Tiger Temple [Thailand]

Pardeep

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Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Buddhist temple in Western Thailand which keeps numerous animals, among them several tigers that walk around freely once a day and can be petted by visitors.

According to the abbot and others associated with the temple, in 1999 the temple received the first tiger cub, it had been found by villagers and died soon after. The story goes that several tiger cubs were later given to the temple over time, typically when the mothers had been killed by poachers, others who wanted to get rid of their tiger "pets" or those were under pressure to do so as laws and policies surrounding the keeping of cites protected species became more strict. As of 2007, over 21 cubs have been born at the temple and the total number of tigers is about 12 adult tigers and 4 cubs.

The subspecies of these tigers is unknown as none of them have been DNA tested, but it is thought that they are Indochinese Tigers, except Mek (a Bengal Tiger). There is also a possibility that there may be some of the newly discovered Malayan Tigers and it is likely that many are cross breeds or hybrids.





















 

Esther

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i saw documentary on this @ discovery,how the monks ctrl them just from a small sticks or sometimes without that.As we have pet like dog these monks have tigers as pets ...now thatz the spirituality power these monks have
 

prithvi.k

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i saw documentary on this @ discovery,how the monks ctrl them just from a small sticks or sometimes without that.As we have pet like dog these monks have tigers as pets ...now thatz the spirituality power these monks have
:cool:
 
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