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Two months ago I tried to kill myself, today, this happened. Probably the best experience of my life so far, so glad I fought so glad I hung on. Yeah I take regular medication and there are some days I still want to give up but life is fucking amazing, two months ago I never thought I’d make it to Thailand let alone be surrounded by these beautiful animals.

Hey there! I want to encourage you to not support facilities like Tiger Temple that have cub petting, pay-to-play schemes, or allow unprotected contact between their potentially dangerous animals and the public. These schemes as they are extremely cruel, exploitative, dangerous for both the animals (diseases can be spread to cubs as their immune systems are not fully developed) and the public, and do nothing for conservation. In fact, these pay-to-play schemes do just the opposite of conserve (despite what the handlers might have told you…if they told you the money goes to conservation, they lied). Also, Tiger Temple is highly involved in tiger trafficking and farming—hardly conservation. 

There’s a reason pay-to-play schemes have been outlawed (starting in 2015) in New York; there’s a reason no responsible facility offers pay-to-play schemes: they are cruel and detrimental to the species. 

Here, have some more cub petting-specific resources: x|x|x|x|x. If you need more I have a tag dedicated to this wonderful practice of cub petting. Tiger Temple resources:  x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x. I also have a tag dedicated to the deplorable Tiger Temple you can check out as well. If you have any questions, there are plenty of blogs that can answer them for you (including me), so don’t be afraid to ask for them if you want!

Remember, no responsible facility allows unprotected contact between its potentially dangerous animals and the general public.

Please don’t take this as a personal attack aimed towards you; I am only trying to spread awareness on a terrible industry that goes on all around the world.

I’m getting kinda irritated with the amount of people that are messaging me about the tigers - I am one person, and me not going to see the tigers is going to do fuck all to stop the fact that they are there, the way I see it, I would much rather see them cared for by monks than skinned alive, stop reblogging my photo, stop sending me messages, I’m not encouraging animal abuse, far from it, I’m one of the most compassionate people you will ever meet, but one person in a city of hundreds of thousands of tourists actions will make no difference, and you messaging me won’t either, I appreciate you’re trying to raise awareness but stop messaging me

I’m truly sorry if people are harassing you because of the pictures; please, understand that was never my intent. I only wanted to let you know why these types of facilities are extremely detrimental and cruel.

The thing is, though, one person does, and can, make a difference. When one person knows, that’s one more person that is aware of the truth,  and is an advocator for these cats. They really need all the help they  can get. 

The only sort of good thing the monks are doing is keeping the animals alive—and that’s  even a stretch. The tigers are fed terrible diets (why they are always “sleeping” aka lethargic), physically  abused, and mentally abused as they get no enrichment and their daily lives are being constantly harassed by the public. So, I  wouldn’t  really say they  live much better than animals in the fur farming industry—at least those animals are put out of their misery.

I do hope you choose not to support these types of facilties again and that the “I’m only one person out of thousands” mindset leaves your  head because one person really can make a difference. If you want to discuss this more privately, my inbox is always open. I can also answer any questions you may have.

All I can say is you’ve just completely contradicted yourself there - you’re against animal cruelty but you would rather an animal be skinned alive than be looked after by monks? Don’t bother replying to this you’re arrogant pretentious and despite you thinking you know everything you have absolutely no idea

Hmmm…that’s actually not what I said, but

That’s nice, just continue to completely ignore the actual topic here lmao

I never claim to know everything, but I actually do know quite a bit because, you know, I do research on such topics frequently…

I’ve done my part here; please do yours  because it just sounds like you’re saying “I don’t care what you say or how many sources and factual information you bring out, I will pet tigers and contribute to their continued exploitation if I want to”