A tiger that mauled the abbot of a Thai temple under fire over the welfare of dozens of big cats in its care “didn’t intend” to attack him, the monk’s doctor said on Monday. More info
“Didn’t intend to attack.” :/ ah yes let’s downplay the danger of wild animals.
Following a series of dramatic events, Thailand’s Department of National Parks (DNP) director- general, Nipon Chotiban, has ordered all tigers to be removed from the Tiger Temple by the end of April.
Thai wildlife protection officers said they found no mistreatment of more than 100 tigers housed at a Buddhist temple that is a popular tourist attraction, though charges have been pressed for keeping rare
birds there.
About 50 officials from the wildlife department and local
religious affairs office, along with soldiers, made a three-hour
inspection on Thursday of the Luangtamahabua Buddhist temple compound,
famous for its tame-looking big cats living alongside Buddhist monks.
(AP)
Photography by AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit (2), Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha (2)
I am SO ANGRY. No mistreatment?! So living in tiny overcrowded cages with no enrichment is not mistreatment? Feeding them a HORRENDOUS diet is not mistreatment? Chaining them to the ground for tourists to harass for hours in the sun isn’t mistreatment? Tearing Cubs from their mothers regularly isn’t mistreatment? Refusing to euthanize or provide proper vet care isn’t mistreatment? Hitting cats and spraying urine in their face for “misbehaving” isn’t mistreatment? Putting the funds for their care second to the funds of the temple isn’t mistreatment? This is such fucking bullshit and I am BEYOND livid. Part of me knew this was too good to be true but my god, how can you be so blind?!
This is a devastating loss for the Tigers and I am so, SO saddened by this.
yeah so this is very not cute; petting big cats is abuse. and it would be great if you could like…not glorify it lmao. its even worse that a famous person participated in a cub petting scheme because now a bunch of her fans with as well. learn the truth:
okay I usually don’t comment on these but, yes It can lead to abuse, but in the photo the cub seems heathy and quite happy, so please don’t write on these post with stuff unless you see abuse, thank you
I want you to list out every detail on why this cub seems “quite happy.” Is it smiling? Laughing? Or some other anthropomorphized trait you imagine seeing?
I would post links for you to understand why this is wrong, why any form of cub petting is wrong, but judging by your completely ignorant and snarky comment, it’s obvious you didn’t take a single minute to read the very long list kindly provided to you by my friend panthxra. It is obvious here that you are the odd one out on understanding welfare situations with wild animals.
So i will spell it out for you. No this cub isn’t healthy. Why? Because it is young. Too young to not be with its mother. Meaning this cub likely did not have the chance to nurse. Being robbed of that opportunity means that the cub has a weaker immune system than it should. The cub is being toted around in an unsterile environment, suckling on the fingers of a woman who probably has not been washing her hands.
What do people do with newborns? they wash or sterilize their hands before handling them. Why? Because they can become sick very easily.
As do these cubs. They can die. And often they do. Is that worth posing in a picture to sell a watch? or some article of clothing?
In closing I say this right back to you. Please don’t write on these posts until you bother to take the time to educate yourself and not make a fool of yourself.
This comes from cee4life on instagram, whom I have just been made aware of by panthxra(through a video I will be posting soon also). I sometimes think I am past the point of being shocked. But then I see things like this.
This tiger….he looks close to death or drugged out of his mind. I know I often refer to the incredibly poor diet as a reason for the lethargy, but this is a different level. This is a cat that is so far from itself that there is no way it is just diet.
There is no logical way or reason people could defend this place after seeing things like this. Seeing such blatant abuse. Blatant cruelty.
And Tiger Temple’s response on Instagram when being asked about this?
he is not being drugged, we in no way sedate any of our tigers. This is an unfortunate media spin. […]
there was a lot of distractions making him somewhat excitable, and the guest continue to want the photo, placing the towel over his eyes preventing him from see what was going on and this[sic] allowing the photo. This is very easy for us to prove as it is very easy to take many videos of this tiger doing the head in lap photo without the towel.
Look, I know this is the HSUS so take it with a grain of salt if you need, but the footage doesn’t lie. This is exactly what happens to these cubs and I have seen the same types of footage over and over from other sources on cub petting venues. This is the norm. But this is what you’re supporting when you pet cubs. No matter what they say, no matter how nice they look.
Help!! Jenna Marbles is selling products (link) with designs blatantly stolen from an illustration I did in 2011 (link). I was never asked, and no permission was given. Please help me get her attention!
NOT okay, please signal boost
while yall are at it; she also abuses her dogs for ”cute footage”; if u have even the basic dog knowledge then u’d see the red flags everywhere. even in the illustration alone u can see that people subconsciously know this (whale eyes, averting gaze, general tense body language and discomfort).
Beyoncé Knowles instagram picture of her family petting a tiger cub in Thailand has enraged conservationists and opened the debate about what lies behind the tourist smiles. Read our blog about what lies behind the closed doors of tiger tourism here: http://bit.ly/BehindTouristSmiles
Every year, hundreds of foreign tourists flock for the chance to view and interact with tigers at the Tiger Temple Thailand. Here, visitors are given the once in a lifetime opportunity to frolic with tiger cubs and pose alongside larger cats. Guests can also help feed cubs and exercise the lazier adults … something you rarely get to do in the United States! Maybe there’s a reason for that … when you understand the fact that tigers are endangered and that holding them in captivitycan cause them to become distressed and aggressive, it seems like big cats don’t make for the best candidates for hands on entertainment.
“Don’t listen to the MANY articles,” they say…"Go to Tiger Temple and judge for yourself,“ they say…
