webfact Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Video: Tiger poked for tourists' amusement as Pattaya park official blames Burmese Picture: Tnews A sickening video posted by a Dutch environmentalist on Facebook showed a tiger being repeatedly prodded with a stick so it would roar for tourist photos. An official at the well known Pattaya park where it was filmed has defended his operation and blamed a Burmese handler. While the foreign wildlife activist - well known in Thailand - called it the "ugliness of Pattaya tourism" and called for a change in the law as Thailand prepares to celebrate National Wildlife Day. The video of about one minute duration shows a handler poking the tiger who opens its mouth and roars for a succession of gawking tourists. It has been view more than a million times and shared 15,000 times with many people commenting that it is disgusting treatment of a proud wild animal. It was posted by Petchaburi resident Edwin Wiek who has been campaigning for animal rights in Thailand for years. He said on his Facebook page: "Today witnessed the ugliness of tourism and wildlife in Pattaya; this tiger gets poked all day, hundreds of times a day so it will roar for the picture with tourists. Time for a change of laws. Sharing this in advance of Thai National Wildlife Day on December 26th". Following the post Tuesday Tnews went to the Million Years Stone Park and Crocodile Farm in Pattaya where they spoke to Suan Phanomwatanakul an executive who admitted that it happened at his park. He blamed a Burmese handler called "Min" who was in charge of the tiger who was doing it so he could get more tips. He said such behavior was completely against his park's regulations and the Burmese man had been punished and transferred to other duties. Suan said if anything like this happens again he will personally call the police. He defended the park saying that the animals are loved and well cared for and given healthy food. He thanked the public for helping to improve what they do and improve the image of Pattaya as a tourist destination. Source: Tnews -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-12-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 25 minutes ago, webfact said: He said such behavior was completely against his park's regulations and the Burmese man had been punished and transferred to other duties. Yup, I heard that Min has been reassigned to the night-shift, cleaning all the bits of chicken out of the crocodile 'fishing' ponds. It's all OK, the crocs sleep at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 If you get caught,blame the Burmese,how did the park not know what was going on,management never leave the offices,hope they are well insured for when the Tiger gets really pissed off and bites the head off a tourist,time to blame the Burmese again. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalmagic Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 A Tiger's roar is very loud, so I am a little unsure how park management never heard it?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Always the foreigner's fault - Thais never accept they might just be in the wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Doubt the Burmese is to blame here at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibbler Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Thailand treats its captive wildlife with complete disregard for national laws. The monks at the Tiger Temple who had 149 tigers confiscated from them including many that were like this tiger drugged and forced to perform in front of tourists, were never charged with any offence, and now are preparing to open a new tiger facility under a different business name, possibly with some of the same confiscated tigers, that will be returned to them by the DNP. Members of the public should be posting more to social media as that seems the only way to force the government to take action. It should be Thai and not foreign wildlife activists leading the protests to have these shocking facilities shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Never mind blaming the minion......the owners of the business are responsible for what goes on there and training the operatives............ These places should really be closed down, they are against all we know about the treatment of wildlife and conservation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms22 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 41 minutes ago, Dibbler said: Thailand treats its captive wildlife with complete disregard Yes, it also treats foreigners with complete disregard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob12345 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, cms22 said: Yes, it also treats foreigners with complete disregard. To be fair, the same goes for the Thais who are not connected or rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooliganzone Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 48 minutes ago, Dibbler said: Thailand treats its captive wildlife with complete disregard for national laws. The monks at the Tiger Temple who had 149 tigers confiscated from them including many that were like this tiger drugged and forced to perform in front of tourists, were never charged with any offence, and now are preparing to open a new tiger facility under a different business name, possibly with some of the same confiscated tigers, that will be returned to them by the DNP. Members of the public should be posting more to social media as that seems the only way to force the government to take action. It should be Thai and not foreign wildlife activists leading the protests to have these shocking facilities shut down. I totally agree with you I have been many times to the river Kwai area and passed the no longer thank god Tiger temple I never stopped didn't. fancy it and I was right in the end. I have been to the Pattaya Tiger park and restaurant 7-8 