Tigers and monks (…oh my)!

Posted by theworsthorse in animals, Thailand, weird news on 12 17th, 2008 | 3 responses

Via Huffington Post:

“…it’s clear that this Buddhist monastery is like no other, for this handful of monks live with some of the deadliest animals in the world…”

OK, lolcats they ain’t… but these Thai tigers and their Buddhist monastic keepers do deserve to be seen.

Thanks to Sam DeWitt for finding them and passing them on…

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    [...] UPDATE: Also on The Worst Horse here. [...]

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    [...] 18, 2008 by arunlikhati Late last night I read about tigers and monks over on the Worst Horse, but it wasn’t till this morning when I read the UBA blog that I noticed that this temple is [...]

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    Please,

    Do NOT go to this temple.

    Please, if you care at all about animals, do not go to this temple.

    See here: http://www.travelfish.org/board/post/thailand/616_Tiger-Temple/0

    And my own take: http://marcusjournal.blogspot.com/2007/09/thailands-tiger-temple-and-eggs-for.html

    Tigers should be living in the wild, not bred and abused in a crowded temple zoo for the amusement of tourists.

    Marcus

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