Tiger Temple/ Aggressive Tigers - 3

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

[Saartje05]

drugged, chained, abused, sit on by tourist. And this is fun? I'm ashamed to say my brother when there. I hate it.

[tchiritchou]

These tigers are drugged !!! Shame on these so called Monks ...

[fredztube]

The problems is tourist and visitor if we stop going there to take pictures with the tiger and to see them if there is so market for this it maybe going to change , but the things that i don't understand is why the tiger does not attack and kill those bastard ? it is a pretty sad thing !!! : (

[blacky12354]

fuck animal cruelty

[pilot1223]

omg!!! going with a little child to the beast!! They are natural high man!!!!

[tinymilo1997]

i wish that one day someone cuts of the chains so the tigers can attack the so called "munks" and the other guys...i wish that one day someone cuts of the chains so the tigers can attack the so called "monks" and the other guys...

[TechnoSkittles]

It is simply impossible to release a captive bred tiger (or pretty much any other exotic animal) back into the wild. They don't know how to survive. So why would anyone want to support an organization like this? They purposely breed more and more captive tigers. Not for conservation. But for profit. Where do you think all their cubs go that are born every year? Only a small fraction are kept at the temple. The rest are sold as "pets" for someone's collection or viciously killed in canned hunts.

[MrSebastiansek]

tigers are not fucking home pets !!!. What tha fuck is wrong with this world !!!

[ivannogsenghoe]

omg,if they are really being drugged, i would curse the monks there to hell!!! but if these tigers are just not aggressive, the monks there have done a great job:) what is the TRUTH????????

[adoraang]

Forget the reasons about how the tigers came about in the damn temple .. Seriously ? They are not even properly taken care off but instead being pushed around rather than giving TLC..