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issue 3 80 3rd June 2016
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tigers being removed from ‘tiger temple’ hua hin, THAILAND The Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Tiger Temple, located about 240 kilometres north and west of Hua Hin in Kanchanaburi province, has for many years been a popular tourist attraction for visitors to this area, but an operation carried out this week by officials from Thailand’s Wildlife Conservation Office has begun removing the 137 animals and placing them in three government animal refuges elsewhere in Thailand, two of which are wildlife-breeding centres in Ratchaburi province. The temple has long received criticism and complaints from wildlife activists, with rumours abounding about the treatment of the tigers; accusations have been made that the temple’s monks have been illegally breeding tigers, while some visitors have said the animals can appear drugged, although the temple has consistently denied such claims. There has been a long running stand off between the authorities and the Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno Foundation, headed by Pol Col Supittapong Pakcharung, who had threatened legal action against anyone trespassing on the temple grounds, but a court order obtained on Monday allowed the authorities to search both the temple and the foundation, then remove the animals. So far around sixty of the animals have been removed, but there have been reports of various attempts being made to hinder the process, such as releasing some of the tigers into areas where they would be difficult to sedate and catch. As we were going to press reports were also emerging that forty dead tiger cubs had been found in a freezer at the temple, with as yet no explanation for this. This depressing news does not dampen our hope that the tigers can continue ‘burning bright’ in their new homes.
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