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Tiger Temple
ครูจันทนา คาอนุกลู
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Tiger Temple
Tiger Temple, or Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua, is
a Buddhist temple in Western Thailand which
keeps numerous animals, among them
several tame tigers that walk around freely
once a day and can be petted by tourists.
The Theravada Buddhist temple is located in
the Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi province.
It was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and
sanctuary for numerous wild animals.
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The
first
tigers
came
from
government officials and others who
wanted to get rid of their tiger “pets” or
were under pressure to do so as laws
and policies surrounding the keeping
of CITES protected species became
stricter.
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They spend most of the time in
cages, being fed with cooked chicken,
beef, and dry cat food. The meat is
cooked to avoid giving the tigers a
taste for blood and also to kill the bird
flu that may be present in raw food.
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They are washed and handled by
Thai staff and the younger tigers by the
volunteers. Once a day, they are led on
leashes to a nearby quarry. Originally
they would roam around freely in this
area, but now with the increase in
tourists and the amount of tigers who
sit in the canyon will always be
chained.
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Thai staff and some volunteers lead
tourists around by the hand to post
with and take photographs using the
tourist’s camera. The staffs keep the
tigers under control and the Abbott will
intervene if the tiger gets agitated.
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Nervous tourists may also observe
this from about 10 meters away. The
temple collects donations for feeding
and upkeep, and to fund the building of
a larger tiger sanctuary which would
allow the animals to live in an almost
natural environment all day long.
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