Shocking footage of tourists 'teasing' drugged' tigers slammed by animal rights groups

'Stupid and cruel' ... tourists take part in 'tiger teasing' at the Tiger Temple in Thailand

SHOCKING video footage has emerged of tourists baiting and teasing tigers at a 'wildlife sanctuary' in Thailand which charges £12 to take part.

'Tiger teasing' draws thousands of tourists to the Tiger Temple in western Thailand but animal rights campaigners have slammed it as "stupid" and "cruel".

Visitors pay upwards of 600 Baht (£12) to dangle food on the end of a stick, while the animals - weighing up to 280kg - snarl and lunge at them.

The temple describes itself as a wildlife sanctuary, claiming the entry fee "goes to feeding the animals, and also to fund building a larger tiger sanctuary which will allow the animals to live in an almost natural environment".

But conservationists have warned the tourists are encouraging animal cruelty and risking their own lives.

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