buddhist temple of tigers
DESCRIPTION
Tigers adopted by Buddhist monks in ThailandTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua
The temple of tigers
In 1999 the inhabitants of a little village in the province of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, found in the forest two injured baby tigers whose parents had
been killed by poachers
Cliquez.
![Page 2: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Not knowing what to do with them they took them to the Bhuddist temple Wat Pha Luang where they were housed and cared
for by the monks.The Temple tigers wake to see the day
![Page 3: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Since then many orphaned baby tigers have been taken there and raised by the monks
![Page 4: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
The tigers are tame and used to eating only cooked meat in order to avoid developing a taste for blood
They are treated like members of the temple family
![Page 6: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Phra Acham Phusit
![Page 7: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
![Page 8: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
![Page 9: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
It is a communal place considered a
sanctuary for animals and
preservation centre
![Page 13: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
The temple is open to tourists
![Page 15: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
The employees keep the tigers under control and are ready to intervene if they
become agitated.
![Page 16: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
The visitors are invited to leave a donation if they wish to be
photographed with the tigers.
![Page 17: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
![Page 20: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
It is the only place in the world where it is possible to pat free tigers.
![Page 22: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
![Page 23: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
![Page 24: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
![Page 25: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
July 2009
![Page 26: Buddhist Temple Of Tigers](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022081507/5558dd28d8b42ad7138b491c/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)