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Tiger Temple
is a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand. It was founded in 1994 as a
forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them several tigers, the
majority of which are Indochinese tigers. The temple has long been accused by
animal rights activists of mistreating the tigers for commercial gain and even
trafficking some of its animals. |
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Tiger Temple
is in the Sai Yok District of Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province, not far from the
border with Burma, some 38 km (24 mi) northwest of Kanchanaburi on Hwy 323. The
Tiger Temple charges an admission fee. |
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The temple
was cleared of allegations of animal mistreatment in a 2015 investigation
conducted by wildlife officials and a raid by Thai soldiers. Charges were
pressed for unlicensed possession of 38 protected birds found on the temple
grounds.
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