhey]

so what do they feed the tigers since they are supposedly reincarnated monks? Vegetables? LOL. vegetarian tigers