times I have never seen any bad treatment thet keepers play with the tigers and it all seems a nice and very clean place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 3 hours ago, webfact said: He blamed a Burmese handler called "Min" who was in charge of the tiger who was doing it so he could get more tips. He said such behavior was complet ely against his park's regulations and the Burmese man had been punished and transferred to other duties. Ah, a pesky Burmese. Heaven forbid it should have been a Thai. And now transferred to an inactive post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Typical Thai's feeding bullshit.....to the public when caught out. I searched Youtube under Tiger in Phuket being pocked and you would be surprised at how many cruel videos of Tigers being hit or pocked by Thais as far as 7 years back you can see. Seems to be the way to bring in the stupid tourists, until one tuns on one and kills them, and then they will say, oh solly, no have insurance, Tiger angry ! Never been and never will go, why would anyone want to support such cruelty, to get a photo....dumb asses IMO Edited December 21, 2017 by 4MyEgo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAIBKK Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 The poster "Edwin Wiek" is not being charged with defamation or breaching the Computer Crime Act for placing Thailand in a bad spotlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavemanwww Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Look at the tigers eyes in the video. Totally stoned from Thai injected drugs. The guy that owns this park should be arrested for inhumane treatment of an endangered species! Oh but the owner simply blames and says " Burmese fault" ? Gutless Thai boss. Always blame the staff who are paid next to nothing and follow the big boss orders so as to keep their job. Also the tourists, being mostly Chinese, could not give a damn about the tigers health! They probably eat most parts of a tiger as for Chinese superstition it's an aphrodisiac. As long as they show their woman/women>>> Look here how brave I am in this photo. What a joke! Edited December 21, 2017 by wavemanwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildliferescue Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 10 minutes ago, PAIBKK said: The poster "Edwin Wiek" is not being charged with defamation or breaching the Computer Crime Act for placing Thailand in a bad spotlight? Not yet, but I packed my toothbrush already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Seems one worker managed unseen to kill off some fish and a load of bees. After that he also managed to kill off a couple of chimps, mixed them altogether and fed it to the lions. When the lions asked what it was he said, fish, chimps and mushy bees. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Hopefully the drugs won't affect tiggers memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I had the misfortune to take my kids to the Dolphin show, Hua Yai road. Saddest thing I've seen in ages, 4 very sad creatures, one clearly very sick. Elephants at Nong Nooch the same, no respect or kindness to animals whatsoever, only the money they bring in. Doesn't matter what it is, croc farms, zoos or monkey's and snakes on Walking Street everywhere there is animals and money. One of the lowest, most indefensible aspects of Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAIBKK Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Wildliferescue said: Not yet, but I packed my toothbrush already. I wish you the best. Done a good job !!! But always beware as the Thai have more faces. Especially when they're losing face. Foreigners have been jailed for less !!! Edited December 21, 2017 by PAIBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeHere Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 this tiger is definitely drugged... shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 2 hours ago, animalmagic said: A Tiger's roar is very loud, so I am a little unsure how park management never heard it?!! It's called selective hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Burmese and brake failure... Thailand’s default setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 "Suan said if anything like this happens again he will personally call the police." DUH! Sack the handler on the spot! Suan is an 'executive' there? An 'executive' wimp by the sounds of it. I bet that (similar to others in the Kingdom) he has no understanding of accountabilty and responsibility. Too often too quick to blame the foreigner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Intelligent tourists don't support these "wildlife" parks where the animals are drugged up every day and they don't ride elephants. Unfortunately, it appears most tourists here have little understanding of the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 if you poke me like this I would not only roar........maybe the tiger needs some extra lessons....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Well he blamed the Burmese because they are working there. But I blame the Zoo for hiring them. And the tigers should be out in the wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Poor thing drugged up to the eyeballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6thST Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) That Jerk should be fired...and the park fined for abuse of a animal.Can't tell me the park was not aware what he was doing? The real danger was to the tourist taking photo's with that Tiger! It only takes a few minutes and your dead...What a joke! Edited December 21, 2017 by 6thST Misspelled word... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 They only forced to do this with animals, because they could not teach the million year old stones any tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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