Transcript Tiger Temple

Tiger Temple
( Tiger Park in Temple )
Tiger Temple ( Tiger Park in Temple ), or Wat Pha 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 Thailand's Kanchanaburi
province, not far from the border with Myanmar, some 38 km northwest of Kanchanaburi along the 323 highway. It was founded in
1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for numerous wild animals. In
1995, it received the Golden Jubilee Buddha Image, made of 80kg
of gold.
In 1999 the temple received the first tiger cub; it had been
found by villagers and died soon after. Several tiger cubs
were later given to the temple, typically when the mothers
had been killed by poachers. As of 2006, over ten cubs had
been born at the temple and the total number of tigers was
about eighteen. They spend most of the time in cages, being
fed with dry cat food and cooked chicken to avoid giving
them a taste for blood, and washed and handled by monks.
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 will often be
chained as they get grumpier in the afternoon. A group
of Thai staff and some volunteers lead tourists around
by the hand to pose and pat the tigers and taking
photographs of them using the tourist's camera, while
the abbot and monks keep the tigers happy and under
control if they get irritated. Nervous tourists may also
observe this from about 10m 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, with
plans to release some of the animals back into the wild. The Tiger
Temple practices a different conservation philosophy than in the
west. In western zoos and parks, the emphasis is on providing a
natural environment for the animals. In the temple, at least until
the sanctuary is completed, the animals seem to be treated more as
family members. Although it may be possible for the offspring of
the current generation
to return to the wild, their parents will live out a life of non
violence. Their conservation philosophy seems to be
working, as while projects elsewhere often need to resort to
artificial insemination, over 10 cubs have been born at the
temple in the last three years despite having no breeding
program what so ever .The temple opens daily for visitors at
about 1pm, and the tigers are walked back to their enclosures
at around 5pm. Due to the pressing need for income, the
temple now charges 300 Baht admission.
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